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00:00The Lakers made another spot splash on trade deadline Eve Wednesday evening in
00:05the acquisition of third-year big man Mark Williams who has been plagued by
00:09his own injury issues only 85 games played in total in his first three years
00:15in the Association fewer than 25 this season and a failed physical now leading
00:22to a rescinded trade between the Lakers and the Hornets so welcome back to Los
00:27Angeles Dalton Connect Mark Williams stays in Charlotte the deadline has
00:32passed the Lakers cannot make another deal for another big around the NBA
00:38Donnie what was your reaction to the Lakers making the deal initially for Mark
00:42Williams adding that young inathletic big man but knowing his injury history
00:46now having that deal rescinded yeah it's kind of interesting it was a buyer's
00:51remorse that the Lakers had at that point did they make the deal and then
00:54realized 24 hours a like oh how can we get out of this which is simple you can
00:57always get your medical team to say this isn't working because correct me
01:00if I'm wrong Ben I want to say I read the press release that was like oh we
01:04knew he had a certain injury but we didn't even fail him for that it's for
01:06another thing that we're not going to release and also don't connect we knew
01:10coming out of college the most polished offensive score in the draft here and
01:14was providing some pretty good depth to the Los Angeles Lakers had some great
01:17nights early on coming off the bench and or starting it was one of those
01:20eye-scratches cool but they knew they needed a big to replace Anthony Davis so
01:24it made sense on that physical level but then again rescinding the trade I
01:28asked the question again was there actually buyers remorse where fans
01:33weren't happy maybe they didn't think it all the way through they made the trade
01:36at a haste and if there's anything whatsoever wrong with Mark Williams they
01:41were gonna send the back and they didn't have it for don't connect boy what a
01:44whirlwind they're like oh man I'm going from an organization that's in Los
01:46Angeles to one of the dregs of the NBA now I got to get out of my apartment
01:50maybe my lease maybe buy a new house maybe I'm here I might even head to the
01:54practice facility oh by the way you're going back to LA congratulations and
01:58even without Luka Doncic yet to make his debut as we thought maybe early could
02:04happen Saturday at home against the Pacers no LeBron James in that game
02:08Austin Reeves is like Dalton I got you Cooper Dejean I got all of us he went
02:14off for 40 plus and 15 dimes whatever it was against Indiana the Lakers have won
02:20five consecutive games nine of their last 10 31 and 19 the Lakers in the five
02:25spot in the Western Conference just a half game behind Houston who is on a
02:30small slide from what would be the fourth spot in the Western Conference
02:34hosting an opening round playoff series and that's before Luka Doncic makes his
02:39debut so here is where the Lakers are right now up it went total 49 and a half
02:45minus 4,500 price to get to the postseason a 9 to 1 number to win the
02:50Western Conference that got down to plus 750 Donnie after the Mark Williams deal
02:56what it seemed as though they had added a promising young big now not
03:00necessarily the case Donnie in your estimation what is the Lakers outlook
03:05for the remainder of this regular season what does success look like in LA with
03:11LeBron and Luka it's so hard that you say that because when you start saying
03:17LeBron James synonymous with I need to get to the finals and win finals that's
03:22my job here as one of the best players on the planet still at his age but
03:26success for me excuse me success would be get to the playoffs win a round or two
03:31be competent enough to possibly make the and the conference finals but I don't
03:37see them winning here like honestly I love Luke I think it's a great
03:39basketball player they still have a lot of things to work out not a lot of time
03:42to get those factors in and you're right they lost a great defensive big which
03:45you don't have now success for me is to leave myself into this all season going
03:50you know what LeBron's gonna come back Luke is gonna be 100% we'll add a piece
03:54now we're ready for a championship run show me a championship caliber run here
03:59without doing a championship if that makes sense that's success for me I
04:03think bare minimum would be one playoff series victory to get into that second
04:08round of the Western Conference postseason but it would be funny right
04:13because the narrative of coming up short with Luka Doncic and LeBron James by
04:17the time we get to April and May it's certainly going to have a lasting impact