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Learn more at vertexinck.com. Welcome back to a king's reign, the new narrative podcast series from The Athletic,

detailing the bronze life, career, and impact.

I'm the host of this series, Andrew Schlecht.

You know, there was a time that the entire basketball world,

or at least it felt like the entire basketball world,

thought LeBron James wasn't clutch.

One thing that really pissed me off

was when people used to always get on him about not taking

a last shot. James Edwards III details that narrative and the moment when LeBron broke through

to having his Jordan moment. And then Joe Barton looks at the long arc of LeBron's

international basketball career from the disaster in Athens during the 2004 Olympics.

I hate to say this, but it was a very dysfunctional team.

To the iconic redeemed team.

In 2008, our goal was not just to win the gold medal, was to win the respect of the world and the respect of our country.

I think we checked each one of those boxes.

And at the end, an exclusive interview with former Team USA head coach Mike Shoshchewski,

who tells some awesome stories about coaching LeBron, Kobe Bryant, and the rest of the

redeemed team.

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