Few other topics have dominated the NBA playoffs thus far in bigger ways than everyone trying to figure out whoever the hell is actually in charge of the Los Angeles Lakers. And the Lakers aren’t even in the playoffs.
There has been speculation of shadow executives (some even potentially employed by other teams), shadow presidents, shadow owners, shadow shadows and everything in between.
With all these rumored shadows, perhaps one investment the Lakers could consider is one in lighting. Just a thought.
Ohm Youngmisuk and Dave McMenamin of ESPN put together a piece detailing what they know about the inner-workings of the Lakers and in it, finally divulged quite possibly the most we’ve learned about Linda Rambis to this point:
Jeanie Buss respects advice from senior basketball adviser Kurt Rambis -- Linda’s husband and a former Laker -- as well as Johnson, Bryant and Phil Jackson.