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 Rie podcast Network. I'm Pete, joined by Darius and Mike. And even though we recorded yesterday, since then, we've gotten news that LeBron James is hurt with an ab strain out one to two weeks.

And then the Lakers blew another big lead to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Those are related events.

Now, this is probably the first game where in the text thread that we had, you are a little

less frustrated than I am about this particular lot, probably the first game of the season thread that we had, you are a little less frustrated than I am about this particular

law, probably the first game of the season like that. Set the context for us right now going on

with the team and kind of where your head's at. I just think that injuries have derailed the start

of this season. Mike, you made this point in our text thread, but it's something that's been on my

mind a lot and was immediately jumped into my head the minute after it was announced that

LeBron was going to be out against the thunder. The reporting around it is like, oh, it'll be out a

week, maybe two, but that's couched in language of they're going to be really conservative and

careful, which I think is right to do LeBron's in his 19th season.

But injuries have again taken hold in a way that to me, it's hard to know what this team

actually is at this point.

Pete, you made the point,

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