Media Day 2023
Laker Film Room - Dedicated to the Study of Lakers Basketball
Pete Zayas
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🗓️ 3 October 2023
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Summary
Whether it was the general sense of optimism, the appreciation of continuity, the championship aspirations, or the commitment to doing the work to get there, the Lakers media day was filled with many through lines from all the players. Pete, Mike, and Darius offer their takeaways from the first media session of the season and what stood out most to them.
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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. |
| 0:07.3 | 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. |
| 0:22.9 | Correct. |
| 0:23.5 | What's up, Laker fans? |
| 0:24.8 | Welcome to the Laker Filmroom podcast. |
| 0:26.4 | I'm Pete, joined by Darius and Mike. |
| 0:29.1 | And guys, believe it or not, this season is the 15-year anniversary of the 2009 championship team. |
| 0:36.4 | In my view, the most underrated Lakers champion in my memory. |
| 0:42.1 | And I remember in 2007, the beginning of that season was in a dark place, right? |
| 0:49.4 | This is post-Shack. |
| 0:50.9 | Lakers are not very good. |
| 0:52.6 | Kobe is demanding a trade. And if you try to put yourself in that time and place, |
| 0:57.5 | that's an apocalyptic moment, right, where it seems like everything is going to go crashing down. |
| 1:03.1 | And they start out with very little expectations, and they have this really awesome season, right? |
| 1:09.6 | That there's a trade for Powell in the middle of it. |
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