Hello, Lakers Nation. Welcome in Trevor Lane here for Lakers Nation.com.

You're home for everything. Lakers. We've got a lot to talk about today. This is a solo show. I'm going to be breaking down a lot of comments coming in from fans. We're going to be taking a look at something Rob Polenka said the other day. That is going to be really important when we look ahead at the summer, the off season. Look, I know there's a lot of basketball still to be played and a lot to focus on right now, but never too early to take a peek ahead at the summer and some of the numbers that are going to be really important for the Lakers this off season. So I'm going to take a little advanced look at some of that as well. Before I dive into everything, though, quick reminder, do subscribe to the Lakers Nation YouTube

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And I love reading those five-star ratings and reviews over on Apple Podcasts. All right, as I said, a lot to get into today. Lakers fans in a much better mood right now than they were before the trade deadline. Lakers made some big, big moves, three trades at the deadline, plus the Rui Hachamura move before that. They got work done. This is a new look team, and we already saw them get out there and play better basketball against the Golden State Warriors. And you know what? I think, I think really, we're going to break down a lot of things from that game. We're going to break down what we saw, what we liked and all that and didn't like. We did a post game show already with Jeff Spiegel and my guy, Scorpio Sky from AEW, hopped in and we broke down that whole game. But I think really, maybe we should have focused on this point, but we didn't. If you don't do those trades, if you don't make the moves that they did at the trade deadline,

I don't think the Lakers win that game against the Warriors without LeBron.

I look at the contributions that the new Lakers made.

I look at the things that they were able to accomplish on the court.

I look at the defense and the way that looked different.

I look at just the general flow of the game.

I looked at the threat of the three-point shooting and what that caused the Warriors defense to do.

I don't think you're winning that game if you don't make those traits.

So that's, look, there's a long way to go certainly far from being out of the woods.

But Lakers fans are in a better mood right now. And for good reason, the team looks so different.

And maybe that's a duh statement because you've got so many new players coming in.

It really is like a whole new team just about.

But still, the vibe, the feel of the game itself was so different and so much better, I think,

than what we were seeing

previously. Hopefully, that is something that stays consistent, especially once LeBron James

gets back in action. By the way, real quick on LeBron, it's sounding unlikely that he's going to

play against the Portland Trailblazers tonight. We'll see. That's not a definite right now.

He's listed as questionable on the Lakers status report,

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