Report: Kobe Bryant Urged Jeanie Buss To Clean Lakers House to Lure LeBron James

The retirement of Kobe Bryant had a terrible effect on the Los Angeles Lakers as the team struggled to find leadership after he was gone. Team owner Jeanie Buss had hard time attracting a big name, and she knew that the front office has to do something.

Jerry’s daughter made the final decision in the midst of the Lakers’ fourth losing season. She fired Jim Buss, and hired Magic Jonhson. He is responsible for the basketball operations, and Rob Pelinka is here to replace general manager Mitch Kupchak. Sam Amick confirmed that Kobe Bryant adviced Buss to get LeBron James.

“Cut it all out at once. I know it’s hard to do, but if you want to turn this ship around and turn it around sooner rather than later, then you’ve got to make those hard decisions … I know who we’re trying to get; we know who we’re trying to get, so that player is not going to come here with all of this s— going on. It’s not going to happen. So if you do want to have that focus, and go after that player, then I’m telling you that you’ve gotta clean house, and you’ve gotta just reshuffle the deck and start anew,” Bryant told Buss.

“As a player, it’s like, listen, it’s a cultural thing. You’ve got to have the right culture around, especially for him at this stage of his career. You don’t want to come to a team and deal with a bunch of bulls—, right? You don’t want to come here and be part of an organization where the walls are talking and stuff is getting out left and right and you have this camp and that camp.”

The Lakers management finally got LeBron, and he is doing a great job for the team.