Hello, Lakers Nation. Welcome into the Lakers Nation.com podcast. I'm Trevor Lade,

Stu, the studio cat said show's starting. I'm out of here. He took off. Happy to see y'all

here. Glad you are taking off. I'm Trevor Layd. This is, again, the Lakersnation.com podcast.

I was hoping he was going to stick around.

He's sitting right over there on the floor right now.

He's like, damn it, I don't want to be part of the show.

All right, everybody, we got a lot to talk about.

I got to tell you guys, I am, I'm fired up for this show.

I'm excited to talk Lakers trade stuff.

I'm excited to talk a little bit about the history

behind Rob Polinka, his moves, what we've seen happening with the Lakers in recent memory anyway.

And what that can tell us, if anything, really, about what's to come over the next few weeks.

And maybe that the next few weeks is really what's got me most excited. See,

I don't know if the rest of you can feel it in the air the way I can. The shift, the change that's

coming. And you know what it is? It's the NBA finals. They're almost over, right? We're getting there. We're two games through. Don't

get me wrong. I'm enjoying the series. I'm not looking forward to basketball being done,

but two games into the series, maybe it only goes five. Maybe the Pacers win the next three. Maybe

the Thunder win the next three. I think it's going to be the Thunder, but you never know. I'm not

counting out the Pacers, but that means it's going to be the thunder, but you never know. I'm not counting out the Pacers,

but that means it's coming. The NBA offseason, it's almost here. And that is when we're

going to see next season's Lakers get put together. That's when we're going to see all the moves,

the trades, the signings, the draft, all of that.

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