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It’s been a wild day for the LA Lakers.
This afternoon NBA twitter was set on fire when it was revealed that contract negotiations between the team and Ty Lue broke down despite the expectation that the team was going to hire him after Monty Williams turned down the job last week.
Ty Lue and his reps turned down the Lakers’ offer Tuesday, per league sources. LAL regrouped with an offer in the range of 3 years, $18 million today. Lue’s side pulled out of negotiations. Lue’s camp seeking 5 year deal with salary commensurate with championship resume
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) May 8, 2019
It was later revealed that Linda and Kurt Rambis had squashed the Ty Lue deal behind the scenes.
Source: The Buss family & Rob Pelinka signed off on hiring Ty Lue last week. Kurt & Linda Rambis were the only parties opposed, and convinced the Lakers to hold off, which lead to today.
— nick wright (@getnickwright) May 8, 2019
Lakers advisor Kurt Rambis is playing a major role in the franchise's coaching search, league sources tell ESPN. He's emerging as a powerful voice in basketball operations.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 8, 2019
Now ESPN’s Stephen A Smith is reporting that people close to Lakers owner Jeanie Buss are “imploring” her to trade LeBron James which is absolutely nuts.
'Some people close to Jeanie Buss are telling her to trade Lebron james." – SAS pic.twitter.com/K9XcuxjItu
— John Ledesma (@JohnnyNBA) May 8, 2019
Nothing is out of bounds right now. We don’t know what the hell is going on in Los Angeles. you’ve got folks close to Jeanie Buss imploring her to trade LeBron James. He does not have a no-trade clause, and now you haven’t given him the coach he wanted.
“Lebron James has quietly been about the business of trying to get Kawhi Leonard to come to the Los Angeles Lakers instead of the Los Angeles clippers. So making a move like this, by not bringing in the coach he wants, not securing the coach he wants in Los Angeles, you never know what dominos are going to fall right now.”
The Lakers are a complete clown show right now and LeBron would actually be better off if they did decide to trade him.