The Longest Reign
Laker Film Room - Dedicated to the Study of Lakers Basketball
Pete Zayas
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2023
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Summary
With LeBron going into his 21st season, Pete, Mike, and Darius discuss the unprecedented level he continues to play at, how the roster construction could lead to a shift in his offensive approach, how much LeBron's role could end up being a function of age vs. his own approach to games vs. the roster, and much more. And then later, the guys debate the appropriate defensive ask for LeBron at this stage of his career.
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| 0:00.0 | What do you think about the Laker team now? |
| 0:03.5 | You follow the box scores of the games every day? |
| 0:06.0 | Just the Lakers. |
| 0:07.3 | You're kidding. |
| 0:08.6 | That is really a compliment. |
| 0:12.8 | I was pleased to see you smile at the top bar show |
| 0:15.5 | because once the game starts, you have a game face. |
| 0:17.8 | You don't smile much out there. |
| 0:20.4 | I don't think you have to do things for money anymore. |
| 0:22.9 | Correct. |
| 0:23.7 | What's up, Laker fans? |
| 0:24.9 | Welcome to the Laker Film Room podcast. |
| 0:26.5 | I'm Pete, joined by Darius and Mike. |
| 0:29.0 | And guys, one thing I've been dwelling on lately that I'm super appreciative of is if you're a Laker fan of a specific age or older, you are old enough to remember |
| 0:40.4 | Kareem in his 20th season, Kobe in his 20th season, and of course, LeBron now in his 20th season. |
| 0:48.5 | And we all know how Kobe's last year went. And Kobe lost a lot of his superpowers overnight with the Achilles injury. |
| 0:56.4 | And he was playing some of the best basketball of his career before that happened, too. |
| 1:02.2 | But by the time he was in year 20, right, he was not the player that he was as a younger player. |
| 1:07.7 | Kareem is a bit of a different story. |
| 1:09.6 | And one thing that Darius always astutely points out in the all-time great conversations |
| 1:14.8 | is that Kareem was a four-year college player. |
| 1:17.5 | And even back then, to give you an idea of how different the rules were, he wasn't even |
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