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 you by the Blue Wire Podcast Network.

Guys, it's not a celebration.

Look, we may get into all the nitty-gritty of the, you know, gravity and all this stuff. But I got the bottle of wine out.

It is a celebratory evening.

We have moved to the next era of Lakers basketball, whatever that may be.

Who knows if it's good or not?

I just know it's the next one.

And it's a callback to an old one, Darius.

I remember, let's take the time machine back to 2016 when you and I started this

podcast at, I think at the end of that year, man.

And we'd record it once a week for free.

And a lot of the times we'd be talking about the one and only, the Angelo Russell.

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