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. I'm Pete, joined by Darius.

And it's a big, fast-moving week in Lakerland. Just finished the NBA draft as the Lakers

draft. Bronny James in the second round, we'll talk about him in a moment after getting Dalton Connect

with the 17th pick in the first. Then there's a deadline coming up. I believe it's tomorrow on

Saturday, June 29th on player options. LeBron James, DeAngelo Russell, Cam Reddish, Jackson Hayes,

and who's the last one, D? That's it, because Wood reportedly

was already planning to opt in. Now, I haven't seen anything official. That was reported a couple of

weeks ago. The Lakers also do have another free agent decision. Max Christie is a restricted

free agent. He is governed by the arena's rule, very similar to the rule that governed

Austin Reeves' free agency last offseason. So if we need to review that later at another date,

we will. But I'd love to focus on like the player option stuff today. Yeah, because we got that

deadline coming up tomorrow. So, but first, Ronnie James, I have a great compulsion to want to talk

about him just as a basketball player,

but it is worth noting the first father-son duo in NBA history. And that's incredibly cool.

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