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 happening, guys?

Welcome to the Laker Film Room podcast.

Today, it's Mike Trudel and Darius Soriano.

We will get Pete back in the mix shortly.

And I have been absent the last couple, Darius.

Yesterday I was traveling to Orlando.

And it was enjoyable, as always, for me to hear you and Pete just go back and forth on the tennis court, hitting one shot after another at each other.

And a couple of things showed out to me.

The tech start has been very heavy as a result.

And I really want to dive into the big lineups versus the small

lineups. This seems to be a big talking point around the team, particularly with how many

more resources the Lakers have to go big than they have the last couple of seasons and how it's

working. It seems to be, at least, and the evidence is there with the small sample size alert for the big lineups. But before we do that, what say you, we go through some of these injuries, not just for the Lakers, but for the magic. Because that's been the unfortunate part, Darius, of early this season. I feel like every other day we're finding out something else about a player missing time. No, I was going to say this too. I wrote about this a silver screen and roll today, and so you can find that there.

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