The Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors have a lot in common. Their franchise faces - LeBron James, Steph Curry - are not just iconic but forever linked to each other after multiple Finals showdowns and the most recent Team USA run. They're also teams that feel kinda stuck with little flexibility and options as they try to squeeze out one more title run with their respective aging stars. (Say what you will about the Lakers' flawed roster, but at least LBJ has Anthony Davis alongside him to try and make the seemingly impossible happen.) Neither team is bad... but neither is also good enough to be great, which can be dissatisfying for fans, especially since both front offices have made big mistakes leading them to this point.

To compare and contrast these teams, Andy Kamenetzky is joined by Charlie Walter (Locked on Warriors).

HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky, with Guest Charlie Walter, Locked on Warriors

SEGMENT 1: Who's in better shape for this season and the future, the Lakers or Warriors?

SEGMENT 2: Is it possible the Lakers and Warriors could make a trade this season to help each other?

SEGMENT 3: How much will Redick help the Lakers?

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The relationship between the Lakers and Jerry West—legendary player, coach and general manager and arguably the greatest person to ever represent the purple and gold—had been strained for years before West died in May.

And when he passed, the Lakers were criticized by fans for responding too slowly with a statement that, at best, felt boilerplate and impersonal, and certainly not reflecting the massive impact West had on the franchise. It was an unusual misstep for a franchise that normally handles this sort of thing very well. Earlier this week, the team announced that it would be honoring West all season long with a jersey "stripe" along the shoulder, and a night celebrating West near the end of October.

So what's going on here?

Certainly the Lakers are doing the right thing. West is, after all, a true giant. Is it enough to change the way the fans perceive things? What is really behind fan sentiment, here? How much of it is about frustration with the performance of Jeanie Buss and Rob Pelinka? And who is really to blame for what went wrong, here? When you're dealing with a family business, you get family troubles.

Meanwhile, the Lakers have hired a new coach for the South Bay Lakers, rounding out their player development staff. Is there anything we can learn from who they brought in?

HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky

SEGMENT 1: The Lakers will honor Jerry West

SEGMENT 2: What went wrong in the relationship? Are the Lakers answering the criticism?

SEGMENT 3: The South Bay Lakers have a new head coach.

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It's not been a great week on the health front for the Lakers. Reports that Jarred Vanderbilt might not be ready to go for training camp, and maybe even the regular season were quickly followed by hard news that Christian Wood absolutely won't be ready to go, since he had knee surgery on Monday.

Wood won't be re-evaluated for eight weeks, which for calendar lovers is early November.

Well, the good news is Vando may not be so bad after all. Appearing on 710 ESPN's Lakers Talk with Andy Kamenetzky, Dan Woike of the LA Times said that while the details on Vanderbilt aren't exactly clear, Woike says much of this could be an abundance of caution from the LA's POV. The team may not have been targeting the first day of training camp for his return, anyway. But there's nothing to indicate (necessarily) that Vanderbilt is unhealthy, or definitively won't be able to play.

So it's wait and see, but maybe wait with a little less worry.

Wood, meanwhile, was working his way back and clearly had a recurrence. What this clearly isn't, though, is a situation where Wood decided to get surgery on "company time," a'la Shaq back in the day.

Woike also talked about new coach JJ Redick, and his obsessive work ethic. The Lakers wanted a grinder, and they got one. Woike notes that Redick won't have much patience for anyone (like, anyone) in the org that isn't equally committed to getting the details right and all that stuff. In theory, this is all good stuff, and what you want from a head coach. But Redick will have to learn to moderate disappointment and figure out how to detach when needed if he's going to be at his most effective.

HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky

SEGMENT 1: Maybe Vanderbilt isn't so injured after all?

SEGMENT 2: More details on what happened to Wood.

SEGMENT 3: JJ Redick is a grinder. Can he avoid getting too tightly wound?

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