Night and day situation. Bron and Klutch lost their footing in the front office by that point. Lakers have been expecting him to retire for the past 4 years but Bron keeps kicking father time's a**. If Bron was 27 years old and he or Rich Paul told Rob to jump, he'd ask how high (and will Rambis catch me? ). Secondly, we're still in the trying to impress and keep our new star. Long way to go there. Third, Rob always wants someone to share the blame pie if it goes belly up. Fourth, Rob ain't calling all the shots anymore. He's got a new boss who's going to be more involved who talks to Luka on the regular. If you don't think the team will give Luka any and everything he asks for that they can, then you're kidding yourself. And for the record, that's exactly what any team with a top 3-4 player in their prime will do.