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 Filmroom podcast, brought you by the Blue Wire Podcast Network. I'm Pete, joined by Darius and Mike. Happy to have a full house today. And it's one of the real fun times of the season. To me, this is the start of the next year is NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.

And Mike, gosh, this must be your 12th, 13th, 14th.

How many is this for you?

Well, my first one was 2006 with the Timberwolves.

And I've come to every single one except for the ones that were canceled by the pandemic.

Right.

And so, yeah, I guess that would be, well, be like 14 maybe.

Wow.

So you're a veteran, man.

You've done this whole, you've done this whole thing, you know, many, many times.

Set the scene for us, man.

What's it like for you guys in Vegas right now? Well, it's grown a lot, even from 2006. And it's become the NBA kind of vacation in a way. But it's kind of a business trip, but there's plenty of time to hang out with your friends. Right. So, you know, you have to keep yourself in a certain level of condition where you have to perform, whether it's be to play basketball or to do your job,

but there's a lot of mingling. And, of course, the pandemic has influenced some of that. And, you know,

some people are completely ignoring it. Others are still trying to be a little bit careful about

where they're going and such. But I would say for the most part, maybe 90% of people are now operating as if it's back to usual.

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