Laker Film Room - Dedicated to the Study of Lakers Basketball
Dedicated to the Study of Lakers Basketball. Hosted by Pete Zayas & Darius Soriano.
Episodes
May 9, 2025 • 46 mins
In part two of their evaluation of the Lakers roster, the guys rank each player on the team as shooters, ball handlers, passers, finishers around the rim, and their overall IQ compared to their positional counterparts around the NBA.
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May 8, 2025 • 41 mins
In part one of a two-part pod evaluating the Lakers roster, the guys focus on the athleticism of the team, ranking each player’s strength, speed, length, and leaping ability compared to their peers around the NBA.
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May 7, 2025 • 38 mins
Pete and Darius go around the league to discuss a fantastic start the 2nd round of the playoffs where the road teams have started 5-0 and include multiple huge comeback wins, and then take what they're seeing from these teams to highlight what is different from how the Lakers played in their lone series and what the team needs to do to take the next step as a contender.
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May 6, 2025 • 43 mins
Pete and Darius continue their review of the Lakers leadership by discussing JJ Redick's rookie campaign as Lakers head coach. The guys dive into the job he did in rebuilding the team's culture, the trade that shook up his roster, his strengths and weaknesses in building out schemes on both sides of the ball, and much more.
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May 5, 2025 • 42 mins
As the Lakers move into the offseason, Pete and Darius begin their year of review by looking at the team's leadership, starting with Rob Pelinka. The guys look at the franchise altering trade for Luka Dončić, but also the context of how the team got to this point, after several years of major ups and downs from Pelinka.
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May 2, 2025 • 42 mins
Rob Pelinka and JJ Redick held their end of season press conference on Thursday and provided their thoughts on the Lakers first round exit, the change the team went through this season, plans for the summer, and much more. Pete and Darius offer their reactions to what was said, what stood out to them most, and what, if anything, they disagreed with.
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May 1, 2025 • 47 mins
The Lakers season ended with a Game 5 defeat to the Timberwolves, with the Lakers struggling to score and secure the stops necessary to seize a game that could have gone either way. Pete and Darius discuss the loss, but also reflect on the playoffs and the season on the whole, highlighting their disappointment in the how the team played in this series while also looking at some of the positives from a year that brought huge change ...
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April 30, 2025 • 43 mins
The Lakers will try to fend off elimination in Wednesday's Game 5 against the Timberwolves. Pete and Darius discuss some of the possible tactical shifts that can help them win the game, how a looming starting lineup shift can help the team offensively, whether Jaxson Hayes has a role to play in the game, what is left to try defensively vs. Anthony Edwards, and much more.
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April 29, 2025 • 42 mins
With the Lakers down 3-1 in their series with the Timberwolves, Pete and Darius discuss their frustrations with where the series stands and where their personal level of belief and spirit lies heading into Game 5. Then later, the guys get into the conversations JJ Redick can have with the bench players and what potential rotation options look like for Game 5, and much more.
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April 27, 2025 • 42 mins
The Lakers suffered a gut-punch loss in Game 4, falling to the Wolves by three points after taking a 10-point lead into the final frame. Pete and Darius discuss the loss, highlighted by JJ Redick's decision to start Dorian Finney-Smith for Jaxson Hayes in the 2nd half, play that new starting group the entire 2nd half, and how that decision helped contribute to clear mental and physical fatigue of the team down the stretch. Then lat...
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April 26, 2025 • 38 mins
With Luka Dončić dealing with an illness and compromised physically, LeBron James stepped up with a big scoring night and great game overall, but it was not enough as Anthony Edwards and the Wolves made all the plays down the stretch to take Game 3 and seize a 2-1 series lead. Pete and Darius react to the game, discussing Luka's untimely illness, LeBron's great night, the Wolves' strong play, and the too-frequent turnovers and othe...
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April 25, 2025 • 26 mins
As the Lakers head into Friday's Game 3 against the Timberwolves in Minnesota, Pete and Darius reminisce about Kobe Bryant quieting road arenas in huge playoff games, how Luka Dončić is cut from this same cloth and carries on this tradition, and how role players fit into the mindset of being a road killer.
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April 24, 2025 • 43 mins
As the Lakers head to Minnesota for Game 3, Pete and Darius review some of the things that have them encouraged about the Lakers chances the rest of the series, and look at the different ways the team can start to find their stride offensively to build on the early successes they had early in Game 2 vs. the Wolves' defense.
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April 23, 2025 • 42 mins
The Lakers turned up their defensive intensity and physicality, holding the Wolves to just 85 points to secure a much needed win and even up their 1st round series at one game apiece. Pete and Darius react to the win, highlighting the team's improvements on the defensive side of the ball, Luka's strong night as a scorer and shot creator, Austin Reaves finding his offensive game from two-point range, Rui's strong night on defense, a...
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April 22, 2025 • 33 mins
The Lakers face a near must-win situation in Game 2 tonight against the Wolves. The guys discuss how the Lakers were surprised by Minnesota's defensive approach, how they can create easier offense on switches, and share some news about the pod.
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April 21, 2025 • 41 mins
In advance of Tuesday's Game 2 between the Lakers and the Wolves, Pete and Darius look at some adjustments the Lakers can make to try to even the series before the games shift back to Minnesota.
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April 20, 2025 • 33 mins
Despite a strong scoring night from Luka Dončić, the Lakers got blown out in Game 1 against the Timberwolves, doing too little to slow down their hot shooting and struggling to create advantage against the Wolves’ set defense. Pete and Darius react to the game, offering their thoughts on the Lakers game plan on both ends, Minnesota’s readiness and execution against that plan, the two stretches of the game that stood out most to the...
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April 17, 2025 • 34 mins
Minnesota runs a drop-heavy defensive coverage that's built around Rudy Gobert's abilities as a rim protector, but as JJ Redick has said...drop is death against Luka. The guys discuss how the Lakers will try to get the Wolves out of their preferred defensive alignments, why the Wolves have more cards to play than just the drop, who the Lakers are likeliest to target, and more. Support Pete here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lak...
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April 16, 2025 • 36 mins
The Lakers switch-heavy defense invites mismatch hunting and the 1-on-1 scenarios that Anthony Edwards can thrive in. Pete & Darius discuss what makes Ant such a threat in isolation, how the Lakers will try to defend him with multiple players, and Julius Randle’s importance as a secondary shot creator for the Wolves.
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April 15, 2025 • 36 mins
Pete & Darius give their initial, big picture impressions of the Lakers vs Wolves matchup.
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