Lakers Lessons, Starting Marcus Smart Over Gabe Vincent + MIN Preview W/ Raj Chipalu | Buha's Block

Jovan Buha welcomes Raj Chipalu of SB Nation to discuss the Los Angeles Lakers' loss to the Golden State Warriors, what we learned about them, and to preview the upcoming games against the Minnesota Timberwolves and Sacramento Kings.

Jovan and Raj share their silver linings from LA's loss, areas of reasonable improvement for LA, why it's time to start Marcus Smart over Gabe Vincent, other rotation changes they'd like to see, preview the weekend matchups against the Timberwolves and Kings, and more.

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:32 What was the biggest silver lining for LA (aside from Luka)?
12:27 What areas can LA be better in?
19:32 Why it's time to start Marcus Smart over Gabe Vincent
28:19 Other lineup changes we'd like to see
39:19 Lakers-Wolves preview
49:43 Lakers-Kings preview
54:33 Outro

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