What do you think about the Laker team now?

Do 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 part 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, brought to by the Blue Hour Podcast Network. I'm Pete, joined by Darius and Mike. And we're doing a mailbag episode today. It's been way too long. I actually think we might do consecutive ones. We got a ton of great questions today, and we're not going to be able to get to all of

them, which is why I think we should do more than one.

And it reveals, I think, a certain level of anxiety amongst the Lakers fan base.

This is a very strange season to be going into.

I can't remember another season that quite feels this way at this point. And so

without further ado, let's talk about some of that. First question comes from Daniel Ravid.

This regime, this regime sees transition as a core part of their team's identity, and it seemed

to guide decisions pre and post-A.D. Given that transition makes up a small percentage of offense,

do you think the Lakers have been right to emphasize this aspect in personnel at times

over skill and shooting?

What do you think, Pete?

So transition was a big part of the championship team that we won.

I think, I sort of think of offense, especially come playoff time,

as what are your foundational things and where can you get easy points? Easy points are really

difficult to come by in the playoffs. And so getting out in transition and getting those easy buckets,

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