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 tonight, we've got Janus and the Milwaukee Bucks in town. And hopefully, a couple of injury returns for the Lakers. LeBron, listed as questionable after missing the second

night of a back-to-back the other night. And Rui is also questionable, indicating that he is set

to come back today. Dee, one thing that we talk about fairly consistently is not liking,

talking about players or teams, and we'll talk about this maybe a little more in the second

segment, through a deficit

model, right, of everything that they are not. It's very easy to look at someone or something and

point out all of its flaws and not at all focus on what they're good at. Of course, it's easy to

go the opposite way and just focus on all of the good. But the Lakers, as we'll talk about in the

second segment, are not one of those sorts of teams that the flaws do not get... way and just focus on all of the good. But the Lakers, as we'll talk about in the second

segment, are not one of those sorts of teams that the flaws do not get nitpicked. And much of our

conversation about Rui D. has been about the starting lineup and his lack of fit in that.

Tonight's starting lineup is going to be one of the more intriguing starting lineups

of the year for me.

Now, obviously, Austin is out, so very likely to start a guard either way.

And so I imagine Marcus is going to start?

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