The LA Lakers, led by four-time NBA champion LeBron James, were allegedly proactive in preventing the release of a journalist’s book. On Monday, Oct. 27, NBA journalist and analyst Yaron Weitzman, through an Instagram post by @yahoosports, claimed that the Lakers franchise tried to halt the release of his book “A Hollywood Ending: The Dreams and Drama of the LeBron Lakers.”
Weitzman also detailed that the Los Angeles-based team hired defamation lawyer Marty Singer, as they threatened to sue the journalist. The news comes amid the ongoing gambling and mafia scandals in the NBA, with Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, and former Cleveland Cavaliers player Damon Jones making headlines.
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Basketball fans online are upset with the report as they feel that James and his team are not being truthful to the public.
“Comes with a box of tissues also. Lebron’s feelings will be hurt once again,” one user claimed.
“Okay so Wetzman was speaking facts and Lebum Lakers’ feelings were hurt,” another user said.
“All they do is protect Lebron. There is definitely stuff they don’t want the public to know,” a user shared.
Some users were quick to defend both James and the Lakers organization, who are just protecting their image.
“I’ve always felt when someone writes a book about a person that they should have to have legal authorization from the person. There is so much lying in the world today that people can just put anything in a book about that person’s life and their business dealings,” one fan explained.
“It’s always somebody waiting to try and tell all the ‘business’ for money. It sucks,” another fan wrote.
“They love to hate LeBron,” another user commented.
“Not buying or believing based on the name,” a fan posted.
The 2025-26 Lakers, coached by former Duke Blue Devils star and NBA standout JJ Reddick, have an overall record of 2-1 in the season. They have won their last two games, 128-110 and 127-120, respectively, against the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Sacramento Kings. They now gear up for their fourth game of the year against the Portland Trail Blazers.
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According To LA Lakers’ Lawyer, Yaron Weitzman’s Book Was Full Of Negative Bias
In the caption of @yahoosports on Instagram’s post, an excerpt from the statement of the hired lawyer by the LA Lakers, Marty Singer, was included.
For Singer, the content that Weitzman wrote about the Lakers in his book was full of negative bias that could defame the franchise’s image.
“Full of thinly-veiled misogynistic smears, revealing a chauvinism and negative bias that undermines the reliability of [his] sources,” Singer was quoted as saying.
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