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 Laker Film Room podcast, brought you by the Blue Wire Podcast Network. I'm Pete, joined by Mike, no darius tonight. And the Lakers got their butts kicked tonight. It was a little bit opposite of the first game where the final score of the first game, it was close for three quarters, and then the G-League guys got whooped.

It was a little bit opposite of the first game where the final score of the first game,

it was close for three quarters, and then the G-League guys got, got whooped. It was a little

bounceback night for the G-League guys made it look more respectable, but Phoenix kicked our

butts for the most part. And the majority of that, I think, you know, is environmental. And

that's it. It's also reflective of, I think a lot of the weaknesses

on this team. But rather than recap every game and especially a preseason game, a lot of what

we're going to do this here is we're going to use the games as kind of a jumping off point

to focus on little elements. And before the game, Mike, Vogel had some interesting comments that he rarely

speaks so definitively about this, but he said Kent Bazemore has separated himself, right?

Presumptively amongst other guys that he's competing with at the position. And one thing with

having Russ out, LeBron out, Dwight Howard was out in this game. Trevor

Riza as well, who's a bigger forward. And Vogel also spoke to the importance of Eriza in like

the 80th the five lineups or how he helps. Anyway, we had a lot of size out in this game. And that

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