What do you think about the Laker team now?

Do 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 Laker Film Room podcast, brought you by the Blue Hour

Podcast Network. I'm Pete, joined by Darius and Mike. And yesterday, we discussed Darvin Ham's

introductory press conference and had a really good conversation and started running long and we were

like, hey, let's make two pods out of this.

And so that's what this is. This is a continuation of yesterday's pod. And Darbin Hamm had some comments at the end of his presser yesterday where he was asked about Anthony Davis.

And he said in no uncertain terms, Anthony Davis is the key.

And I agree, Darius, for a multitude of reasons.

But he is the guy who in his late 20s and he is still physically unguardable, right?

So much of LeBron's game has become his mental mastery, his strength.

Of course, he obviously has huge physical advantages of which the fact that he has that in going into year 20 is just unprecedented, really.

But there's nothing quite like being in your late 20s and still having all of the faculties that you have available to you physically.

And AD is a guy, I think, that makes us physically overwhelming to a degree that is really the underpinnings of how we won our title a couple of

years ago. And so, I'd love to hear your thoughts on Ham's comments and just that idea of

AD being the key and how you see him fitting in to the Darwin-Ham era.

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