LeBron James' agent, Rich Paul, downplays report of Lakers owner Jeanie Buss complaints: 'Who gives a s---?'

LeBron James’ agent, Rich Paul, is downplaying the bombshell study suggesting Los Angeles Lakers Governor Jeanie Buss has grown bushed of his client.

ESPN cited squad sources erstwhile it reported Buss had privately complained astir James’ "outsized ego," and "overt control" the NBA’s all-time starring scorer, Paul and the Klutch Sports Group person implicit the organization.

The study besides stated that Buss believed James has lacked accountability since he’s been with the team, which includes deflecting blasted aft the team’s unsuccessful commercialized for Russell Westbrook earlier the 2021-22 season.

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Rich Paul talks with LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers successful the 2nd fractional astatine Crypto.com Arena Jan. 4, 2026, successful Los Angeles. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Paul responded during his podcast, "Game Over With Max Kellerman and Rich Paul," and helium downplayed the report.

"There’s an nonfiction written each day," helium told Kellerman. "Who gives a s---? I don’t.

"When these types of articles travel out, radical privation to instrumentality the clickbait. You’ll spot worldly floating astir and floating astir and floating around. And it’s going backmost to this is wherefore I created the full happening astir being unbothered.

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"You’ve got to beryllium unbothered by this benignant of stuff. I am. It’s like, whatever."

A determination the Lakers made successful 2024 that created controversy, though, was their enactment of James' son, Bronny, successful the NBA Draft. Despite struggles successful his lone twelvemonth astatine USC, mostly due to the fact that helium was recovering from a cardiac arrest, the Lakers selected James with the 55th wide pick.

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

The speculation has been that James had an power connected the selection, and ESPN's reporting seemed to corroborate that.

"And erstwhile the Lakers drafted James' lad Bronny with the 55th prime successful the 2024 draft, Jeanie privately remarked that James should beryllium grateful for specified a gesture, but she felt that helium wasn't," the ESPN study said. "That summer, arsenic she discussed a caller declaration for James, Jeanie seemed much resigned to the information that they'd person to bash it — astir begrudgingly accepting that they'd instrumentality a monolithic PR deed by not doing so."

When Jerry Buss died successful 2013, the Lakers were passed down to his children, and Jeanie has served arsenic the team’s politician ever since. She has continued to oversee day-to-day operations, and reports sat she volition stay the politician for 5 much years.

Rich Paul attends a crippled betwixt the Los Angeles Lakers and the Utah Jazz astatine Crypto.com Arena Nov. 18, 2025, successful Los Angeles. (Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images)

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The Lakers won 11 of their 17 championships under Buss ownership, with their past successful 2020. That is their lone title, though, since Jerry Buss died.

James joined the Lakers successful escaped bureau successful 2018, helping to pb the squad to that 2020 title.

Fox News' Ryan Morik contributed to this report.

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