The Popcorn Machine on Lakers.com

Lakers Executive Vice President of Business Operations Jeanie Buss joined us to talk about the courtside celebrities at STAPLES Center.

Lakers Athletic Performance Coordinator Alex McKechnie talks about his role with the team.

Lisa Estrada is the Los Angeles Lakers Director of Game Operations and Entertainment, running the show you see at STAPLES Center throughout the season. She’s also the longtime director of the Laker Girls.

Since the Lakers don’t know much about high-profile rookies, we brought in NBA.coms Dave McMenamin, who has been tracking the leagues kids throughout the season.

Sandwiched in between his play-by-play of the NCAA Tournament and TNTs 40 Games in 40 Nights, broadcaster Kevin Harlan joined us to talk about his memories of Chick Hearn and much more.

Lakers Forward and Michigan State alum Shannon Brown steps into the Popcorn Machine to discuss his time in East Lansing and his school's run to the 2009 Final Four.

Lakers forward Luke Walton stepped into the Popcorn Machine to talk about lacking any fashion sense until getting got the NBA, playing 2-on-2 with his hoops idol Larry Bird, his eating habits and learning how to drive a car as a 13-year old in Tijuana.

For a special NCAA Tournament edition of The Popcorn Machine, we enlisted Sports Illustrated senior college hoops writer Luke Winn to break down the chances for the teams of various Lakers players.

Lakers Director of Athletic Performance and Player Development Chip Schaefer has nine rings ... So that’s pretty good. Having spent eight years with the Chicago Bulls as Phil Jackson’s head athletic trainer and now 10 years with the Lakers.

With whom else could we possibly start the Popcorn Machine than Chick Hearn’s longtime partner and current Lakers TV analyst Stu Lantz, who stopped by our Popcorn studios to identify a series of Chick-isms, relay memories of his time with the voice of t