Jeanie quietly didn’t like how much control LeBron James had over the team and that people gave him credit for joining the Lakers instead of the team itself. Things got worse after the Russell Westbrook trade in 2021, which she felt showed James wasn’t taking responsibility. At times, she thought about not giving him a new contract or even trading him, but in the end, she felt she had to go along with him because of how the public would react.
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