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 part 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 today begins a new chapter in the Lakers season as LeBron takes the court with his teammates for the very first time at practice.

Let's start very early here with a little bit from the man himself.

I mean, as expected, obviously, my lungs feel like a newborn baby.

That's the most important thing.

I got to get my lungs back up to a grown man, and my voice is already gone.

One day back, barking out calls and assignments and stuff, and getting my voice working again. So it'll be a lot of tea in rest tonight.

Yeah, it feels good to be out here with the guys. Missed. So Dee, a hoarse-voiced LeBron from calling out defensive coverages talking about his lungs. One of the first things of getting back is getting your conditioning back. But at the very end there, said, you know, he missed his guys, missed being

out there. And I couldn't help but listening to him going like, man, I miss LeBron. You know,

it's really good to have him back. We talked a lot about the team having a chance to form

its own identity, personality, good and bad without

him. Really, for the first time, you wrote a great piece over at Silver Screen and Roll called

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