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,

directed by the Blue Wire Podcast Network.

I'm Pete, joined by Darius and Mike.

And today we preview the play-in game

against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

And guys, one of the things I was struck by

in watching our previous games against

Minnesota yesterday was how they're only fractionally relevant to tonight's game due to player

availability. The first game was in late October, and that was a game AD did not play in. And the

guys who started alongside LeBron were Damien Jones, Pat Bev, Lonnie Walker, and Troy Brown Jr.

I don't put a whole lot of stock into that game.

The second game we played was post-trade, but neither LeBron nor Dilo played nor Cat played in that game.

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