Media Day
Laker Film Room - Dedicated to the Study of Lakers Basketball
Pete Zayas
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🗓️ 29 September 2021
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Lakers Media Day has come and gone, and with it we got our first glimpse at the new look team all in the same room, offering us their thoughts and expectations for this upcoming season. From LeBron's comments about his partnership with Russell Westbrook to Carmelo Anthony telling us about why he joined the Lakers at this stage of his career to Frank Vogel talking about defensive expectations, Pete, Mike, and Darius break down what stood out most to them from an eventful day on the eve of training camp.
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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 because once the game starts, |
| 0:16.7 | 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 Film Room podcast, brought to you by the Blue Rard Podcast Network. I'm Pete, joined by Darius and Mike. And happy new year. It was Media Day today as we record this. Both Mike and I were on the scene and Darius caught parts of it |
| 0:37.9 | from where he's at. |
| 0:38.9 | Wait, hold on, Pete. |
| 0:39.8 | Where were you? |
| 0:56.7 | Were you in the back? You can come on and say what's up to me? Bro, I was doing something. Cali in the front, Mike. Call it in the front. Yeah, exactly. In the front. They got me like Igor in the back, like in the bell tower like you know like upload the videos you know yeah no i won't take it personal but when i'm in golden when i'm in golden back, like in the bell tower, like, you know, like upload the videos, you know, |
| 0:55.3 | yeah, no. I won't take it personal, but when I'm in golden, when I'm in San Fran in what, like just over a week and Darius comes up and gives me a big bro hug, you know, it's going to be the one up. It's going to be the one up. It was nothing personal. I didn't see just about anyone. I didn't even eat until like 1.30 this afternoon. |
| 1:12.1 | It was just, yeah, anyway. Got everything taken care of and uploaded and got to work out of the office for the first time, right? Like I'd been there for the day where we introed everybody, but I was just standing in the media room. I was like, actually at the cubicle, it was cool. |
| 1:29.6 | Got to see all the guys in the Players Lounge. |
| 1:32.0 | But Mike, you were there on the ground, right? |
| 1:39.9 | In asking the questions, what stood out to you, man, about your experience today as I was up in the bell tower hidden away from view? |
| 1:53.2 | Well, so there was definitely a, there was definitely a general vibe that I think reflects where this team is at in terms of hunger and desire and excitement. |
| 1:57.4 | So they're definitely very kumbaya to start the season. |
| 2:00.7 | And it does remind me of the start of the 1920 season. Last year was just |
| 2:02.2 | different coming off of the title and with some new guys in with the expectation, with the |
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