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Roundtable Preview With Stan Van Gundy! Plus, How Good Are the Lakers?

October 15, 2026 · 1 hr 57 min

Zach is joined by Stan Van Gundy to answer five big questions to prepare for the season. Plus, they look back on Stan’s time with the Magic and predict this season’s award winners. Then, Dan Woike comes on to reveal what we should expect from this season’s Lakers team.

(0:00) Welcome to The Zach Lowe Show!

(1:36) Stan Van Gundy joins the show!

(3:05) Most confusing team in the East and West

(11:55) Which teams are you higher or lower on than consensus?

(25:19) Who will be your biggest crush of the season?

(31:29) Stan’s Orlando team has infiltrated basketball’s highest level

(36:33) Most interesting on-court trends or tactics

(1:01:03) Awards predictions

(1:11:45) Dan Woike joins the show!

(1:18:42) The Lakers should be pretty good this year

(1:31:16) All the pieces finally seem to fit together

(1:45:34) If they lose in the second round again, what will the future of this team be?

Host: Zach Lowe

Guests: Stan Van Gundy and Dan Woike

Producers: Jonathan Frias, Billy Gil, and Mike Wargon

Social: Keith Fujimoto and Michael Szokoli

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