
What Bobbleheads Say About Lakers Culture Going Forward... Plus, Expectations for Walker Kessler!
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The Lakers are giving away a lot of bobbleheads this season. Like, a lot. Both for established stars like Luka Dončić and Austin Reaves, and fan favorites from days gone by, like Kurt Rambis, Norm Nixon and even Paul Westhead.
The Lakers have done the bobblehead thing before, but not in this quantity during the season. And it's a reflection of how fan service and promotion are changing in the wake of the squad's Dodgerification (which is either continuing, or at the least, is continuing with plans already in progress, despite the upcoming sale).
And the Dodgers do the bobblehead thing a lot. Because they're incredibly popular, and a fun way to highlight players, both current and historical, as well as popular moments. They're a great way for the Lakers to honor players that can't get jerseys retired or statues out front. And more importantly, it naturally can get a person looking ahead to the next ownership era. Will they have the same respect for history as the Buss family has always had? That sort of attention to cultural history has always been a strong suit for the franchise, and appreciated by fans. So will the new guys be worthy successors in that regard?
Finally, earlier in the week we discussed Walker Kessler as someone who many are quite bullish on when it comes to performance this season. The range of reaction on the show's YouTube page was significant, from people believing Kessler is going to put up big numbers, and others that think the hype falls short.
HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky
SEGMENT 1: The importance of Bobbleheads.
SEGMENT 2: Will new ownership honor team history?
SEGMENT 3: Expectations fair for Kessler?
PHOTO CREDIT: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
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Your team every day. Bubble heads. And also are the expectations on Walker Kessler fair. But mostly, bubble heads, that's next. You are Lockdown Lakers. You're daily Los Angeles Lakers podcast. Part of the Lockdown Podcast Network. Your team every day. Thanks, everybody. If you're stopping by Lockdown Lakers, Brian Kimnetzky, Andy Kimnetzky, Andy, what am I? Bubblehead. I'm a bubblehead. That's right. We're going to talk a lot about bubbleheads today because the dodgerification, however long it lasts, we're seeing one element of it that was certainly was intended to be part of the Lakers future promotions that start to look a lot like what the dodgers are doing. We'll talk about that. We'll talk about some absolutely hideous new uniforms that Nike has issued on behalf
of the Lakers and seven other teams. Plus, reaction to our show about Walker Kessler. Some interesting comments and thoughts from listeners and viewers about what the expectations for Walker Kessler ought to be. We'll start, Andy, the Lakers released their promotional schedule for this year and it is thick with bubbleheads. Not the Lakers have never done a bubblehead before, but it's the season of bubbleheads in 2026, 2027. Honestly, I'd have to look back to see when is the last time the Lakers have done bubbleheads because I can tell you this, the season that just wrapped, they did not do a single bubble head. I think they've done it on... I'm pretty sure there's a cream bubblehead. They've done it for like, it's rare commemorative kind of things, like somebody gets a statue, whatever, but it is not something that happens a lot. It's rare and it has not, at least according to what I found looking up the 2526 season
giveaways, it included no bubbleheads. This coming season, November 1st, Luke Adonchitz scoring champion, bubblehead presented by Toyota, then November 14th, League of Stars presented by BMO honors Norm Nixon with a Nixon bubblehead, shout out Norm Nixon, very cool guy on the few occasions that I have. And I'm Norm Nixon, bubblehead, not a Richard Nixon, bubblehead. And shout out to Norm Nixon's son who did a great job playing him on the HBO show about the showtime era. The name is escaping me right now. December 27th, Austin Reeves, bubblehead night, January 14th, League of Stars presented by BMO honors Paul Westhead with a Westhead bubblehead, then March 17th of the League of Stars. They're added again with a Kurt Rambus bubblehead. That's going to be a... It's very important that they commemorate and plasticize Kurt Rambus in his playing
form, not his exact form. Oh my God, they went over like this like in a suit? Yes, it's a story. What do they... how about this? What if they didn't do Kurt Rambus player or Kurt Rambus executive, but couldn't they go with Kurt Rambus interim head coach? Oh yeah, the 99 season, they'd write. That would be a deep cut. Very nichey. I remember Coby one time talking about that season because that was also the season. It was a chaotic season. They fired Del Harris and Kurt Rambus took over that team. That was the last season before Phil Jackson took over. That scene was a lockout season. There was so much chaos going on with that team, but that was also the year that they brought in Dennis Rodman for like 15 games, which was an absolute disaster. In memory serves, he did not finish the season with the team. And Coby, I remember one time, I don't remember how this came up in some post game scrum,
but someone brought up his time as a teammate with Dennis Rodman. And Coby said, he's like, I don't remember any of that. And he said like, I think I blocked that out like a PTSD type reaction to trauma. And he didn't sound like he was kidding. He didn't sound like he was being facetious. And then finally, April 9th, in this makes sense. Phil Jackson statue night. So Phil Jackson, Bobblehead. So 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Bobbleheads this coming season last year, zero. So if nothing else we've learned that Mark Walter clearly had a Bobblehead guy, and hopefully that guy's not getting investigated as well. Well, I mean, look, the Dodgers, they do a lot of Bobbleheads. Yes, they do. I mean, a lot of Bobbleheads. And I mean, it's interesting. I'll be honest with you. Eyes wide, heads high, asks on the YouTube live YouTube chat, who wants a Kurt Ramus
Bobblehead. I'm like, if you were a fan of Showtime, you actually want one of those. Like, Kurt Ramus was popular. They should have done his Bobblehead like 1993. That would have been a better move. Yeah, I mean, he is a Showtime favorite. But like, I, the man got clothes lined for you people. Yeah, I know. Was that even called a foul? It was called a foul. It was not a playground. Okay, that's what it was. It didn't even blow the whistle. No, even then that was a foul. I just, I mean, the way that story gets told now, it's almost as I, and they called the foul on Kurt. Yeah, no, it has been memory hold now to where it was like the game was being officiated in prison. And nothing was being called at all. They called a foul. So but like, I look at this and I have actually a bunch of thoughts about this because like, I am, I am very interested in beyond all the, the sort of basketball stuff, you
know, who's going to be the assistant, the GM. And are they going to hire scouts? And what's going to happen with this, you know, power forward? It's about like the stuff that we talk about all the time. There are elements of like what's going to happen to the culture of the Lakers going forward that I think are worth exploring. And you know, this is kind of a silly avenue into it, but it's sort of related. Like what? I don't remember the Lakers being big on giveaways. Period. You know, there's the occasional t-shirt draped over a seat. And you know, so like, but it's not like every, there's a theme and a promotion and a giveaway and stuff like that every night. And, you know, I see stuff like this as an increase in fan service or a change in how fan service is going to be delivered. I also see it, Andy, for a team that is notoriously difficult to get any kind of honorarium from,
but you can't get your jersey retired unless you're in the hall of fame. So guys like Derek Fisher, who would absolutely have their jersey retired by like every other team in the lead can't get his jersey retired by the Lakers. So you know, so you can't get a jersey retirement, can't get a statue. Derek Fisher could get a bobble head. Like I do wonder if this is going to become like a way that the Lakers try to acknowledge players from the past in like the only way they can. I mean, possibly it depends honestly on how much of this really is a Mark Walter and specifically, I mean, you could even maybe say a lawn-rozen thing because like the Lakers have had plenty of opportunities to land on the idea of this is how we celebrate like the ring of honor type guys because the Lakers standard is you have to be a hall of fame or you have your jersey retired and they've retired so many jerseys that a ring of honor almost feels
anti-climactic even though again, it would be a hell of an honor for people like fish and ory and Byron Scott and you know, like guys who really mattered for this organization, but just they're not hall of famous, but they would, you know, Lamar Odom, they would be like instant no brainer ring of honor types. Starting up with a Bobblehead ain't that creative or difficult. I just wonder if this again, this feels very much like a Mark Walter lawn-rozen type of fact. And the reason I bring that up is how much staying power this has really is going to be a reflection of how much do Bob Eiger and Josh Kushner value Bobbleheads as a giveaway or commemoration. But it's not just that and we can carry a little bit of this over and we'll get into the Kessler stuff and a few other things before we're done including by the way, the feds now looking into the clippers and that escalated quickly.
And yeah, but one of the things that I think Jeannie does really well is and obviously she's got tremendous context is understand and respect franchise history. And more importantly, really understand and respect how fans view Lakers history and Lakers greats and all of this kind of stuff. She really gets it in that regard. Look, I keep talking about this stuff as if Jeannie's time with the team is short because I think even if she wins this suit, she's not long for leadership in the franchise. I just don't see it being a winning proposition for her. Similar Steve Balmer and the battle that he seems to want to engage in, she ought to stand down. I think so. I think for her own reputation, I think she ought to.
But next, I kind of want to get into how this stuff goes forward. I'll give you an example of what I think would be a monumentally popular guy to honor in the way that Paul Westhead and Norm Nixon are being honored and we'll get into it next. The problem of finding clothes that you can live it all day, be comfortable and do whatever you need to do. Whether it's just chilling, go into meetings, playing golf, being on the move, that problem has been solved by Kozy Earth. The everyday polo is the answer. It's lightweight, built to move with you, just easy to wear wherever I've got it on right now and it's fabulous. Plus, the Kozy Earth essential socks, they're exactly what the name suggests, soft, supportive, comfortable enough that you stop thinking about them halfway through the day.
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That's the name of the HBO show. Winning time. I was trying to remember it earlier. I thought you were trying to think of the person. No, no, no, no. Winning time HBO based off the book by Jeff Perlman, who's been a friend of the show before continue. I fell behind on that. I never caught up. Season two was really good. I actually thought season two was better in season one. Okay. I was disappointed that it got canceled. Yeah, I know a lot of people were. But like, you know, so like West Head and, you know, Nixon, Kurt Rambus obviously falls into this category, jokes aside. Like these are like true fan service type things to give away. Like, you're older fans, guys have been around or whatever. How incredibly popular Andy would an Eddie Jones bobble head be massively? I mean, like massively, you could, if you could expand crypto.com arena to like 40,000
seats instead of 20,000, you know, 35,000 something like that and give you, and like, give away that many bobble heads. I guarantee you you could get 30,000 people to show up who would want an Eddie Jones bobble head. And the point I make of this is, it was like, one of, I am not, I'm not trying to advocate Virginia to stick around. But one of the things that I do worry about with all of these people leaving the building is not so much, you know, the basketball acumen that the Lakers might be losing. But there is a little bit of sort of historical institutional knowledge that goes. And like you want somebody who works for the organization who will suggest they see JP Cantrell one, like an AC green. Like you want somebody in the building who can suggest, hey guys, what about Eddie Jones? Hey, you know, what about, you know, this player here is a couple of good season,
or like this play, this moment, this whatever it is, beacuse it's not because those, like the new guys, Kushner, Iger, whatever are against honoring moments like that or players like that, they just may not think of them because they don't have the, the background. Well, I would say this if we're talking about one of the most well documented franchises in the history of sports. So I mean, I know I've read at least five books on the Lakers, probably more. You know, I have actually thought about like an angle that I could write a book on the Lakers. Like the point being, this is an extremely well documented. There's plenty of history that is very readily. Well, and the reason I'm saying this is assuming they are aware of the organization that they are purchasing because one of the things that I think even casuals know about the Lakers
is it's a franchise that really revels in its history. I mean, occasionally quite frankly, it airs on the side of too much deference to the history and obsessing too much over it to the point where I think at times it's become prisoner to its own history. But nonetheless, this is an organization that if you are aware and care about that sort of stuff, it ain't going to be hard to do. It's just why it's not that it's hard to do, but a lot of things that aren't actually that hard to do in terms of like acknowledging the history might be hard to do well. Like, you know, to just get some of the nuances in history, like get like the thing that might not on the surface seem like it would be that popular, but it really would be. But like, be even beyond that. It's not that it's necessarily hard to do. It's that you have to remember to do it. And a lot of things that aren't necessarily that hard to do or seem obvious in running a business
or whatever don't happen just because it's not made a priority because of the, and I'm like, like I said, I think I said this earlier in the week, like the first thing that the Kushner group should do, assuming it hasn't been done already, when they take over the franchise, is announced as a statute for Dr. Buss, like, or get a power for it. But in one of those, those should be the first two things that they do. And I mean, I think that would be a really smart and a good way to kind of, to approach this transition. I just, my point is I hope that new ownership either, you know, there's still some people around or they just take the time to make sure that this is something that is cultivated and curated and done and as close to the same way as it has been over the course of time because it's one
thing the Lakers have been consistently good at that really serves fans well and pays off dedicated long-term fanship. Yeah. I mean, like I said, if this is something they're interested in doing, and hopefully again, if you are purchasing this organization, you bother to learn about the thing that you're paying $12.5 billion for. This is not a difficult thing to land on as something that fans would enjoy, as something that would ingratiate yourself to this new base. Do you want to do it or not? I mean, like, that's really what it comes down to. If they want to do it, it will not be very difficult to do it. It won't be very difficult to find people that can speak to the history. Hell, call me. I mean, like, really, I can come up with a lot of this stuff and there's hundreds of other people that you could go such a fun gig. Oh my god. I mean, I'm being serious. Call me. I'll do this. Like, really, and I actually think
I'd be pretty good at it. But yeah, nonetheless, like just this won't be a difficult project, assuming it's a project they want to undertake. And I agree with you, what's one they should? Let's turn our attention a little bit to some. I thought the reaction to the Kessler podcast that we did earlier this week talked about expectations, what we think we brought up some comments Robert Orey made to you guys at the Lakers Golf tournament last week when you were working on 710 ESPN. He's very bullish on Kessler. I am very bullish on Kessler. Going through the comments on the YouTube page, Andy, I thought it was really interesting. There was a big gap. Like, not gap, but like a wide variance between people who were like, yes, this guy is really going to perform and other people were like, everybody's expecting way too much. The guys never put up numbers and you do this and that and whatever. I went back one person I think made a mistake and you pointed out like his career numbers and the under 10 rebounds, under 10 points and all this
stuff. It's like, okay, but that includes like his rookie season. I think if you look at Kessler's second season, you know, his, I'm sorry, if you look at his last full season, I should say in Utah, the one before last year when he was hurt, started 58 games. That's the best one to look at. He's going to be a starter here. It was like basically 12 points or 11 points, 12 rebounds and a couple blocks of game with enormous defensive metrics. I know I said it's certainly possible. I think he could push between 15 and 20 at night in terms of points. I think the rebounds are still in that, you know, 12 game and, you know, a couple blocks of game and whatever. The reaction from some people like the idea that Kessler could get an extra five or six points of game as a more featured player being fed by Luca Doncic. It doesn't seem at all crazy to me. It's a, all I'm
talking about is really just raising expectations of the amount of points he scores on a given night. I mean, we can talk about that coming up next. Like there, there are I think good signs of what Kessler can do. I think really it just comes down to what is realistic. So we can talk about that coming up next. Locked on Lakers is brought to you by O2 running a business shouldn't feel like you're trying to connect a bunch of systems that were never designed to work together one app for accounting, another for inventory and another for sales. And somehow none of them talk to each other. And that's where O2 comes in. O2 was an all in one business management software that brings every part of your business together in one powerful platform from sales and accounting to inventory and marketing. Everything works in one place. O2 is one platform to manage, grow and scale your business. The best organizations know that success is not just about talents by having everyone working towards the same goal. And that's true in sports just like it is in business like this offseason began with a radically changed roster by multiple accounts and reports. A lot of
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build you something to to honor LT. There's no question about that as well. They should, I mean, beyond the career one hell of a nice guy. Wonderful, wonderful guy. I just, you know, when I think of my expectations of Kessler, offensively, I don't think they're that crazy at all. And then I think that, you know, obviously the big thing is defensively all I'm thinking is if he has the same relative impact as he did in Utah on this team, you know, his defensive, defensive statistics and metrics jump off the page in the same way here as they did there. You know, the results will be better and the impact will be more important because doing it on a team that's actually trying to win games. So that for me is my biggest expectation that he have the same impact. I'm not expecting anything to be better, just the same. And well, but I'm curious though, I'm curious though what your expectation is like, you know, do you expect him to be, do you think it's fair to expect him to be
significantly better on that side than he was in Utah, things like that? I think he needs to be better overall period. Like I don't know if you're going to limit it to the offensive side or the defensive side or both whatever. I'm just saying for $30 million per season and four-year commitment and the picks that they gave up, he has to, I realized with Utah there was a lot of, you know, intentional tanking and, you know, the injury that he had that, you know, he only played five games last year and then had that surgery. It was real surgery and something that had been lingering for quite literally his entire professional career. But if the jazz had been incentivized to actually win games, he could have, I think, been back earlier and Colin Sexton talked to me during the Lakers Youth Foundation Golf Tournament about, you know, he and Walker are really close because they played together in Utah for a few years that Kessler spent time during his injury, you know, injury
recovery, working a lot on his game in ways that suggested that he could have potentially gotten back on the court if there was an incentive or desire to have him there. But, you know, I've talked about before, even as somebody who likes this signing and understands why people see the potential effect that he can have, he's never done it on a team with stakes. And in order to play at the level that matches those stakes, he's going to have to be better. I think on both sides of the ball, then you know, you mean it's to to reach the same level of impact to reach to, you know, sort of replicate it's going to be harder for him to do that. It's going to be, you know, because of yeah stakes, because of of pressures and things like that. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, get to the same place. That makes sense for sure. Yeah. I mean, I think even defensively, there's going to have to be ways where he becomes an even better version of himself. If nothing else, I like looking over some, like, you know, I broke down some of his stats during the last full season that he played in
Utah versus Wembe's last season when he won defensive player of the year. And as I noted, a lot of castler stats were comparable to Wembe's. But one area where Wembe was, you know, few few rebounds better was defensive rebound. And that's an area where I think Walker, Kessler, Kenan Burvies, not bad, but he could be better. And then offensively, I think there's going to be, I think he's going to find more opportunities because he's playing with forget just Luca. Like Austin is probably a better playmaker than he's ever had in Utah. Like he's going to be set up better with better playmakers than he had in Utah, which should offer him more opportunities beyond just the offensive rebounds where that dude is a beast and the second chance points where he's really effective. But yeah, he's got to be better. Let me, let me, I think you're right. And I think the, you know, when you do it with stakes, doing something where there
is pressure, where there is scrutiny, all this, it makes it harder. I don't think there's any question. But the distinction I'm sort of trying to make here is Kessler has never done it on a team that mattered defensively I'm talking about. Like in terms of just looking at those numbers, which had been basically elites since he came into the league, even as a rookie in Minnesota. Like, you know, he didn't play a ton, but when he did, it was like, damn, you know, those, those defensive metrics are really eye popping. It's why Utah wanted it, you know, when they, well, it's also why, as Tony Jones explained to me when I had him on for a scouting report on Kessler, during his rookie year, they stopped playing because that was one of the seasons where they were trying to lose. And he was a little too helpful. Exactly. Like, and that's happened a couple times. And I agree with you. We could have played last year. And I think, yeah, absolutely would have played last year if Utah was actually trying to win games. So this is a, this is a skill that he has established that he has. You're not wish casting, Walker Kessler, potentially elite defensive
player because he's already shown that that's kind of the category he can be in. I compare that to Jonathan Kaminga, where people talked about Kaminga as because he's athletic as, you know, bleep. And, you know, it has the physical tools, but has never actually translated that into consistent production as a defensive player. There was much more wish casting is like the idea of, well, Kaminga be the perfect person to plug in because he can defend it all these positions or whatever. It's like, we haven't seen it. It's possible, but we haven't seen it. Not on a regular basis. Not on regular flashes of it. And so that's kind of the distinction that I'm making here. Like, when I say I don't feel like the expectations for Kessler, particularly on that and are really out of line, beyond, I think, the very important distinction that you're making, Andy, you're making do it when it matters, do it when people are watching and paying attention. I mean, I think basically from a
purely a number standpoint, the only stuff that really needs to go up, you know, you can make a little argument that there's enough room in there for another rebound or two. And the scoring average, 11 points of games, not going to cut it. Like, it needs to be higher than that. But it's not, doesn't need to be 26. And I just find it very easy to picture him getting three easy buckets of game on average. They wasn't getting before because Luca makes, has made far less talented centers, look better than they are and help boost their statistical production. And so, you know, I don't feel like people are putting, with the expectation that Walker Kessler could be very good with the Lakers. And if the Lakers win some games, Kessler could be in that DPOY conversation, all that. To me, that doesn't feel overstated for Kessler based on what he's already shown in the
league, although I know people disagree. Well, I mean, look, I'll say this much if it is overstated, the Lakers are in trouble. I mean, like, they really, that's another good point. Yeah, I mean, they invested in Walker Kessler. I'm not saying that he has to start becoming Wembee's primary competition for defensive player of the year or beat him out every other year. And it becomes a traveling trophy between the two of them, past, back, and forth. Like, I mean, that may not be realistic. Wembee's got that trophy along lockdown for a while. Right. I mean, he is so effing good that, assuming he plays enough games, the biggest obstacle for Wembee is just going to be award voter boredom and just wanting to shake things up. But he needs to have a very significant impact. Like, he just has to. Otherwise, the Lakers pegged the wrong guy. And I just, because the which guy was such a big conversation, who do you go after? Who do you,
and I know there were people who thought they overpaid for Kessler. But like, if you had to pick which guy has been more proven at the NBA level, which guy has a better tracker, more established track record at something, at like an NBA skill between him and say Peyton Watson. There's another name. I think Kessler has got a far more established track record as a top end defender than anything Watson has done. Despite that Watson's potential, I think he's a great player. It's going to fit in really well with Cleveland. Kessler's a more established player in terms of demonstrating a skill set. I think we've seen. It's been more fully realized if nothing else. Right. Watson, you could argue, you know, has done it more in the playoffs in the sense that he's been in the playoffs. He's been in them. Right. Which kept, you know, Jalen Duren is a, I think, has shown a little more offensive pop than Jalen Duren is a more established NBA player with Walker Kessler. He's made it all start teams. I mean, all NBA team. Right. That's what I meant.
Is all NBA is like, you know, so like that's a guy who's established himself in the league. He has not established himself defensively in the same way that Kessler has. But, you know, all NBA is pretty good. So I just, I think there's less wish casting here with Kessler than there is with other players. It's, it feels less speculative than they, than it was, which is why I think they paid the price that they paid. And I, I could in five months have tremendous amounts of ag on my face about this. But I just, I'm, I'm pretty comfortable because I think there's enough of a track record of doing the thing that he's going to be asked to do for the Lakers. I don't think he's going to turn him into a top five defense. I don't think anybody can do that. But not with the rest of the personnel. But I think he, I think he's impact relative to everyone else of the team. He's going to look like what it did in Utah.
Yeah. I think the defensive impact that people are envisioning. He, we've definitely seen what he can do. Again, he's just never done it on a team that matters. And like that level, not just of pressure, but also everything has to be more precise when you're doing it for a team that is trying to win games. And on top of it, he's going to have more offensive responsibility and more offense. Oh, yeah. Because again, everything matters more. Everything matters. And I, you know, he'll have more help to do it well. But the, the pressure, I mean, there'll be plenty, the vultures will be out. You know, and there'll be plenty of people looking for failure. If for another reason, then we'll get Rob fired. So, you know, I want to see Eric Anseler trash talking. That would be terrible. But like, you know, there's just me a lot of people who are ready for the big change. They understand that if, you know, the Lakers win 54 games
in a playoff series and take the spurs to six in the second round, Rob's not probably going anywhere. And but probably didn't deserve to be fired at that point. So there's no downside to winning games going further in the playoffs like just, yeah, don't overthink this. Yeah, Lockdown Lakers on YouTube is ringing hangout with over 39,000 subscribers to the channel. Do make sure you are subscribing to the audio version as well. Whether that's through Spotify, Apple, however, get your podcasts. Hope everyone has a great weekend. Happy new year to those celebrating Russia Shana. I will say everyone on Monday. Send your taste buds back to the candy aisle for a taste of classic candy flavor with a fruity rainbow extra strength five hour energy shot. The iconic flavors of your favorite fruity candy, juicy berry bursts, tangy citrus squeezes, and a tropical pop that tastes like your favorite fruity
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