Hello, Lakers Nation.

Welcome in to the Lakers Nation.com podcast.

We have the Lakers in the midst of maybe a turnaround.

We'll talk a bit about that plus the trade market.

We've got that trade deadline coming up on February 8th.

On today's show, we've got a guest, Yovan Bouha from The Athletic.

Yovan, welcome in.

Thank you for having me.

So the Lakers right now, been a little bit more enjoyable to watch than they were for a number of weeks there.

They've won four of their last six games.

Let me just start with this.

Is this real?

Is this indicative of what this team actually is as compared to that post in-season tournament slump that we saw? Or is this more of a mirage?

I think it's real. I think that, you know, the team we've seen over the last six games or so,

they've gone four and two with quality wins over the clippers, the team we've seen over the last six games or so, they've gone four and two with

quality wins over the Clippers, the Thunder, and the Mavericks. That is who this team is.

I think the rotations have made more sense recently. I think I've liked this new starting

lineup. This is this new old starting lineup going back to the original one.

But I think Darvin Ham has been pushing the correct buttons the last couple of games.

LeBron James said as much last night. And I think just this new rotation makes sense.

And we'll see ultimately what happens with the trade deadline and when cam reddish returns

if gave vincent ultimately returns at some point like how this ends up looking but for the most

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