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Pete Zayas

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4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Though it feels more natural for him to come off the bench, Rui Hachimura staying in the starting lineup has the potential to help create an incredible offensive unit for the Lakers. Pete and Darius discuss this possibility, how Rui would mesh with the rest of the offensive talent in that group, how he can supplement and complement everyone else, and much more. And then later, the guys discuss how this group would matchup offensively against the Wolves, Warriors, and Rockets. Support Pete here : Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lakerfilmroom Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/lakerfilmroom Pete’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LakerFilmRoom Pete’s Playback: https://www.playback.tv/lakerfilmroom For Feedback or Questions: [email protected] To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What do you think about the Laker team now?
0:03.5	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 part show because once the game starts, you have a game face.
0:17.7	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.
0:23.6	What's up, Laker fans? Welcome to the Laker Film Room podcast. I'm Pete, joined by Darius.D.,
0:28.8	one of my beliefs about this upcoming season is Lakers are going to have to be great on the
0:32.4	offensive end to contend. And in signing Mike at Marcus Smart, I was super excited about the Lakers' ability to be
0:41.1	conventional on the defense event, be able to have an on-ball defender run more drop
0:45.5	coverages and conventional coverages and things like that. And I believe that Marcus Smart should
0:49.8	start as a result of that, giving the Lakers a bit more of a balanced group. But we don't know if
0:54.9	that's going to be the case. And Rui was the starter in that position last season. And Reddick spoke
1:00.7	very highly of him in all of the different points where maybe he could have gone to the bench or not.
1:06.4	He didn't and stuck by Rui. And Rui, I thought, paid that off. I want to talk today about the group
1:12.0	of Luca, LeBron, Aiton, Austin, and Rui rather than smart. So this projected starters in my mind,
1:20.8	but with Rui instead, that is an amazing offensive five that I think could hit some high heights, 120 plus offensive rating,
1:30.6	D. And I wanted to talk about that group a bit today because like you always say,
1:34.2	you need multiple looks in order to contend and be one of the better teams in the league,
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