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 you by the

Blue Art Podcast Network. I'm Pete, joined by Darius and Mike. And the Lakers made a couple

of moves yesterday, at least according to media reports. They will be releasing DeAndre

Jordan and signing a smaller DJ, DJ Augustine, and Wenian Gabriel.

And I'd like to start with Gabriel. A couple of years ago, he worked out as a draft prospect

for the Lakers. He played one year at Kentucky, and he was a bench player, but we brought him in.

He was eventually undrafted. But during his

draft workout, at the end of every draft workout that the Lakers have, they have something called

the Lakers mentality drill. And I always love getting little insights on our draft process and our

scouting department, in particular, our college scouting because they're always finding those

Austin Reeves and

THTs and guys like that. So any little piece that we can get of their process, I think is

really interesting. And so this Lakers mentality drill is at the end of a long workout, right? And they

want to put those guys through a lot. They want to see how they deal with fatigue. And I think that's the main point of this drill.

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