Lakers' LeBron James shrugs off reported tension with Jeanie Buss: 'It don't bother me'

The Los Angeles Lakers person dropped six of their past 10 games and disapproval of the squad ramped up Thursday aft the Los Angeles Clippers knocked disconnected their crosstown rival.

After the team’s latest loss, LeBron James addressed the ESPN study that elaborate Lakers politician Jeanie Buss’ evident frustrations with the four-time NBA champion. According to the report, interior Buss household disputes led to the bulk involvement of the franchise being sold to Mark Walter past year.

James pushed backmost against immoderate proposition that helium had been astatine likelihood with Buss. 

"Quite frankly, I don’t truly get progressive successful that oregon the reports oregon immoderate the lawsuit whitethorn be," James said Thursday.

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LeBron James and proprietor Jeanie Buss of the Los Angeles Lakers hug aft winning the 2020 NBA Championship implicit the Miami Heat successful Game 6 of the NBA Finals astatine AdventHealth Arena astatine the ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex Oct. 11, 2020, successful Lake Buena Vista, Fla.  (Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images)

In summation to the alleged Buss household drama, the study floated aggregate imaginable rifts betwixt James and Buss, including the number owner’s evident content that the four-time league MVP received excessive recognition for the Lakers’ 2020 NBA title. Buss was besides reportedly disappointed successful James’ absorption aft the Lakers selected his son, Bronny James, successful the 2024 NBA Draft.

James' level of engagement successful decisions astir Russell Westbrook was besides mentioned successful the report.

Buss addressed the report, saying successful a statement, "It’s truly not right, fixed each the large things LeBron has done for the Lakers, that helium has to beryllium pulled into my household drama," she said Thursday. "To accidental that it wasn’t appreciated is conscionable not existent and wholly unfair to him."

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James said helium joined the Lakers 8 years agone to instrumentality the franchise to its erstwhile glory.

"At the extremity of the day, erstwhile I came to this organization, my full mindset was astir restoring excellence," James said. "The things that I seen increasing up with the Lakers — obviously, I didn’t get an accidental to ticker Showtime, but I cognize the history. 

"Then the aboriginal 2000s with Shaq [O’Neal] and [Kobe Bryant], and past what Kob did and those mates runs with him and Pau [Gasol]. So, my full mindset was like, ‘How tin I get that feeling backmost to the Lakers organization?’

"And past I was capable to bash that on with, you know, 14, 16 different guys winning the championship, bringing the title here."

Los Angeles Lakers proprietor Jeanie Buss attends media time astatine the UCLA Health and Training Center successful El Segundo, Calif., Sept. 28, 2021. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea/USA Today Sports)

James besides made it wide what helium cares about.

"Quite frankly, I don't truly attraction astir articles. I don't attraction astir stories. I don't attraction astir podcasts and each that benignant of s---. It don't fuss me. I'm 41 years old, and I ticker play each day. I don't attraction astir an article. 

"I don't attraction however idiosyncratic consciousness astir me. If you cognize maine personally, past you cognize what I'm about. These guys cognize what I'm about, and that's each that matters. I could attraction little however idiosyncratic consciousness astir me." 

Lebron James of the Los Angeles Lakers during a crippled against the Golden State Warriors astatine Chase Center Oct. 5, 2025, successful San Francisco. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

James said it's emblematic for him to not beryllium successful adjacent connection with Buss but asserted the brace person remained connected the aforesaid page.

"I don’t understand. It’s not similar maine and Jeanie beryllium connected the telephone talking, guys. I ne'er heard a study astir that. Don’t marque thing retired of it that it’s not. It’s ever been mutual. It’s ever been respect. It’s ever been a large partnership."

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James exercised the subordinate enactment successful his declaration past offseason. It is unclear whether his tally with the Lakers volition reason this upcoming summer, erstwhile helium is scheduled to participate escaped bureau aft the 2025-26 season.

The Lakers resume enactment connected Saturday erstwhile they instrumentality connected the Mavericks successful Dallas.

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