Los Angeles Lakers governor and minority owner Jeanie Buss believed LeBron James wasn’t appreciative enough of the franchise drafting his son Bronny James in 2024, sources told ESPN’s Baxter Holmes.
Buss denied the report, however, in a statement Wednesday afternoon.
“It’s really not right, given all the great things LeBron has done for the Lakers, that he has to be pulled into my family drama,” Buss told Sam Amick of The Athletic. “To say that it wasn’t appreciated is just not true and completely unfair to him.”
Bronny has made 51 combined appearances over two seasons with the Lakers but has yet to crack head coach JJ Redick’s main rotation. This season, he’s averaging 1.5 points and 1.1 assists in 6.8 minutes per contest over 24…