What do you think about the Laker team now?

Do 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 Laker Film Room podcast, brought to you by the Blue Wire

Podcast Network. I'm Pete, joined as always by Darius and Mike. And we talked so much this season

about the Lakers' lack of cohesion, right, as a result of the injuries that they suffered and the

inability for guys to play together.

And we're going to talk a little bit about the Phoenix Clippers series.

And I want to look at Phoenix in particular, how they're the opposite end of that spectrum, right?

They haven't had Chris Paul, who's in some ways the head of the snake as a ball handler, although

I think Devin Booker and campaign are showing that, and DeAndre Aiton, they've got real hoopers on

that team bridges as well. Guys playing together that when you have all of those reps, they're a team

Darius where in the absence of Chris Paul, they're still, everybody's reading and reacting

off of each other in a way where Monty Williams really has them believing. They're on a wave,

I call these for teams. The 2001 Lakers are an example of an elite talent team that also catches a wave,

right? And they've got all of this momentum with the cohesiveness.

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