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Laker Film Room - Dedicated to the Study of Lakers Basketball

A New King

Laker Film Room - Dedicated to the Study of Lakers Basketball

Pete Zayas

Sports News, Basketball, Sports, News

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2021

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

Both the roster construction and circumstances of the season have lead LeBron James to play more and more as a big man. In this episode, Pete, Mike, and Darius discuss his continuing evolution as a player, and how the Lakers can continue to develop around LeBron's changing role.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:07.3

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0:12.3

What do you think about the Laker team now?

0:15.9

You follow the box scores of the games every day?

0:18.2

Just the Lakers.

0:19.5

You're kidding.

0:20.9

That is really a compliment.

0:25.0

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

0:30.0

You don't smile much out there.

0:32.6

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

0:35.2

Correct.

0:35.7

What's up, Laker fans?

0:36.8

Welcome to the Laker Film Room podcast, brought you by the Blue Wire Podcast Network. I'm Pete, joined by Darius

0:41.4

and Mike. And both by the design of the Lakers roster and the circumstances of this season

0:47.2

have pushed LeBron James into being more and more of a big man this year. And he's playing

0:52.1

the five by design now. That's been the case for like

0:54.6

10 games, which changes his defensive rotations, what he's asked of on that end of the floor.

1:00.0

And even how he plays offense, we've seen a lot of, you know, space floor, but also him standing

1:04.7

out the elbow in the high post, just throwing darts to cutters and shooters and things like that.

1:09.1

But this is a fascinating development to me that I

1:12.9

think we should that should alter our perception of what this team is. Mike, you always rightfully

1:17.9

go back to the we have LeBron and AD. And I suppose what I'm arguing is this year more than ever,

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