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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 Laker Filmroom podcast, brought you by the Blue Rour Podcast Network. I'm Pete, joined, as always, by Darius and Mike. And we've got the trade deadline coming up on Thursday. So we're going to talk about that. Lakers got whooped in New Orleans. I don't think we're going to talk too much about the game, but I do think that they are a team that missing your entire front line is, they're particularly equipped to deal with that. They have weaknesses, but Zion is one of the strongest players in the NBA. Stephen Adams is one of the strongest players in the NBA. And B.I. is one of the longest players in the NBA. And with missing our front court, we just

didn't have enough large humans to battle with them. And that said, we did not compete particularly

hard. Right. So one of those things is not their fault. One of those things is. But in that context,

again, we've got the trade deadline coming up tomorrow.

Darius, how much does the current Lakers situation being without both LeBron and AD for an extended period of time? And Mark, you know, coming back from health and safety protocols and kind of getting his conditioning back, as Vogel has spoken to.

Does that change any of the calculus on how the Lakers should approach?

Yes and no.

It's been a while since I had a yes and no.

But depending on how long those guys are going to be out,

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