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Learn more at vertexinck.com. Welcome back to a king's reign. I'm the host of the series, Andrew Schlect.

Coming up on the final episode of

the series, Sam Amick and Yovon Buha discuss what this season and the rest of LeBron's

NBA career may look like. A quick note, this episode was recorded before the news about

Bronny's health came out. The conversation has been edited. Again, thanks for listening.

Here now is Sam and Yovan on LeBron and the end of his career.

Hello and welcome back to a King's Rain, the podcast series at The Athletic about LeBron James and his 20 years of dominance. I'm Sam Amick, typically the host of the tampering podcast here today to talk all things LeBron,

present and future with longtime Lakers beat writer Yoban Buha. Yovan, what's up, sir?

How's it going? Good, my friend. Listen, this series has been so much fun, but as you know, it has been

looking backwards, right? The history of LeBron, how he got here, everything he's accomplished

and bringing us to this point. I am excited today for you and I to chop it up about the here

and the now because this is something that we typically traffic in in our day

jobs. Me as a national writer at the athletic, you as the Lakers expert, and this is a topic

very familiar to you and I. The question, first of all, of LeBron and coming off of last season,

when the Lakers make that very surprising run to the West

finals, and the key question that he gave us about 17 seconds to ponder after game four against

Denver was over of, is he going to return? How long is his career going to end? I'm sorry, continue.

I feel like that is a natural starting point. You and I were there

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