The Lakers threaten to sue a famous reporter! The latter once disclosed the inside story of James Westbrook s feud and bluntly said that he would never slander the Lakers.

On October 28, the new NBA regular season continues. Earlier today, well-known reporter Yaron Weitzman revealed that he was sued by the Lakers during the recent release of his new book "Hollywood Ending: LeBron's Dreams and Drama with the Lakers."

Yaron Weitzman has more than 10 years of NBA reporting experience and has written for Fox Sports, Bleacher Report, SB Nation, SLAM and Awful Announcing. He has also published the book "From Bad to Great" about the 76ers. Recently, he published a new book, "A Hollywood Ending: The Dreams and Drama of the LeBron Lakers"

On Sunday, local time, Yaron Weitzman released a video on his personal social media, in which he stated that he would begin preparations for this book in January 2023. So he contacted Lakers owner Jeanie Buss. The two parties have exchanged information and met several times, and held several public meetings.

Yaron Weitzman's introduction to the new book is: "From the "Succession"-style power struggle between the Buss children, to the rise of LeBron's game-changing agency and his attempts to exert influence within the Lakers, to the evolution of LeBron's priorities and political voice. "Hollywood Ending" is the authoritative story of an American icon in his final years on stage, providing an unprecedented perspective on him, a legendary NBA team and the world of modern professional sports."

However, Yaron Weitzman was recently threatened by the Lakers to sue him. He said this: "To be clear, I am not accusing Jenny or the Lakers of anything. As a reporter, all I do is ask other people questions, report and give Jenny and those involved a chance to respond. I am far from the first to suggest that the Lakers under Jenny Buss may not be as lavish with money as other organizations. People. The way a project like this works is that when the book is finished, I send out some content that needs to be fact-checked to the main people involved, not positive content, just things that they might want to respond to, and I did that with the Lakers, but instead of getting on the phone with me, they decided to hire a guy named Marty. Singer's well-known defamation lawyer came to handle my dealings with me, and he ultimately sent me a very strongly worded letter. For example, they said my reporting was 'rife with implicit sexist slurs and slurs, revealing a machismo and negative bias that undermined the source's credibility. ’”

Yaron Weitzman continued: “Marty Singer further emphasized in his letter, ‘I want to make it very clear to you that many times, individuals who threaten to sue have neither the reputation to withstand scrutiny nor the resources to pursue a robust defamation claim. But there is no doubt that neither of these points applies to us. ’”

Yaron Weitzman finally said again that he “absolutely” did not slander Buss or the Lakers in his book. According to previous reports, Yaron Weitzman's book also describes the conflicts between Westbrook and James during their time with the Lakers, including the many factors that made Westbrook tired of James, such as inconsistent words and deeds and pretending to read a book.

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