Jeanie about cleaning up dysfunction and making championship run

"There were too many voices (in the room), too many leaks, too many people talking and not being on the same page."

Jeanie Buss talked to @sam_amick about cleaning up dysfunction inside the Lakers and putting together a run at a championship.https://t.co/aWolqVvCUj

— The Athletic L.A. (@TheAthleticLA) September 29, 2020

There were too many voices (in the room), too many leaks, too many people talking and not being on the same page. And so we took the offseason to shore those things up. We like to collaborate together, to be on the same page. It doesn’t mean just a bunch of people agreeing for the sake of agreeing. We like to hash things out, debate, just work through. So yes, the people that I rely on, that I trust — Rob leading our front office, Kurt Rambis being an adviser, Linda Rambis who I’ve worked with for over 30 years. These are the people that I trust, and then bringing on a coaching staff that reflected those beliefs and that level of collaboration. Every team is set up differently. Nobody has a secret formula, or a patented formula that everybody has to follow. … I believe we have brought everybody under the same umbrella, and working in concert with each other and building something that people can see why the decisions that are being made complement the decision before.