CJ Moneyway and Ryan Ward on the Lakers Dynasty: From Kobe to LeBron to What’s Next

Let me ask you, Brian, man, before we get out of here, man, you've been in the Kobe era, you've been in the LeBron era, you know what I'm saying? And you've seen them lift banners. What era do you think has brought the most electricity to the Staples, to the Forum, or to crypto arena?

Definitely the Kobe, Shaq, and then I think Kobe Powell kind of replicated it in a way. I think it was the superstar power of Kobe and Shaq in the beginning. And then when Kobe and Pau got together, like, Pau obviously wasn't a superstar. He was just a really good player. But their team that they put together was so cohesive. It just— I miss that team so much because they just fit. Every guy fit. Like OKC right now. Every guy just fits, right? Lamar Odom, Jordan Farmar, Sasha Vujačić. Just all kind of role-player guys just fit around Kobe, and Kobe embraced it. Like, I think Kobe was such, um, I mean, you call him, you can call him a ball hog, you call him ball dominant or whatever, and he went through that stretch, you know, 2006, where he's just tearing everybody apart.