I think Jeanie did the right thing, the Lakers haven't improved in a while, haven't been able to sign good quality free agents and blew all their money on Mozgov and Deng.
I think this is something interesting to think about, how bad of a job he did with the Lakers the last few years. Or at least how much of the aura and magic of the Lakers is gone, or what the expectation is for the Lakers.
Since they moved to LA, they missed the playoffs 4 times total, and never had more than 2 losing seasons in a row in 50+ something years before this current stretch.
Now they're looking at 4 straight losing season where they miss the playoffs. And we're not just talking about about 4 losing seasons, but the 4 worst seasons in LA Laker history.
Even with Kobe's ridiculous contract extension, did anybody predict 4 straight years of this crap?
At least 3 GMs didn't, as LA traded that protected 2015 first away for Nash in 2012. You just know they thought that pick never had a chance of landing in the lottery, might as well have been a 2nd rounder. They're the mighty Lakers. (Ya know similar to how Brooklyn thought
).
Then in 2015, Phoenix traded it away for Brandon Knight, and Milwaukee apparently would rather have Michael Carter Williams than that pick. And who knew if Hinkie even thought the pick would be this good, or was he just happy to get any first rounder to tank a few more games (and because MCW isn't that good). So even in 2015 when the Lakers sucked, it seems like both Phoenix and Milwaukee both thought, "ya they suck this year, but that pick won't be valuable next year when they turn things around."