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Jovan Buha, a senior reporter covering the Los Angeles Lakers, analyzes the purple and gold with a weekly podcast that includes news, Xs and Os, statistical analysis, and exclusive interviews with media, players, team personnel, and more.
Western Conference Rankings & Tiers: How Do The Lakers Stack Up After The Offseason? (With Andy Kamenetzky)
Buha's Block with Jovan Buha
1 hour 9 minutes
4 days ago
Western Conference Rankings & Tiers: How Do The Lakers Stack Up After The Offseason? (With Andy Kamenetzky)
Jovan Buha welcomes Andy Kamenetzky of Locked On Lakers to rank and tier the Western Conference after the dust has settled on the NBA offseason.
Jovan and Andy discuss where they think the Lakers stand, whether Denver or Houston can compete with Oklahoma City, the difficulty sifting through and ranking the West, how Luka Doncic's body transformation factors in, and more.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:01 Rules for rankings/tiers + state of the West
5:05 Andy’s Tier 1: OKC
6:25 Jovan’s Tier 1: OKC & DEN
15:28 Andy’s Tier 2.0: HOU
18:38 Andy’s Tier 2.1: DEN & MIN
20:51 Jovan’s Tier 2: HOU, MIN, LAL, LAC & GSW
26:41 Andy’s Tier 2.2: LAL, LAC & GSW
39:13 Why we both have LAL over LAC & GSW
48:52 Andy’s Tier 2.5: MEM, SAS, DAL
49:03 Andy’s Tier 3.0: SAC, POR & NOP
49:07 Andy’s Tier 4.0: UTAH
49:11 Andy’s Hell Tier: PHX
50:29 Jovan’s Tier 3: DAL, SAS & MEM
52:29 Jovan’s Tier 4: SAC, POR, PHX & NOP
54:25 Jovan’s Tier 5: UTAH
54:38 Thoughts on movers + fallers from last ranking
59:43 Additional Lakers/Luka thoughts
1:05:00 Outro
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Buha's Block with Jovan Buha
Jovan Buha, a senior reporter covering the Los Angeles Lakers, analyzes the purple and gold with a weekly podcast that includes news, Xs and Os, statistical analysis, and exclusive interviews with media, players, team personnel, and more.
