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'Set up for failure': What lies ahead for Bronny James and the Los Angeles Lakers

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RICH PAUL WAS sitting on a couch inside his spacious, glass-walled corner office in Beverly Hills. It was a warm, mid-September afternoon, and he was surrounded by testaments to his success: framed magazine profiles, signed memorabilia, a whiteboard with financial projections, a bar cart with top-shelf tequila and champagne. He pointed to a wall.

On the other side of it, Paul told ESPN, was the very spot where just a few months ago he and Bronny James discussed the decision of whether to stay in college or declare for the NBA draft.