Icon Sportswire(Photo by Icon Sportswire)If you enjoy disaster stories, the Los Angeles Lakers' 2019 campaign is a masterpiece on par with “Titanic.” Half the team quit after a failed coup by LeBron James' agent/best friend. Their franchise icon quit because he a) felt backstabbed and b) didn't like working full-time. The team's owner made James Dolan seem competent.
A new ESPN story covers these narratives and more in deciphering where things went wrong for Los Angeles last season. However, no tale encapsulates the s*** show that was the Lakers than this tidbit about Lakers GM Rob Pelinka's “disingenuous” storytelling.
From ESPN:
One story shared around the organization unfolded in March 2018, when Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was addressing the team at the Lakers' practice facility as part of the franchise's “Genius Talks” series.
Standing beside Johnson, Pelinka told a story about his former client, Bryant.
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Icon SportswireI can feel you hating this take from wherever you're sitting, steaming mad in front of your computer, whether it's Boston or Seattle or, I don't know, godforsaken Cleveland. You loathe the Yankees, and the very idea that they embody some kind of plucky fighting spirit is anathema to your very worldview. “It's about payroll!” you shout at me, and though the Yankees aren't the richest team in baseball anymore (at no. 3, they're still pretty rich), normally you'd have a solid point. Sure, there's basically no chance a team like the Miami Marlins cam compete against MLB's wealthy juggernauts when their war chest is about one-third as large. That's pure economics, and I can't argue with you.
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