DALLAS -- For the first time since LaVar Ball's critical comments, Lakers majority owner Jeanie Buss tweeted support for Lakers head coach Luke Walton.
Buss posted a picture of her sitting at a dinner table with general manager Rob Pelinka and Walton while tweeting that she is on her way to Memphis for this weekend's Martin Luther King Jr. events surrounding the Lakers-Grizzlies game on Monday.
On my way to #Memphis for #Lakers game. Dinner with Rob and Luke tomorrow night. Barbecue!! @Lakers #InLukeWeTrust pic.twitter.com/cDIAHSn80a
— Jeanie Buss (@JeanieBuss) January 13, 2018
While this is the second time that Buss has tweeted "#InLukeWeTrust" since New Year's Eve, this is a strong endorsement by Buss for Walton since it is the first time anyone from Lakers management has publicly expressed support for him after LaVar Ball told ESPN's Jeff Goodman that the head coach had lost the team during a nine-game losing streak and that "they don't want to play for him.