Hello, Lakers Nation. Welcome in the Lakers Nation.com podcast. I am Trevor Lane. Today, we're

joined by a special guest. It's Andrew Bernstein, who does a phenomenal job photographing the NBA.

In fact, he is a Hall of Fame photographer. And if you've seen NBA pictures, which all of you have at

this point, you've seen his work plenty.

Andrew, always, always a pleasure to talk basketball with you.

Thank you so much for coming on.

Yeah, always great to see you, Trevor.

Thank you for having me, Matt.

So what's new with you?

We know you've got retirement coming up here.

What's going on there?

I'm sad because the all-time great NBA photographs are all done by you, but I know

you're looking ahead here to retirement.

So what's going on?

Well, Trevor, it's been a great run.

I mean, I never pictured this as a 19-year-old photographer trying to break into this business when I moved from Brooklyn back in 1978.

And, you know, fast forward 45 years, 43 years with the NBA.

It's been a fantastic career. I, like I said, exceeded my own expectations.

I've accomplished a lot more than I ever imagined or dreamed I would. But there comes a time when

an athlete knows when it's time to retire, other people and other professions,

and in this mind as well.

I've been suffering for a long time from back issues, dating back into probably 2006, I think I had back surgery.

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