LeBron's Knee
Laker Film Room - Dedicated to the Study of Lakers Basketball
Pete Zayas
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🗓️ 1 February 2022
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Summary
The Lakers got more bad news on the injury front with reports that LeBron's troublesome left knee will likely keep him out of Wednesday's game vs Portland and possibly beyond. in this episode, Pete, Darius, and Mike discuss the fallout of his absence, express frustration at the steady stream of injury issues over the last two seasons, and how Russell Westbrook's strong road trip gives the Lakers a way to win some games as they once again try to hold it down without one of their superstars.
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| 0:00.0 | What do you think about the Laker team now? |
| 0:03.4 | You follow the box scores of the games every day? |
| 0:06.0 | Just the Lakers. |
| 0:07.4 | You're kidding. |
| 0:08.6 | That is really a compliment. |
| 0:12.8 | I was pleased to see you smile at the top bar show |
| 0:15.5 | because once the game starts, you have a game face. |
| 0:17.8 | You don't smile much out there. |
| 0:20.4 | I don't think you have to do things for money anymore. Correct. What's up, Laker fans? Welcome to the Laker Filmroom podcast. Brought you by the Blue Rour Podcast Network. I'm Pete, joined by Darius and Mike. And happy Lunar New Year to those who celebrate. Yesterday, we had a spirited discussion on the forwards and vet minimum situation and then |
| 0:39.2 | got to watch Andre Drummond dropped 16 and 23 and 5 and 3 and 2. |
| 0:45.2 | And then we get more news this morning. |
| 0:47.9 | We haven't gotten anything official, but Shams just tweeted right as we're about to record this |
| 0:51.7 | that LeBron is expected to miss Wednesday's |
| 0:54.4 | game and perhaps a few games more. Darius, this whole season has been a, just wait for, |
| 0:59.8 | just wait for it, just wait for us to get healthy. Let's, you know, try to get our legs underneath |
| 1:05.7 | us. And we were talking off, off pod the other day that if this is just one of them seasons where it never |
| 1:11.9 | happens, I mean, that happens sometimes in the NBA. |
| 1:16.9 | But I think that there needs to be a certain recalibration of expectations of what we want |
| 1:22.7 | to see going forward. |
| 1:24.0 | And it starts with LeBron. |
| 1:25.3 | And so in light of this news, we don't have anything more |
| 1:27.8 | definitive. Maybe we get something more with Lakers' media availability later. And if so, we'll |
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