The morning after the Kings swept the Lakers 4-0, the Lakers held a meeting.
Only the top executives of the Lakers attended this meeting.
The Lakers' power structure is very complex, with more than 40 decision-makers behind it - which sounds scary.
General manager Pelinka is just one of the characters on the surface.
In addition to Jeanie Buss and general manager Pelinka, their decision-making team also includes 30 board members and more than 10 shareholders.
Among these shareholders are LeBron James and Wang Yi’s wife Nicole.
Although Jeanie Buss does not have as many shares as his brother Jim Buss, according to the elder Buss's last words, she is currently the person in charge of the Lakers.
On weekdays, other small shareholders will not show up at the Lakers' home court unless they have something major to do.
Unless there is something particularly important that requires a vote.
Among these people, two people are very special.
It's Mr. and Mrs. Lambis.
Husband Kurt Rambis is a senior advisor to the Lakers.
Since Jeanie Buss actually doesn't know how to manage a team or make decisions, the Lakers hired several senior consultants.
Kurt Rambis is the one whom Jeanie Buss trusts the most, because he has been with the Lakers since the old Buss era and has made many contributions to the Lakers.
He not only has a high say in the operation of the team, but also in the hiring of coaches.
When Westbrook and Howard were on the team, he put pressure on the team coach to put Hobard in the starting lineup and Westbrook on the bench.
A senior consultant of a team can make decisions on everything from the operation of the team to the hiring of coaches, which shows how high his status is in the Lakers.
And his wife, Linda Rambis, has been best friends with Jenny Buss for decades.
In fact, Buss has hired her since he bought the Lakers in the 1970s.
On the night the Lakers bought the Lakers, Buss Sr. went to a nightclub where his girlfriend, who was more than ten years younger than him at the time, was a stripper at that nightclub.
And Bass’s girlfriend’s sister is Linda.
At first, Buss only hired Linda to work in the Lakers marketing department. It was at that time that Linda and Jenny Buss became work partners and best friends in life.
Later, as she stayed with the Lakers longer and longer, her position gradually improved.
Old Bass also trusted her very much.
In the last few months before Bass Sr.'s death, she and her husband Kurt played an important role in Jenny Buss's power grab.
After Jeanne Bass came to power, she and her husband were treated more seriously.
As time goes by, Linda's voice becomes stronger and stronger.
Although her current position with the Lakers is executive director of special projects.
But just imagine, a person who has stayed here since the beginning of a company and has stayed there for more than 50 years is already a veteran of the company. How high should his voice be?
After Magic Johnson, the Lakers president of basketball affairs, resigned in 2019, Jeanie Buss trusted Linda even more.
In the eyes of the outside world, Linda's position is only the executive director of special projects, which seems to be an insignificant position. However, due to Jenny Bass's poor decision-making ability, she listens to Linda on many things.
She was involved in the decision-making of many events for the Lakers.
At 10 a.m. that day, more than 40 people gathered in the conference room of the Encryption Forum Project Arena.
Jenny Buss came to the arena at 10 o'clock.
That beautiful long golden hair was a little messy at the moment.
Her face and eyes are a little puffy.
There were still bloodshot eyes.
Obviously, she has barely slept since the Lakers lost.
At this time, she glanced at the scene and saw that more than 40 people had already arrived.
She couldn't help but frown slightly.
With so many people scattered across the United States, they were able to gather in Los Angeles after just one night, which shows that they had planned this for a long time.
And when she saw that among these people there was James and even Wang Yi's wife Nicole, she was a little confused.
She asked Linda: "Why did that reporter come to our high-level meeting?"
James looked at Linda and said, "Remember when you sold that 27% stake 4 years ago?"
Jenny Bass suddenly realized when she heard this.
Damn it, did Wang Yi’s wife also own a share of the 27% shares I sold?
At that time, she only knew that a copy was sold to LeBron James and his friends, but she did not take a closer look.
I didn't expect that she would be Wang Yi's wife.
At this moment, Jenny Buss was feeling annoyed. What the hell did I do at that time?
And the top management of the team are all excellent people.
Although Jenny Buss didn't have much expression on her face, just the subtle changes in her eyes, they had already sensed Jenny Buss's mood.
All of them have expressionless faces, but their psychological activities are also very rich.
You stupid woman, what do you think you have done all these years?
Among the things he has done in the past few years, except for signing LeBron James to the Lakers, he has basically not done many good things. Even if he has done good things, other people have helped him make decisions.
In the past, Jenny Buss presided over the team's meetings, but today she did not speak immediately after sitting down.
Because she knew why these ill-intentioned guys came, and she also knew that she might have to leave the Lakers after today.
It's really ironic to think about presiding over a meeting where he was kicked out of the Lakers front office.
She didn't speak, and neither did the people present.
Finally, more than a minute passed before Jenny Bass finally spoke.
"Everyone knows what we are here to do today, isn't it just to kick me out?"
"In that case, let's vote by show of hands according to the rules. But I want to say a few words before voting."
"Since I took over the Lakers after my father passed away, I have spent so many years just to build the Lakers into the most successful team. Even if I don't get the credit, I still have to work hard."
"I admit that I did make a wrong decision regarding Wang Yi, but if I think about it carefully, when the team encountered a business crisis, if I had not agreed to the guy's conditions for trading Wang Yi, in exchange for
What else can be done to give the Lakers a glimmer of hope?"
"In such a difficult moment, what can the rest of you do? Have you attracted investment? No. At that time, only by trading Wang Yi would that guy be willing to buy the shares of the Lakers, and the Lakers could gain a glimmer of hope. No fight.
A proper analogy is, if there is a bottle of chronic poison in front of you, you will die in 20 years after drinking it. But now someone is pointing a gun at you and forcing you to drink it. If you don’t drink it, you will die immediately. Do you drink it?”
After saying this, she felt that she had expressed everything she wanted to say.
Then she glanced at everyone and said nothing.
Chapter completed!