Well, Rob, you did it.

You did it. You pulled off a trade. It's been two years, but you did it. Two years since the Lakers have made a trade involving players coming in, and you've got Doreen Phine Smith. And I got to give you credit, Rob. I didn't know if you could do it. A lot of Lakers fans didn't know if you could do it. But you got it done.

You bring Doreen Phiney Smith, a two-way player to the Lakers,

without giving up any future first-round draft capital.

It's only second-round picks going out in this deal.

That, Rob, is a job well done.

And I'll tell you what else. Take this moment, bask in the

glory of a successful deal, and get ready for what's next. Because the trade deadline is still

a ways away, February 6th, and you still have those first round picks.

Rob, you've got time on your side now to figure out what this next move is because I think the opportunity to really go all in and really put this team over the top.

It might be right there on the horizon.

Well done. Rob Pol horizon. Well done.

Rob Polenka, well done.

Welcome in, everybody to the Lakersnation.com podcast.

We want to make sure that we give Rob Polenka, his flowers, his credit.

We've spent plenty of time on criticizing the Lakers front office.

And when they pull off a move like this,

you land a guy like Doreen,

Finney Smith, the two-way player plays both sides of the basketball,

I think we've got to take a moment.

And we got to congratulate them and give them their credit.

I want to talk about this trade today on the show.

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