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What do you think about the Laker team now?

Do you follow the box cards 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, brought you by the Blue Wire Podcast Network. I'm Pete, joined by Mike, no darius today. And I had the honor of attending my first Laker game as a Laker employee on Friday night. Unfortunately, we did not get the result that we all wanted, but it was fascinating, Mike, to see the game from a different perspective.

We were sitting in the same row, baseline level, a little elevated, a couple rows up.

But before we get into the Lakers, I just want to talk about like the perspective of sitting there.

And basketball is so fascinating to me because you see totally different things from there versus the TV angle versus the overhead angle versus the slash camera, which is like kind of diagonal.

That's great for fast breaks. I was really struck by how well you can see body language and the speed of the game.

But it's also difficult kind of because you're on the baseline to see the depth of the game. But it's also difficult because you're on the baseline

to see the depth of the sport, right? Like sometimes the fast break kind of have a two-dimensional

quality. They're either coming at you or they're coming away from you. You've been sitting there

for years, Mike. I'm curious, your thoughts of watching a game before we get into the Lakers,

just from that perspective of sitting along the baseline up close, but not always having that words-eye

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