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 bar 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 on the 15-year anniversary of Kobe's great game winner against the

Miami Heat, where he banked it in over D. Wade, Lakers go to Miami to visit the Miami Heat.

Lakers sit at 12 and 9.

And we got some update yesterday on Jared Vanderbilt's injury D. And I will say that the update was the most coherent of all of them so far. There's been effusion, which means swelling

in his knee, which was not what he had had operated on, right?

It was his feet before, so it's knee swelling.

It doesn't sound good, but with a hope to return early January.

I think that's the first time you've dug into this more than I have, that the Lakers have

given a, well, maybe the second time, right?

We hope that he returns for the real games was the first one.

But actually giving a hope to return by is new, I think.

So talk to me, your thoughts.

We get our Vando update.

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