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 Film Room podcast. I'm Pete, joined by Mike.

And rarely on the eve of a new season, do both conferences get shaken up quite as much as they did yesterday as Damien Lillard gets traded to the Milwaukee Bucks.

DeAndre Aiton and Drew Holiday end up on the Blazers.

Yusuf Nerkich and some spare change goes to Phoenix as well.

Mike, this is big news that shakes up the top of both conferences, man.

What do you think about Dame to Milwaukee?

Very exciting from an NBA just fan perspective and fun to think about all of the

machinations about which team gets a little better, which gets a little worse, does this change

the title rates, all that kind of stuff. And I think Pete, I haven't really come off my initial

impulse about it, which is really like it for Portland, like it a lot for Milwaukee, and don't like it at all for Phoenix.

I have softened that a little bit on Phoenix after just reading some things and listening to a couple

podcasts about kind of what the perspective had gotten to be there for the sons.

But just to bring the Lakers reaction to this immediately,

I do think that in the short term,

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