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 bar 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 Filmroom podcast, brought to by the Blue Wire Podcast Network.

I'm Pete, joined by Darius and Mike. And yesterday, we got into some of the bigger picture issues surrounding the team.

And the conversation ended on the idea of get to it. Darius made a comparison to

the Shawshank Redemption, where as always, all of our cultural references on here are at least

25 years old, and that is no different. But the big part of it was get busy living or get

busy dying. And we talked about the idea that idea

of russ as a trade asset right meaning that right now we have lebron and anthony davis surrounded by

a couple of m levy guys and a bunch of vet men guys and just we don't have enough uh talent on the floor

we don't have enough talent on the roster, especially that middle class of

players. And so the rust trade has been a topic or a potential rest trade has been a topic

since the beginning of this past off season. And the Lakers decided not to make a move. And now we

sit at 0 and 4. And I think at a point where we need to decide what we are and what we want to be

in the fairly near future. And so that is the topic of today's podcast. So I kind of framed

your thoughts initially, D, but I'd like you to kind of restate them where you're coming from

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