ESPN: LeBron James was actually notified of sale of majority stake of Lakers

A few weeks ago, the Buss family, which has owned the Los Angeles Lakers since 1979, agreed to sell a majority share of the franchise to Mark Walter. Walter has been a minority owner of the Lakers since 2021, and he has been the primary owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, a team that has won two of the last five World Series championships, since 2012.

An ESPN report a few days ago by Ramona Shelburne and Brian Windhorst indicated that while Luka Doncic was given a heads-up about the sale, LeBron James wasn't.

However, the report was updated to show that James was indeed given a heads-up of his own about the sale agreement.

"When the Buss family agreed to sell a majority stake in the franchise to Mark Walter on June 18, Doncic was given a heads-up and notably posted a congratulations on social media afterward," Shelburne and Windhorst wrote. "After the publication of this article, sources said James was notified of the sale, via his representation. But he did not post any public acknowledgement."

The previous claim that James wasn't notified of the sale was cited as part of a series of "microaggressions" that signaled the Lakers are now catering to Doncic and not James. James had until June 29 to decide whether to exercise the player option on his contract for this coming season, and the team reportedly didn't offer him an extension past the 2025-26 campaign.

Those signals, combined with the cryptic statement that James' agent Rich Paul gave on June 29, have led plenty of people to feel that James could soon ask to be traded. But Paul told Chris Haynes that neither he nor James has had any trade discussions with the organization, although a few teams did reportedly consider making a trade offer for the 40-year-old.

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