Lakers Roundtable: LA Beat Writers On Covering Team, NBA Media, Road Life & More

Jovan Buha welcomes ESPN's Dave McMenamin, the Los Angeles Times' Dan Woike and the Southern California News Group's Khobi Price -- the other three Los Angeles Lakers beat writers -- to talk about what it's like to cover the Lakers. Jovan, Dave, Dan and Khobi share their favorite moments covering the Lakers, the biggest surprises on the beat, road life, favorite road cities and arenas, the state of NBA media, the Luka Doncic trade, sports media advice, and more. If you enjoy this episode, please consider subscribing, rating and reviewing. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:48 Roundtable intros 2:55 What would we change about NBA media? 10:41 Biggest surprise covering the Lakers? 17:29 Favorite moments covering the Lakers? 28:29 Where we were at for the Luka trade 31:53 Do reporters become fans of the team they cover? 39:07 Routine on the road? 51:04 Are you ever skeptical of other media reports? 57:47 Favorite road city for food and road arena 1:00:57 Advice for someone who wants to become an NBA beat reporter? 1:09:27 Outro Timestamps are subject to change based on ad placement and duration.