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Message: [QUOTE="MikeSU02, post: 5112450, member: 60"] I don't think the players worship LeBron, at least not all of them. Hence, why Lakers can't attract free agents. Klutch/Bron run that team. Drafted his kid, hired his podcast buddy, etc. Not very appealing to go to a team where you have to answer questions about Bron, Bronny, JJ 10x a week and, at best, get like a 6 or 7 seed in the West (and more likely a 8-10 seed). Reminder of this [URL='https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2808589-why-doesnt-anyone-want-to-play-with-lebron-anymore']KD quote[/URL] from a while back: [I] "So much hype comes from being around LeBron from other people," Durant said. "He has so many fanboys in the media. Even the beat writers just fawn over him. I'm like, we're playing basketball here, and it's not even about basketball at certain points. So I get why anyone wouldn't want to be in that environment because it's toxic. Especially when the attention is bullshit attention, fluff. It's not LeBron's fault at all; it's just the fact you have so many groupies in the media that love to hang on every word. Just get out of the way and let us play basketball."[/I] Since that quote, it *is* now Bron's fault, for better or worse. JJ as coach. Bronny as a draft pick. Bron is on his 10th coach during his career. The only ones not to have been fired while coaching him are Spo (who Riley had to tell Bron to cool it and back off) and Ty Lue (who is happy to stay coaching the Clippers vs entertaining switching to the Lakers after having won a chip with Bron) and now JJ (who hasn't coached a game yet). But the dude has four chips and been to the finals a million times. And, the Lakers ownership isn't like a Ballmer that is independently insanely wealthy outside of the franchise. The Buss' family's wealth is tied to the Lakers. I believe, at least as a few years ago, the Buss family had the least wealth of any NBA owner. [/QUOTE]

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