Today, ESPN Lakers reporter Dave McMenamin reported on a TELEVISION program that the Lakers had no impact on the operation of this season's trade deadline.
Regarding the feedback received by The Lakers' vice president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka in the LeBron James camp yesterday, McMenamin said: "Rob said he was trying to consider the short-term and future prospects of this team, but Rob Pelinka also said that in the end, he and LeBron James and Anthony Davis were in agreement on not making a deal. Now, things get interesting here, as I've been told from a source who knows what LeBron and Davis were thinking, and that's 'totally false.'" And, on Thursday, there was no dialogue between Pelinka and LeBron James, Anthony Davis, and no action before the trade deadline was not approved by them. So, the current state of affairs is that the Lakers' problems are not only on the court, but also in the 'consistency' between Pelinka and his two team leaders off the court. ”
Dave McMenamin is a veteran ESPN reporter who has worked as a reporter for the Lakers, Cavaliers, and Lakers, and has been covering James' team since 2014.