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Laker Film Room - Dedicated to the Study of Lakers Basketball

Lakers Opening Night Preview

Laker Film Room - Dedicated to the Study of Lakers Basketball

Pete Zayas

Sports, Basketball, Sports News, News

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2024

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Summary

The Lakers open the 2024-25 season against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night. Pete and Darius preview the game, looking at what the Lakers need to do on both sides of the ball in order to get the victory. 

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0:00.0

What do you think about the Laker team now?

0:03.0

You follow the box scores of the games every day?

0:06.0

Just the Lakers.

0:07.0

You're kidding.

0:08.0

That is really a compliment.

0:10.0

I was pleased to see you smile at the top bar show

0:15.0

because once the game starts, you have a game face.

0:18.0

You don't smile much out there.

0:20.0

I don't think you have to do things for money anymore. Correct. What's up, Laker fans? Tonight's the night, opening night. You're listening to the Laker Film Room podcast. I'm Pete, joined by Darius. The Lakers try to snap their seven-game losing streak on opening night tonight against the Minnesota Timberwolves. That's right. The last time Lakers won on opening night, Timofa Mosgov was the starting center on the team. But before we get to that, D, there are a couple of loose ends since we haven't potted since. Thursday. Of course, that's the night where Dalton Connect goes crazy. That was one of my favorite games of his prior to him going nuts. Quincy Oliveary, a great story, earns a two-way contract.

0:58.1

Lakers let go of Colin Castleton.

1:00.5

Lakers roster is set.

1:01.7

Just wondering if you have any final thoughts on kind of where the roster settled.

1:06.3

So the olivari move was a move that we had been talking about behind the scenes for a while now.

1:12.9

And the Lakers were carrying three bigs, essentially, in their three two-way spots, Coloco and Castleton.

1:22.4

And then Treore.

1:23.8

Treore is an interesting player.

1:26.2

And I can understand wanting to see if they have something with him long-term.

1:32.7

And Castleton seemed like the odd guy out, even though I thought the last stretch of the summer league and then through the preseason,

1:43.6

I actually thought that was some of the better

1:45.7

basketball that Castleton had played for the Lakers. And so in a way, it's a shame that they had

1:51.3

to let him go in order to bring Olivari on. But I'm super intrigued by a player like

1:58.1

Oliveari, honestly, a really good offensive skill set and a guy who

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