Injury Bug
Laker Film Room - Dedicated to the Study of Lakers Basketball
Pete Zayas
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🗓️ 12 October 2021
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Summary
The Lakers have been hit with the injury bug, losing Trevor Ariza and now Talen Horton-Tucker for extended stretches. With Malik Monk and Kendrick Nunn also dealing with minor issues, the team's depth is further compromised, especially on the wing. Pete, Mike, and Darius discuss the ramifications of having these players out, particularly the impact on the defensive side of the ball. Later, the guys discuss what they hope to see in Tuesday's game vs. the Warriors when LeBron, Anthony Davis, and Russell Westbrook will play together for the first time this preseason.
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| 0:12.3 | What do you think about the Laker team now? |
| 0:15.7 | You follow the box cards of the games every day? |
| 0:18.3 | Just the Lakers. |
| 0:19.6 | You're kidding. |
| 0:20.9 | That is really a compliment. |
| 0:25.1 | I was pleased to see you smile at the top part show because once the game starts, you have a game face. |
| 0:30.0 | You don't smile much out there. |
| 0:32.7 | I don't think you have to do things for money anymore. |
| 0:35.2 | Correct. |
| 0:35.8 | What's up, Laker fans? |
| 0:36.8 | Welcome to Laker Film Room podcast, brought you by the Blue Wire Podcast Network. I'm Pete, joined by Darius and Mike. And Lakers have been hit by a bit of the injury bug, right? Ereza's been out since the beginning. But last couple of days, all the young guys, Kendrick Nuns, dealing with an ankle. He won't play versus Golden State tonight. Malik Monk missed the last game. |
| 0:55.6 | We'll be out for at least a week. We're hopeful that he's available for the beginning of the regular season, but we're not sure about that with a groin issue. And then the biggest one is Talen Horton-Tucker suffered a thumb injury and had a procedure on that and we'll be out for an undetermined period time at this point, but it's going to be a little while. |
| 1:11.3 | And Darius, that leaves us in a spot where we were talking a little bit before |
| 1:15.6 | we hit record that we don't have a ton of defensive players on this roster. And in THT and |
| 1:22.1 | ERISA in particular, the guys who are going to be out for long period of time, those are two of our |
| 1:26.8 | better ones, particularly on the wing. |
| 1:29.1 | So what is the impact of these injuries, especially the longer-term ones, to ERISA and THT? |
| 1:35.0 | I think we can debate about how useful or available we expected ERISA to be during the regular season. |
| 1:41.3 | I think those closer to the team were maybe cautiously optimistic that |
| 1:46.5 | he could play a good role. And I think the further and further you get away from the team in terms |
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