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 D, we've been having a lot of conversations lately about the positions that guys play and what they play on defense versus offense. And it's gotten me thinking, this is something that's been on my mind

for a while. And I wanted to do a pod about this. The positions in basketball, at least the nomenclature

that we use, leaves me wanting. And I feel like for less experienced fans, they don't do much in terms of

actually explaining what the jobs are. And so I wanted to do sort of a pod about what are the jobs on a basketball court?

What are the actual positions on offense, the actual positions on defense? Are there some

wild card spots where you have a little bit of flexibility? What are the foundational? Every team

has this. And so, D, in basketball, right, we talk about point guards and shooting guards or one, two,

three, fours, and fives. And it doesn't explain quite the way that other sports do in the same way

that in football, you know, you have your defensive end, and that's his one job. And he's not also

the offensive tackle on the other end of the floor, right? And so it's easy to delineate

who does what and why. And I think the closest analog in other sports is hockey. And so I just wanted

to kick that conversation off with you. What are your thoughts on sort of the jobs and positions

of the NBA? Because I think it's a little bit harder to separate than in other sports.

Yeah. There are a ton of players in the NBA now

who play traditional positions. And then there are, I would argue, way more players who are

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