Rich Paul didn’t stutter the Jeanie Buss-LeBron James rumors
The Los Angeles Lakers they recently came under fire after an article was published about the Buss family’s power struggle, but more specifically, Jeanie Buss. The story also said little LeBron Jamesand how Buss reportedly considered trading James Los Angeles Clippers, as she felt he was getting a lot of credit for the team’s success, but also not taking responsibility for the downfalls.
At the end of the day, it seems like there was an ego problem that Buss may have had with James, but after the story broke, she came out and denied all those rumors.
“It’s really not right, with all the great things LeBron has done for the Lakers, that he has to be dragged into my family drama,” Buss said. “To say it wasn’t appreciated is just not true and completely unfair to him.”
Rich PaulJames’ agent, recently talked about rumours on his podcast with Max Kellerman, and he doesn’t seem to mind.
“There’s an article written every day,” Paul said. “Who gives like…? I don’t. You don’t know what’s true and what’s not true. But where there’s smoke, there’s fire. I’ve seen some things that have come out, and obviously, they’ve been talking about different scenarios in terms of the power that we can have.
Rich Paul responds to ESPN article on Jeanie Buss and LeBron James
“Who cares … I’ve seen some of the stuff that’s come out and they’ve obviously talked about different scenarios in terms of the power that we have.”
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“All I know is that there’s respect for guys like Michael Irvin, and there should be. And there should certainly be respect for a guy like LeBron, and I think a lot of times people decide what not to do for reasons that don’t really have any substance.”
If Buss was trying to trade James, Paul would actually be one of the first people to know about the deal.
Outside of the James part of the story, he also covered other things regarding the Buss family dynamic and how the new ownership group may have turned things around for them.
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