{"podcast":{"title":"Buha's Block with Jovan Buha","slug":"buha-s-block-with-jovan-buha-6815519","podcast_index_feed_id":6815519,"rss_url":"https://rss.amperwave.net/v2/feed/audacynetwork/buhas-block","website_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2296451","image_url":"https://images.castfire.com/image/661/0/0/0/0-8382467.jpg","author":"Jovan Buha","episode_count":466,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-05T00:20:51.598388+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buha-s-block-with-jovan-buha-6815519"},"episode":{"title":"Lakers Draft Preview: Who Should LA Draft At No. 25? (w/ Mike Garcia)","slug":"lakers-draft-preview-who-should-la-draft-at-no-25-w-mike-garcia","published_at":"2026-06-18T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buha-s-block-with-jovan-buha-6815519/lakers-draft-preview-who-should-la-draft-at-no-25-w-mike-garcia","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buha-s-block-with-jovan-buha-6815519","url":"https://serve.castfire.com/audio/8161528/8161528_2026-04-10-103728.192.mp3?rssID=5951","audio_url":"https://serve.castfire.com/audio/8161528/8161528_2026-04-10-103728.192.mp3?rssID=5951","summary":"Jovan Buha welcomes Mike Garcia (@CanyonDriver) to break down the 2026 NBA Draft through the lens of the Los Angeles Lakers. Follow Mike here: https://x.com/CanyonDriver Subscribe to his Substack here: https://t.co/NbRIkcDmLv If you enjoyed this episode, please consider subscribing, rating, and reviewing. Buha's Block merch is LIVE!!!: https://jovanbuha-shop.fourthwall.com/ YouTube memberships are live! Join here: ⁠ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBcs-QN0f0DkeCU_pDHTYtA/join⁠ Join our new Buha's Block Discord: ⁠ https://discord.gg/ukSZpjZxcA Follow Jovan on Instagram: ⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/jovanbuha/⁠⁠ Follow Jovan on X: ⁠⁠ https://x.com/jovanbuha⁠⁠ Follow Jovan on TikTok: ⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@jovanbuha TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 1:09 What can the Lakers learn from their recent draft misses? 6:32 How will Tony Bennett influence LA's draft approach? 10:45 What's the biggest takeaway with this draft class? 12:32 Can LA find a rotation-level guy at No. 25? 14:00 Who should the Lakers target at No. 25? 14:09 Joshua Jefferson 19:59 Zuby Ejiofor 24:14 Henri Veesaar 33:48 Tarris Reed Jr. 36:59 Ranking Mike's four options for No. 25 40:02 Jayden Quaintance 45:16 Chris Cenac Jr. 52:57 Final ranking of Mike's favorite (potential) options 55:18 Should LA consider trading back? 58:19 Is there a player(s) worth trading up for? 1:01:13 Evaluating this pick vs. the 2031 and 2033 firsts as trade assets 1:04:37 Mike's favorite second-round prospects (picks No. 31-45) 1:10:30 Outro","meta_description":"Jovan Buha welcomes Mike Garcia (@CanyonDriver) to break down the 2026 NBA Draft through the lens of the Los Angeles Lakers. Follow Mike here: https://x.c…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4307,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/buha-s-block-with-jovan-buha-6815519/episodes/lakers-draft-preview-who-should-la-draft-at-no-25-w-mike-garcia/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buha-s-block-with-jovan-buha-6815519/lakers-draft-preview-who-should-la-draft-at-no-25-w-mike-garcia.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}