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 Film Room podcast, brought to by the Blue Rye podcast network. I'm Pete, joined by Darius and Mike. And today we're going to discuss the Lakers in transition. In yesterday's pod, we talked about the importance of Russell Westbrook's defense and how that factors into what this team will be.

And part of the reason why I hold that belief very strongly is I think we have a chance to be

one of the best transition offenses when we really go of all time.

We have one of the best rim runners in NBA history in Anthony Davis.

We have Russell Westbrook, who's one of the

best defensive rebounders and one of the best guards who's able to push the ball up the floor

from the guard position. And then we have LeBron James, who's probably the best transition player

of all time, even at his advanced stage, wreaking havoc, filling the wing, able to fill

any number of positions.

I want to start with the rebounding component. I want to walk through a fast break and how it looks.

Darius, we've had a lot of guys throughout the history of the Lakers going all the way back to Elgin Baylor, but also Magic Johnson.

Even a Julius Randall, right?

These big guys who are capable of grabbing a rebound and pushing it up court themselves with force and power.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on the transition and why having that type of guy gets you into your fast break offense so much better than

other teams that rely on bigs to rebound and outlet to a guard?

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