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 Filmroom podcast, brought you by the Blue Wire

Podcast Network. I'm Pete, joined as always by Mike. Darius is still vacationing, traipsing around the

world and enjoying himself. And today we're going to have a little bit of a philosophical discussion

about team building.

Last offseason, Lakers made several talent plays, right?

Looking to acquire just the best player available, Dennis Schroeder, Montrez-Harrell,

during the buyout market, they acquired Andre Drummond.

And the reasons why you acquire talented players are obvious, right?

But there's a, there can be a downside to that in that talented players have expectations in terms of role, in terms of minutes, in terms of several elements of being on a team.

And over the course of the season and even in the off season, several of those guys have complained in some way, shape, or form about their role, about their playing time.

It made comments to that extent.

So Mike and I are going to discuss today the idea of kind of chemistry versus talent.

And those don't necessarily have to be mutually exclusive on the best teams you have both.

But when we have LeBron and A.D., Mike, those are the cornerstones.

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