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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 to you by the Blue Wire Podcast Network. I'm Pete, joined by Darius and Mike,

and we thought we were going to be recording a general NBA pod today, been in a season where

there's never a dull moment. The Lakers found out, first and foremost, that LeBron James has

returned from health and safety protocols,

that Frank Vogel in a very rare move announced that Dwight Howard would be starting tonight

against the Clippers and that Trevor Areza participated non-contact-wise and it still has a ramp-up

period to go, but he participated in practice. So a lot of news over the last 24 hours. Mike,

what do we know about those situations?

A lot of news. We were texting about something else that we won't bring up. And all of a sudden, I was like, oh, by the way, guys, Braun's back. I just saw the, I saw the three bubbles coming in

from Jarius. And I was like, a thousand dollars this says oh but I guess

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