So now we're getting into the season, this becomes a daily thing.

We jump on here somewhere around the middle of the day,

right around lunchtime, and we talk about the latest going on

in the world of the Lakers,

or get into a specific topic or two.

So make sure if you're not a subscriber to the Lakers Nation

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Lakers. So today I want to talk about the two keys for

success for the Lakers. I'm talking about two specific players and know it's not

LeBron and A.D. Right? Let's face it, if LeBron and A.D. or not LeBron and A.D. It doesn't matter anyway.

Nothing else matters. If a LeBron and A.D are not available, nothing else on the

Lakers roster is going to matter in terms of their overall and eventual success.

But if this team is, dare I say healthy-ish, we know they were incredibly

unhealthy last season. They were one of the most injured teams in the NBA, despite the fact

that LeBron and A.D. were mostly healthy. were one of the most injured teams in the NBA despite the fact that

LeBron and A.D. were mostly healthy last season. The rest of the team was not, but

there are actually two players that I look at as the two keys, the linchpins for

the Lakers in order to actually improve despite the fact that

they brought back essentially the same roster those two players Rui

Hotchamura and Max Christie those are the two players that the Lakers need to adjust and

adapt to their new roles very quickly and very successfully. Everything is

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