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 part 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. I'm Pete, joined by Darius. And today, Dee, we've had our GM hats on for quite a while now. And this is the segment of the season where we do that a lot more. So we'll be doing that more for sure. But I want to

shift gears a little bit and talk about year two of JJ Reddick. We've talked a lot recently about

this is going to be a year where we learn a lot about Reddick and what he stands for, what he

believes in. I wanted to talk about that a little bit and get into that idea. So what's a U.D.

this is a much more conventional team. I think he has

to work with than the beginning of last year. I thought he did a good job in the regular season

of you got to coach the team that you have, right? And understand the things that you can and cannot

do as a result of the personnel that you have. And I thought he did a good job of figuring things out

on the fly from the beginning. Now, that isn't to say that he started out with all the correct

lineups or things like that, but I thought he was able to move on relatively quickly when

something didn't work. I thought the team really started to sort of settle into equilibrium when

Max Christie began to start. And remember, Max started out really struggling to beginning the season,

but caught a groove and became a consistent starter. So yeah, what's AUDD about this idea of

year two, a much more conventional roster, I think, and a few different looks that he can go to?

The second point you made to me is one of the most important points about JJ that we'll

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