Lakers Players Felt LeBron James Was "Complicit" In AD Trade Talks: Report

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The Lakers are looking worse by the day.

There has been a lot of talks this morning surrounding ESPN's Baxter Holmes and his recent exposé on the Los Angeles Lakers and all of their dysfunction this season. Speaking to some anonymous sources around the team, Holmes found out that Magic Johnson was a bully during his time as president of basketball operations for the team. One of the other big storylines from the piece is that some players were upset with LeBron James as they felt he was "complicit" in the public recruitment and trade talks surrounding Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans.

Things got so bad between the players and the front office, that one member of the coaching staff says there is a severe lack of trust coming from the players in regards to management.

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Per Holmes:

"Guys know there's no trust there. Guys know the new [administration] has completely bent over to the agent world and were overly sensitive to having these one-sided relationships with these guys where they kind of control our every move because we're 'big-game hunting.'"

LeBron has yet to reply to the report and neither has Johnson so it will be interesting to see what the fallout is from all of this. Either way, it's not a good look for a Lakers team that is trying to repair its image.


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Alexander Cole is the current editor-in-chief of HotNewHipHop. He started at HotNewHipHop back in 2018 where he began as a Sports and Sneakers writer. It was here where he began to hone his craft, putting his journalism degree from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, to good use. Since that time, he has documented some of the biggest stories in the hip-hop world. From the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef to the disturbing allegations against Diddy, Alex has helped HotNewHipHop navigate large-scale stories as they happen. In 2021, he went to the Bahamas for the Big 3's Championship Game. It was here where he got to interview legendary figures like Ice Cube, Clyde Drexler, and Stephen Jackson. He has also interviewed other superstar athletes such as Antonio Brown, Damian Lillard, and Paul Pierce. This is in addition to conversations with social media provocateurs like Jake Paul, and younger respected artists like Kaycyy, Lil Tecca, and Jeleel!
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