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All right, let us now speak of the Los Angeles Lakers a team that has been lauded for having one of the best off

Seasons in the NBA after making what would probably have to be considered a surprise conference finals appearance a year ago and

Here to discuss LeBron James age 39 season with us is

Yohan Buah of the athletic are you I'm doing well, man. Thank you for having me. Yeah, absolutely

This is always really fun to do this every year and it's been at least a little while since the Lakers have gone into

A season with this much optimism. I guess two years ago. They did as well with

We weren't a skied in optimism. Yes. Yes, and last year it really was like it seemed like they probably had lower expectations

Then maybe any year of the LeBron Europe

But they managed to make some improvements and get to the West finals

So I think where I want to start in

discussing their

Season this year is to talk about last year and they found some things that worked obviously they did get to the West

Files they were gross summarily dismissed there for zero

What is your thinking on last year? Do you feel like they found a sustainable formula that can carry them forward to being you know

A solid top 14 all year and and a threat to get back to at least the conference files or was there something that may have been

Flukeier about that run to you. I think it's sustainable

I will say that I if you look back at their schedule over that span after the all-star break

It wasn't the most difficult slate of opponents

So I think there was something to they had a brutal start to the season in terms of scheduling and being on the road and

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