Quick Hitters 8/8
Laker Film Room - Dedicated to the Study of Lakers Basketball
Pete Zayas
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🗓️ 8 August 2025
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Summary
Who is the most important non Luka or LeBron player for the Lakers to reach their ceiling this season? What should we make of LeBron's relationship with the Lakers and is there potential for friction this upcoming season? What should we expect from Adou Thiero next season? How would past Lakers teams match up with some of the more recent all-time great NBA champions? Pete and Darius answer these questions and more in the latest LFR mailbag.
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| 0:15.1 | What do you think about the Laker team now? |
| 0:18.5 | You follow the box scores of the games every day? |
| 0:21.1 | Just the Lakers. |
| 0:22.4 | You're kidding. |
| 0:23.7 | That is really a compliment. |
| 0:27.8 | I was pleased to see you smile at the top part show |
| 0:30.6 | because once the game starts, you have a game face. |
| 0:32.8 | You don't smile much out there. |
| 0:35.4 | 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. I'm Pete, joined by Darius. And today we get to some of your mailbag questions, Dee, let's get right into it. First question comes from Hunter. Outside of Luca and LeBron, who on the team do you think is most important to the Lakers being a |
| 0:54.3 | contender? Or do you think our most important role player isn't on the team yet? |
| 0:58.3 | Oh, this is a really good question. Yeah. Most people would probably start to talk about who |
| 1:03.1 | their third-deaf player is. I almost want to talk about Aiton or Marcus Smart here rather than |
| 1:08.4 | Austin Reeves. Okay. I think Austin being able to play to a certain level is super important. |
| 1:14.3 | And if he is worse than last year or doesn't perform as well, it's meaningful to the Lakers |
| 1:21.7 | outcomes. |
| 1:22.7 | That said, there's a certain amount of overlap with what Austin provides to the team as to what |
| 1:28.0 | Luca and LeBron provide to the team, even though Austin's a totally different player. |
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