What do you think about the Laker team now?

You follow the box scores of the games every day?

Just the Lakers.

You're kidding.

That is really a compliment.

I was pleased to see you smile at the top bar show because once the game starts, you have a game face.

You don't smile much out there.

I don't think you have to do things for money anymore. Correct.

What's up, Laker fans? Welcome to the Laker Film Room podcast, brought you by the Blue Wire

Podcast Network. I'm Pete, joined by Darius and Mike. And guys, if the NBA season is a

three-act play, I feel like we just finished Act 2. I hope everybody had a great all-star weekend.

Congrats to Mack McLung, who put on one of the great dunk contest performances.

And today I wanted to reflect a little bit on kind of how we got here on this crazy Lakers

season. Dee, we can, you know, cover the team on a day-to-day, you know, five days a week

type of basis here on the pod.

And I think sometimes we don't always get a chance to take a breath and reflect.

And the all-star break always, I think, serves that purpose.

And so I'd love to just reflect on how we got here.

There's been so many things that have happened.

One of the first things that stand out to you about how we got here.

Well, it's interesting because the way that we ended the last week, right, like in the

lead up to the All-Star break, it was, oh, we can't wait to see more of this Lakers team.

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