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 this is going to be a little

mini pod about the Dallas Mavericks have fired Nico Harrison in just one of the craziest stories

in sports history to me, Dee. I was telling you

right before we hit record, like, I don't know if I have some brilliant insight or anything like that.

So much about this whole experience has been a holy crap type of moment just over and over again

with how this is played out. It's been like one that the old classics

with the Greek gods and morality tales can appreciate because just nine months after making

the Lucidantia trade, Nico gets fired after persistent fire Nico chance. I've been watching

with macab interest, the Maverickick season play out, probably the team I've

watched the second most so far this year, just being like, man, it's crazy to watch a franchise in

this place. What is your reaction to today's news? Unreal, Nico famously said in the aftermath of

trading Luca that defense wins championships. You fast forward to their exit in the aftermath of trading Luca that defense wins championships. You fast forward to

their exit interviews that they did at the end of last season. And a reporter, and I can't

remember who it was, asked Nico, it was all contextualized by the fired Nico chance, and a reporter straight up asked him.

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