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, brought you by the Blueire Podcast Network. I'm Pete, joined by Mike. And Lakers start their final 10 games of the season in the 11th spot. Got a game against the Phoenix Suns tonight, Mike. And they're a team with everything that's been going on with the Lakers.

We haven't talked about all of the craziness around the NBA as much as I would have liked to.

But they're a team to me that sort of represents the curse that has befallen the Lakers franchise since AD went down.

And game four of that series. They smoked us

three straight games and I think they beat us two or three times the next preseason,

then all four times in the regular season. I think they got about a 12 game winning streak

against us, Mike. But tonight they're without Kevin Durant and DeAndre Aiton. There are very

different new look team really since that trade.

I'd love to hear before we get into the game tonight, Mike, just your thoughts on Phoenix

Post Kevin Durant trade.

Well, they made that trade and much in the way that like when the Lakers went to the three star

thing, it's it just inevitably is going to weaken what the rest of that supporting cast is like,

but it doesn't necessarily matter if all those, if all three of those guys fit great together

and are on the court. And I think there's the potential for that, and certainly with Booker

and Durant, just as your top two. And then at this point, you can argue with how much Chris Paul

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