LeBron James distances himself from Rich Paul’s podcast comments
"... I think people should realize that grown men can say whatever the f*** they want to say and it shouldn't reflect somebody else is saying it."
"... I think people should realize that grown men can say whatever the f*** they want to say and it shouldn't reflect somebody else is saying it."
"That is uncommon for an agent to be commenting on his player's team to this degree and saying basically, 'I would trade this guy.' Especially a guy who's sort of in contract competition [with] his client."
"Let me get a couple air swings in while the anthem is being played because I don't play good basketball anymore, I got to work on my golf game."
"He’s working on getting that under. He’s not worried about this."
"They don't respect JJ. Listen, you just got done playing a couple of years ago, dawg."
"It's always throwing your team under the bus... there's never accountability with that guy."
Kendrick Perkins did not hold back on Lakers coach JJ Redick failing to get his team to compete in their Christmas Day loss to the Rockets.
"I think it came down from the top"
"He always thinks about making the right play."
"It's a weird sort of thing."
"He definitely was hunting for it"
The Charter-owned network pays the team an enormous $200 million per year rights fee.
"He wants to be my friend, but I'm not allowing it."
"This move should have probably happened this summer, honestly... This trade just made no sense."
"I mean, it'll qualify you to coach the Lakers."
JJ Redick appeared to shut off his microphone during Wednesday night's ESPN broadcast before speaking to Luka Dončić on the sideline.
"I hope he leaves sooner than later, cause I hate to see great players out there struggling."
"The Jeremy Lin comp is a little bit of a stretch."
"They should just put old. O-L-D, with an extra D too."
The streamer's Friday night doubleheader averaged 1.25 million viewers, up 13% versus ESPN's comparable games last season.
Weitzman says he received a "very strongly written letter" from a defamation lawyer on the Lakers' behalf.
"Put the camera here... That was terrible."
"Based on the Lakers’ rights fee numbers, this is an unsustainable deal."
LeBron James drew criticism for a tease that turned out to be a Hennessy ad. And now one Lakers fan is suing him claiming deception.