Ninja Scooter
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Apparently the last straw for Mitch and Jim was the Cousins trade. Jeanie Buss believed Cousins would fit well on the Lakers and when Mitch refused to add Ingram to the potential trade, the Kings balked.
Mitch was good talent wise but he was horrible with free agents. Still, I think Jeanie and Magic are about to fuck up the Lakers rebuild hardcore.
I'm calling BS on this. Jeanie is the owner and president. If this was the case she could have gone over Jim and Mitch's heads and made the deal herself. For big transactions like that, it's often owners who make the call anyway.