All Lakers Experts Weigh In On Uneven Season Start, Wild Trade Pitches, Predict Suns Outcome

Should we be worried about LA's season already?

With your banged-up Los Angeles Lakers set to embark on their first In-Season Tournament contest of the season tonight against the Phoenix Suns, All Lakers experts Alex Kirschenbaum and Noel Sanchez have decided to take stock of LA's disappointing 3-5 start to 2023-24 in a new edition of the All Lakers Podcast.

We appraise head coach Darvin Ham's weird over-reliance on swingman Cam Reddish, how the LA frontcourt looks beyond the consistently excellent rim and paint protection of Anthony Davis, the patchy shooting starts of Gabe Vincent and Austin Reaves, and more. 

The talk eventually turns to wild trade pitches to address what we see as the Lakers' core issues (defensive big man depth behind The Brow and playmaking/creation to supplement LeBron James, currently far too overextended given his age and mileage).

Finally, we make our predictions for the aforementioned Suns game. LA beat Phoenix, 100-95, during the two Western Conference hopefuls' most recent encounter earlier this season, but the Suns were without both Bradley Beal and Devin Booker (Beal is now back) and the Lakers were healthier. With both those things changing, and LA reeling following three straight road losses, let's just say Noel and Alex are skeptical LA can pull off the W.

The Phoenix game tips off... right now on ESPN!

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