Los Angeles Lakers Owner Jeanie Buss Reportedly Set LeBron Straight

LeBron James has been rubbing Lakers Land the wrong way as of late, including Lakers owner Jeanie Buss.

LeBron has been dropping hints about his future, which just seems all about him and less about his team. It was all a bit premature, considering he’s locked in a contract through next season. LeBron’s antics aren’t jiving with the Lakers front office brass.

Per Bill Simmons, Lakers owner Jeanie Buss reportedly “stood up” to LeBron in a recent sit-down meeting following All-Star weekend when a lot of the questionable comments were made.

“Jeanie Buss is a tough lady, man. … She’s been in the league since the early eighties and I think at some point she stood up to those guys and was like, ‘No, stop. You don’t get to undermine all this. Stop,” Simmons explained.

“You’re here. You’re under contract next year. What are we doing?’ and I think they had a powwow, that’s what I heard. But I think she stood up for at least something. For them to unwind last week and pretend they weren’t chaos agents was really strange.”

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Rumors recently surfaced pointing to LeBron having more control than any Lakers player ever has, and that list includes Kobe.

The “we never gave Kobe as much power as we’ve given LeBron!” leak gets so much funnier when you remember Kobe’s agent is literally the GM of the Lakers.

If Kobe didn’t have as much power as LeBron it’s because Rob Pelinka wasn’t as good at his job as Rich Paul is.

— Sam Quinn (@SamQuinnCBS) February 23, 2022

If the Lakers miss the playoffs, which is looking more likely by the day, it’s going to be Jeanie’s job to surround LeBron with an all new team.

We know this current roster isn’t it.

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