Lakers Can't Compete With Elite | Lakers DNA + Too Much Complaining | Guest: Keith Smith

On this episode of Hoops Talk w/Allen Sliwa, Allen recaps the Lakers weekends where they beat the Clippers in a close game but lost to the Celtics in a blow out on the same day Pat Riley’s statue was unveiled outside of Crypto.com Arena. Allen discusses how he feels the Lakers aren’t true contenders based off what they showed this weekend and he also talked about how the Lakers complain to the refs too much. Keith Smith joins the show to talk about the Celtics and Lakers game from last night as well as some other headlines surrounding the Lakers like questions about who should be in the Lakers starting lineup. In the Weekend Recap Allen talks about the United States beating Canada for their first gold medal in Olympic Men’s Hockey since the 1980 “Miracle on Ice”.

0:00 – Intro | Listener comments

6:18 – Lakers weekend | Beat Clippers but lose to Celtics

14:50 – James Worthy calls out Lakers | Lakers complain too much to the refs

21:02 – Listener comments

28:25 – Wallace Firm ad | wallacewins.com/sliwa or Call/Text [phone]

29:53 – Guest: Keith Smith, Spotrac

30:18 – Was anything surprising for Keith in the Lakers vs. Celtics game yesterday?

32:40 – Is this just who the Lakers are? | It’s tough to take them seriously

36:54 – Has Luka learned much from his NBA Finals experience? | Too much ISO ball

42:54 – Payton Pritchard’s move to the bench since the Trade Deadline

44:23 – Lakers starting lineup questions | Does Austin Reaves come off the bench?

50:52 – Keith thinks Jayson Tatum is back for the Celtics at the beginning of March

52:25 – Are Celtics the favorites in the East w/Tatum? | Both conferences are wide open

57:01 – More on the Lakers starting lineup questions

59:10 – Harrah’s SoCal ad | harrahssocal.com

1:00:40 – Listener comments

1:05:00 – Walker Kessler report | Bron/Jaylen Brown MVP

1:07:40 – Weekend Recap | Listener comments

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