Greg Cote

Because when the move for Luka was made last year, we all knew it was made unfair.

For the future, it was not supposed to be a move that helped them right now because they don't have any size.

They traded away.

They also traded away their best defensive player.

Like, they're not going to be good on that end of the floor now, trading away a great defensive player and getting a really poor defensive player.

But everyone was cool with it because, all right, in the short term, we're not going to be great.

But in the long term, now we have our foundational piece.

But the way that we treat this team, it's like as if we haven't had that conversation before.

But you could really –

We really should be judging the Lakers and Luka starting next year.

That was always what the conversation was when the trade was made.

This is a trade for the future.

Maybe, maybe we could have some fun while LeBron is still here, but this is about the rest of Luka's career.

I don't think they're going to want to reduce LeBron's minutes because once he gets to the postseason, there are no back-to-backs.

I mean, heck, sometimes the game's on Monday, the next game's on Friday, you know, in the first round.

They're going to maximize LeBron if anything come playoffs.

Is this where...

having the head coach be your former podcast partner ends up hurting them?

Well, can't you do like you saw Eric Spolster now when Norman Powell, before Norman Powell got hurt recently, Tyler Hero was coming off the bench because you can't have those guys in the lineup together.

They've not been good, Miami.