Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

Sometimes no news is good news. But other times, no news is nerve-wracking, and sets off all sorts of alarm bells. Like when the news nobody is getting is about Anthony Davis and his health, following a foot injury last week that seemed innocent enough at the time. The Lakers were reportedly going to deliver an update on Monday... and we all went to bed Wednesday night without anything. Not even the now-standard "will be re-evaluated in X number of weeks." There's not even an official diagnosis.

Fans can be forgiven for assuming the news may not be good.

Nobody necessarily expects him to miraculously appear on the floor Friday or on Christmas, but the longer they go with radio silence, the more concerned Lakers fans will get. Maybe they clear it all up on Thursday!

On the floor, meanwhile, a Lakers squad missing AD, Russell Westbrook, Austin Reaves and Juan Toscano-Anderson took it on the chin in Sacramento, losing 130-114, in a game the home team generally controlled throughout and then blew open in the third. The Lakers competed hard and did what they could to stay connected to a very good offensive team, but the Kings depth, combined with great play from Domantas Sabonis and De'Aaron Fox, was too much. (Kudos to Max Christie and Thomas Bryant, who are taking advantage of opportunities.)

Can the Lakers rebound on Friday against a bad Hornets team, at the Crypt? They'd better.

Finally, Jeanie Buss is engaged to long-time boyfriend, comedian Jay Mohr. The news had Lakers fans making all sorts of money jokes (can the Lakers pay for a roster and a wedding at the same time? Will it be top shelf booze or a new contract for Lonnie Walker?), those jokes do represent a real question about team ownership, especially as news broke that the Suns are selling to a VC guy for four billion dollars.

The Lakers could probably get double that, but the whole thing reinforces how in the modern NBA being normal rich, or even abnormally rich (which the Buss family is) doesn't put you in the class of the new wave of team owners. That impacts things on the floor.

HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky

SEGMENT 1: Why hasn't the team issued an update on Anthony Davis?

SEGMENT 2: The Lakers are getting good play from Christie and Bryant, but other guys are disappearing.

SEGMENT 3: New ownership in the NBA, and wedding bells in El Segundo.

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