What do you think about the Laker team now?

Do 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, brought to you by the

Blue Our Podcast Network. I'm Pete, joined as always by Mike. Darius should be back on our next show.

And in the last episode, we discussed a wonderful series between the Bucks and Sons and how Milwaukee's size and athleticism,

the impact of that is really starting to show itself over the course of that series.

And today we're going to discuss that in context with the Western Conference.

Mike, we got some big news this past week that Kauai Leonard has partially torn ACL and had surgery.

The recovery time for that is usually nine plus months.

So he should be out for a good portion of next season, if not the entirety of it.

And looking at the Western Conference from that perspective, I mean, he's one of the big dogs out West, right?

One of the true superstars out West.

And when we think of it through a Lakers perspective,

you've got Phoenix, you've got Denver, who's going to be better.

But yeah, Kauai's injury kind of leaves a wide open Western Conference, Mike.

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