Lakers owner Jeanie Buss would like to see more responsibility in sports media when reporting on rumors

It's an era of sport unlike any other that has ever existed. Access to the athletes is at its highest level and every move they make is tracked and reported.

Similarly, for US teams, anything that can be interpreted as a possibility is quickly unearthed and disseminated around the world for public consumption. In the case of the Los Angeles Lakers, one of the largest sports franchises in the world, this attention is even greater.

Every rumor about a player is reported and broken down to the highest degree, regardless of how it affects the players themselves. And it's something that does not go very well with Lakers owner Jeanie Buss.

Buss was a speaker at the annual conference Sloan Sports Press Conference, where she talked about the media and how it affects athletes, convinced that there must be more responsibilities on the ground:

Jeanie Buss, "Do athletes have problems with the chemistry of their team when players need to know more about [trade rumors]. It seems that there are more things out there without any source. I would like to see more responsibility " #AthletesAndMedia # SSAC19 #ANumbersGame

– Sloan Sports Conf. (@SloanSportsConf) March 2, 2019

Buss insists on the sense of responsibility. In these times of rumors, leaks are often disclosed to the public, who may or may not have appropriate sources and who may be totally wrong. If this is the case, the media coverage is not as important as that of the initial report or the rumor, and the editors and the media continue to continue.

Of course, Buss and the Lakers have recently experienced this phenomenon as rumors circulated about the number of players likely to be traded against Anthony Davis, pelican star of New Orleans. No one could deny the effects on the entire team.

Well-performing media will help things from all sides, as they will improve relations between teams, players and the media, which in turn should lead to appropriate articles and reports.

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