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Feb 2024
37m 58s

Put It Together

PETE ZAYAS
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With roughly two-thirds of the NBA season over, the Lakers are a couple games over .500 and (mostly) have a sense of what their team will look like the rest of the season. Pete and Darius discuss what they hope to see from the team in the short and long term on both sides of the ball, how the team's growth on offense can help compensate for their defense, wh ... Show More
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