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 so much has happened since the last time we recorded.

We initially were going to do a, hey, this is all the games, Detroit, the thriller on Christmas with the Austin game

winner without AD for the vast majority of it. A really good win closing out a sweep against

Sacramento. The ghost of Mike Trudell is pleased. Yeah, no LeBron in that game. AD went off. It was another Austin game. Like I brought up. Austin could have his whole pod right now based off of his last two games. But guess what's not happening? Pete is a whole Austin pod. We have a trade. We have a trade. The Lakers trade. DeAngelo Russell, Maxwell Lewis, and three second round picks to the

Brooklyn Nets for Dorian Finney Smith and Shake Milton. Darius, what's your first reaction?

So I'm of two minds. In my own way, like, I'm going to miss Dilo. My mind always first goes to

like, so who'd we lose? DeLo's been a roller coaster, but yet

important figure for the Lakers over this second stint of his famously drafted originally

with number two overall pick and then traded to Brooklyn. So Dealos bouncing from coast to coast.

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