{"podcast":{"title":"Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers","slug":"locked-on-lakers-daily-podcast-on-the-los-angeles-lakers-174397","podcast_index_feed_id":174397,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/x50dM5D_","website_url":"https://lockedonpodcasts.com/podcasts/locked-on-lakers/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/c593713c-dc78-452c-bfcd-8dced052a6fd/f5163073-b41b-402f-90ba-31fba9a7fcbd/3000x3000/uploads-2f1551729420918-bolnjg1omkb-65c964bc47564104f72f9aa14102c71b-2flocked-on-lakers-podcast-bg-yellow.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Locked On Podcast Network","episode_count":500,"summary":"Locked On Lakers podcast is your daily ticket to stay ahead of the game and the first to know the latest news, analysis, and insider info for the Los Angeles Lakers and the NBA. Hosts Andy and Brian Kamenetzky, who have covered the Purple and Gold since 2005 for media outlets including the LA Times, ESPN and The Athletic, offer traditional journalism, informal commentary, and offbeat humor to provide expert, local analysis. Locked On Lakers takes you beyond the scoreboard for the inside scoops on the biggest stories from within the Lakers locker room and all over the NBA. The Locked On Lakers podcast is part of the Locked On Podcast Network. Your Team. Every Day.","last_synced_at":"2026-10-01T02:18:43.435195+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/locked-on-lakers-daily-podcast-on-the-los-angeles-lakers-174397"},"episode":{"title":"The Lakers Hire Eric Amsler as Assistant GM... Are More Front Office Hires Coming?","slug":"the-lakers-hire-eric-amsler-as-assistant-gm-are-more-front-office-hires-coming","published_at":"2026-09-10T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/locked-on-lakers-daily-podcast-on-the-los-angeles-lakers-174397/the-lakers-hire-eric-amsler-as-assistant-gm-are-more-front-office-hires-coming","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/locked-on-lakers-daily-podcast-on-the-los-angeles-lakers-174397","url":"https://lockedonpodcasts.com/podcasts/locked-on-lakers/","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdrl.fm/eb23db/lockedon.simplecastaudio.com/c593713c-dc78-452c-bfcd-8dced052a6fd/episodes/5f74cb9a-e00c-4bf5-b8fa-2336ed9c210d/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=c593713c-dc78-452c-bfcd-8dced052a6fd&awEpisodeId=5f74cb9a-e00c-4bf5-b8fa-2336ed9c210d&feed=x50dM5D_","summary":"Good news out of El Segundo on Wednesday. The Lakers reportedly have hired (now former) Miami Heat executive Eric Amsler as another assistant general manager under Rob Pelinka. Amsler spent two decades in Miami, a place that famously holds on to its executives for a long time. He has worked extensively in the scouting functions, which is definitely a place where the Heat have thrived. Few teams have been more adept at consistently finding inexpensive players who produce in highly defined roles than the Heat. (How well those players produce in other roles, as Lakers fans know, is a different story.) The Lakers, quite prominently, basically don't have a scouting department, which indicates that Amsler could be the guy tasked with changing that. (In the same way that Rohan Ramadas is geared towards analytics.) So is this a good hire? Hard to say. How responsible is Amsler for Miami's relatively consistent success? Also hard to say. But the Lakers are pulling from a good org, with a guy who has a resume indicating some skill at something they're missing. That's good. And the big Q: What this means for Rob Pelinka? Probably nothing. Amsler doesn't profile as a typical \"GM in waiting\" type. Pelinka's viability going forward is likely based on the team's success this year, and if they run him out of town there's a good chance new ownership will be looking for much stronger, or at least prominent, candidates than Amsler. But it's still a welcome development, and an indication that the concern over a hiring freeze while ownership sorts itself out may not be totally accurate. HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky SEGMENT 1: The Lakers hire another assistant GM. SEGMENT 2: Is Amsler a good add? SEGMENT 3: What does this mean for Pelinka? Photo Credit: William Liang-Imagn Images Suppor…","meta_description":"Good news out of El Segundo on Wednesday. The Lakers reportedly have hired (now former) Miami Heat executive Eric Amsler as another assistant general mana…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1886,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/locked-on-lakers-daily-podcast-on-the-los-angeles-lakers-174397/episodes/the-lakers-hire-eric-amsler-as-assistant-gm-are-more-front-office-hires-coming/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/locked-on-lakers-daily-podcast-on-the-los-angeles-lakers-174397/the-lakers-hire-eric-amsler-as-assistant-gm-are-more-front-office-hires-coming.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}