Lakers author and critic makes prediction about internal issues with LA head coach, star player, manager

Ronald Lazenby, author of “The Show: The Story of the Spectacular Los Angeles Lakers,” was recently interviewed about the state of affairs on the LA team front, concluding that there are two separate camps when it comes to where the NBA squad is headed, according to the “True Hoop” ESPN blog posted Wednesday, Oct. 17.

Some people want the Lakers to make every last effort in immediately obtaining the best talent out there so the team can adequately tap their potential to win a championship title while team star Kobe Bryant and head coach Phil Jackson are still in the picture. Others would like to see Bryant and Jackson be patient with recruitment and work on young developing talents, such as Andrew Bynum, according to the blog.

“Jerry Buss is a lot of things, but fool isn’t one of them,” Lazenby wrote via email according to the blog. “Isn’t it amazing the way he just trumped Phil and Kobe? They seemed ready for one of those season-long PR wars, with Phil, Kobe, the team and Jeanie Buss lined up against Jim Buss.”

Lazenby goes on to write: “Phil wants another championship and he wants Jim Buss out of the way so that he can do it. It was Jim Buss, supposedly, who talked his father Jerry into firing Phil in 2004, so this thing has some history. [Jerry] Buss seems to prefer building around Kobe, but not on Phil’s terms. Would Buss actually trade Kobe? Only if he has to thwart Phil and save Jim Buss’ position with the franchise.”

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