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? And what a great day it is to be a Laker fan.

You're listening to the Laker Film Room podcast. I'm Pete, joined by Darius. As Luca

Donchich extends with the Lakers under contract with the team for at least the next three seasons.

Dee, we'll get into all the contract details and the implications for the team going forward

and how to build the best team around him and all that.

But first, it's a special thing to be able to watch somebody of immense talent on a day-to-day

basis do their thing and their successes and their

failures and watching them try to work toward their ultimate goal. And as a Laker fan,

we've been just extraordinarily blessed on this front. Being able to watch LeBron on a day-to-day

basis, and then especially while with the team being able to seem super up close, is an influence that I'll carry with me for the rest of my basketball watching days.

Before that, it was Kobe and Shaq.

And really, you could just look at the cover art of the podcast to see the story of this for Laker fans. And Luca is the next in line and

that one of those guys, do that wherever those championship aspirations end up, it's almost a

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