LeBron James’ agent, Wealthy Paul, insists one other bombshell report concerning the Los Angeles Lakers ahead is not any biggie.
On Wednesday, ESPN’s Baxter Holmes printed a narrative detailing how infighting severed the Buss household earlier than it relinquished possession of the Lakers. The article revealed Jeanie Buss — daughter of former Lakers proprietor Jerry — grew bored with James earlier than spearheading the sale of the staff to TWG International CEO Mark Walter for $10B in June 2025.
Jeanie Buss reportedly complained about James’ “outsized ego,” and Klutch Sports activities, Paul’s company, influencing the franchise’s decision-making. She also supposedly considered trading the 21-time All-Star to the Los Angeles Clippers in 2022 earlier than giving him a contract extension. As an alternative of defending his shopper, Paul trivialized the report.
Wealthy Paul responds to Jeanie Buss-LeBron James rumors
“Who provides a [expletive],” Paul said Wednesday on “Sport Over with Max Kellerman and Wealthy Paul.” “I do not, proper? You do not know what’s true. What’s not true. However the place there’s smoke, there’s fireplace. I noticed a number of the stuff that got here out about it, and clearly, they talked about completely different situations by way of energy that we could have. Here is all I do know. There’s an appreciation for guys like Michael Irvin, there needs to be, our legends. And there rattling needs to be appreciation for a man like LeBron.
“From the time we have gotten to L.A., we have been handled nice,” Paul continued.
Jeanie Buss, in the meantime, issued an announcement to The Athletic’s Sam Amick expressing her respect for James.
“It is actually not proper, given all the good issues LeBron has finished for the Lakers, that he must be pulled into my household drama,” Jeanie Buss stated. “To say that it wasn’t appreciated is simply not true and fully unfair to him.”
