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 Laker Film Room podcast, brought you by the Blue Wire Podcast Network.

I'm Pete, joined by Darius and Mike.

And guys, the Laker fan in me, previewing this finals is like, well, this is just, I don't quite have the stank for the

Warriors that some Laker fans do, but what I hate is that one of those fan bases is going to be

happy at the end of this. That's the worst part of all this. But the best part is one of them

is going to be sad. But then there's the basketball part of me, the nicer part of me that's not petty, that likes really good basketball, who thinks this is a fascinating NBA finals.

And I talk a lot about the conversation that the league has with itself. And I think really two of the big points of that are Golden States. We're going to spread you out and attack you from the perimeter.

And you have to defend the perimeter. And when you can't, we're going to make you go smaller and smaller and smaller.

And all of a sudden you're playing the type of style of basketball. You don't want to play anymore.

And they've won championships doing that. And then a big part of the league's response to that has been, all right, we're going to get guys that can move on the perimeter. There are plenty of big dudes, the physical two-way wings that Mike always talks about, that can move their feet, but they're 6-8, and they got a 7-1 wing span. And we're going to be able to do that.

And we're going to punish you in all of the physical aspects of the game.

So now what?

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