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 Filmroom podcast, brought to by the Blue Wire Podcast Network. I'm Pete, joined by Darius and Mike. And Lakers have a game today, big game at the Chicago Bulls, who beat them pretty handily on Sunday. And the big news of the day is DeAngelo Russell has been upgraded to probable.

So Mike, what do we know about what's going on with DeLo?

And what are your thoughts on how he impacts the dynamic against the team that we just played?

Well, this is the chance.

This is the chance to show that, you know, that one game sample size the one game against new orleans that Pete famously

watched six times that that told us something and it's it's something about the skill set that he has

not just him not really but Vanderbilt and the way that those two can specifically play off of

two superstar players so in the br Navy. And then instead of having

Beasley out there, it's going to be Austin Reeves. I think that's what Darwin Ham said after the last

game. I think coaches can always change their minds and surprise us in doing so. But I think that's

what we end up seeing. And going into super high leverage games and this one being extremely important, we all know the context of the standings. We've done a million pods about it. Everybody's paying full attention to that. You know, can this team reach a different level on offense? Because the defense, when Anthony Davis and Vanderbilt are on the floor has been good, for the most part. And AD gets the most credit for that. But, you know, can they really find a rhythm? Can they find a way of playing? Can, you know, LeBron, all the stuff that he does, can that have a certain type of impact? And, you know, I'm going to be watching closely. And and then can they, like, if they're able to find it, can they carry that forward into an actual rhythm for a section of the season, which we haven't seen?

But, you know, tonight, how quickly can they get it against a team that knows how to play together?

Oh, the Bulls, the Chicago Bulls.

I've got a friend of mine.

I'm sure not too dissimilar from you, sort of grew up

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