Los Angeles Lakers: Should NBA intervene with organization?

The Los Angeles Lakers are a mess right now. Should the NBA intervene to get them back on track?

This is a very important time for the Los Angeles Lakers franchise, no matter how fans or some members of the media spin it. Forget the 4th pick in this upcoming draft, the free agent pool and the LeBron James effect. Let’s move on from all of this and deal with the reality here; the Los Angeles Lakers are a dumpster fire.

Based on the current circumstances, they just will not get any better because any real successfully run corporation is strongest at the top. I think we can all agree that the Lakers does not fit that description.

No one knows who really is in control of the basketball decision making even though Lake Show Life’s guess was laid out in full here. 

Remember all those big names the Lakers had for the public when Magic Johnson resigned? Well, we now know serious they actually were.

Magic Johnson will be on ESPN’s First Take on Monday at 10:00 am EST to tell the sports world what he was thinking back on April 9th, 2019, approximately one hour before the Lakers lost to the Portland Trail Blazers.

Since Johnson’s resignation, his words have been analyzed and speculated in full from the night he left to LeBron James speaking his truth through his produced shows or social media platforms.  The potential subliminal beef between these two alone will keep the website busy throughout the summer, but it pales in comparison to the top of the pyramid.

It started with the Anthony Davis trade chase that played out in front of the NBA world that exposed potential dysfunction to how the Lakers handle negotiations. That “potential” word dissolved like the negotiations of the two coaches that the Lakers wanted in Monty Williams and Tyronn Lue. Now the front office is just known as dysfunctional.

The failed negotiations with Ty Lue has now brought chaos to the franchise in ways rarely seen in sports. First, dozens of Los Angeles Lakers faithful .and one Suns and Clippers fan!) gathered in front of the Staples Center for a protest. 

Then the Lakers decide to hire Frank Vogel to a deal worse than what they offered Lue and placed Jason Kidd on the staff. Basically, if you are scoring at home, the Lakers hired two coaches.

Based on Jason Kidd’s track record, Vogel most likely will not make it through his three-year contract. Why have Jason Kidd on the staff under the strangest circumstances?

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith tells it perfectly.

This is not the way Jeanie Buss needs to be running the Los Angeles Lakers. Breaking down what Stephen A. Smith said was basically Frank Vogel is a basic quick fix for botching two coaching negotiations.

Then sliding Jason Kidd as an assistant with a “prominent” role instead of hiring him outright is nothing but a cheap PR move that will cost about say…$15 million dollars.

But you try and shortchange the only coach in Tyronn Lue that will possibly guarantee you a playoff spot next year, plus he’s your franchise player’s choice in LeBron James. Seems embarrassing right?

Well, it seems that way reportedly to some of the players on the team.

With the expectations of the team running well below expectations, Magic Johnson quitting in front of the world, the Luke Walton departure with horrible execution in his replacement, is it time for the NBA to step in?

Let’s get this narrative out of the way immediately before we get started. Jeanie Buss is not going to sell the Lakers. I see comments all over the website about this and to all that are pushing for it, stop wasting your time.

But it seems that the protesters in front of Staples Center are not the only ones seemingly unhappy with the decision making with Jeanie Buss.