2023 Offseason Pt. 1
Laker Film Room - Dedicated to the Study of Lakers Basketball
Pete Zayas
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🗓️ 7 July 2023
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Summary
The Lakers did well for themselves in free agency, bringing back their priority targets to build continuity and adding some outside talent to bolster a core group that went to the Conference Finals. Pete, Mike, and Darius dive into the team's signings, focusing on Austin Reaves and D'Angelo Russell's returns and Gabe Vincent's addition as another skill guard. Then later the guys discuss the Jaxson Hayes signing and the potential roster hole of needing another big.
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| 0:00.0 | What do you think about the Laker team now? |
| 0:03.5 | You follow the box scores of the games every day? |
| 0:06.0 | Just the Lakers. |
| 0:07.5 | You're kidding. |
| 0:08.6 | That is really a compliment. |
| 0:12.8 | I was pleased to see you smile at the top part show |
| 0:15.6 | because once the game starts, you have a game face. |
| 0:17.8 | You don't smile much out there. |
| 0:20.4 | I don't think you have to do things for money anymore. |
| 0:22.9 | Correct. What's up? Laker fans? Welcome to the Laker Film Room podcast. I'm Pete, joined by |
| 0:27.8 | Darius and Mike. And the 2023-24 Lakers are born, at least mostly, a couple more roster spots |
| 0:34.0 | to fill out. But Lakers have their offseason, and I think generally a successful |
| 0:39.6 | one, and one that I think is marked by the lack of change relative to other early Julys |
| 0:45.4 | that the Lakers have had over the last few seasons. I want to start guys with the guys who stayed. |
| 0:52.7 | Austin Reeves signed a four-year contract, I think with a player option in the fourth year. |
| 0:58.4 | Rui Hachamura signed a three-year deal. |
| 1:01.1 | Dilo is reported to have agreed to terms, but as the time of recording hasn't been officially |
| 1:06.7 | announced, but for a two-year deal with a player option in the second year. |
| 1:10.7 | And Gabe Vincent is the big MLE signing, or at least close to the MLE, a two-year deal with a player option in the second year. And Gabe Vincent is the big |
| 1:12.1 | MLE signing, or at least close to the MLE, a three-year deal for him. And Darius, that is kind of a |
| 1:18.4 | change of approach with the Lakers in terms of role players. The only role player I can think of |
| 1:24.5 | that got a three-plus year deal from the Lakers in the last few seasons |
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