re: Stein: Lakers sticking to no Kuzma for now

“Running” may be overstating it a bit.

“Having a lot of influence” would cover it.


The main reason I say they aren’t running things is that other people in the front office, like Kurt Rambis, helped shitcan Lue’s hiring as coach through a refusal to give him a standard length contract while he was still getting paid by Cleveland. (Depending on language, Lue may not have gotten his Cleveland payout for taking the LA job, meaning the Lakers essentially wanted him to give up a ton of free money for no additional job security)