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Los Angeles Lakers CEO Jeanie Buss getting advice from Phil Jackson, Magic Johnson, LeBron James about 'hard decisions'

Jeanie Buss isn't happy that the Los Angeles Lakers aren't in the playoffs, and the team's CEO and president said that she has gotten input from some familiar faces -- including Phil Jackson, Magic Johnson and, yes, LeBron James -- as to how the team can get back there.

"If we are not living up to the Lakers standard, absolutely I will look at everything," Buss told the Los Angeles Times in an interview published Tuesday. "I will make the hard decisions, because that's what you have to do."

After missing the playoffs with a 33-49 record, the Lakers, who had the NBA's fourth-highest payroll, fired coach Frank Vogel in April.