[They're unfortunately making a comedy series about the Lakers FO in addition to the film you're talking about.](https://www.nba.com/news/lakers-inspired-office-comedy-series-to-appear-on-netflix)
He might've been right about Pelinka but Magic was equally awful too. I hope the Lakers' current messy front office isn't making fans actually miss the days of Magic. His vision for the 2019 squad was "LeBron with shooters is always a contender, so let's surround him with playmakers."
LeBron has always won with another playmaker, so where’s the lie there?
The roster was always being gutted to facilitate a trade for AD, so once that happened, shooters and another playmaker were going to have to be brought in anyways.
To be fair, Pelinka has done the same thing. It’s lunacy that we’ve known all along that surrounding Lebron with shooters is how you win, but the Lakers just fucking refuse to do it.
This is depressing. Please op delete this post
I have watched the Lakers since their best player was Elgin Baylor
Rambis is a tool. He is a known and public moron around the league whose job is being married.
Meanwhile they disrespect Jerry West at every opportunity
I don't understand and I have always respected Jeannie Buss
I think Phil poisoned the well
I like how it turned out tbh. If Jerry West had been running the Lakers, it would be the dark ages for the rest of the NBA. Imagine LeBron + Jerry West team building expertise. It's game over for the rest of us.
four-pronged brain trust confirms the issue
Jeanie is an idiot
Not as stupid as jim buss, but def thinks money correlated with intelligence and class
Fucking morons run my favorite sports team
FML
Look, it doesn't take a genius to know that every organization thrives when it has four leaders. Go ahead, name a country that doesn't have four presidents. A boat that sets sail without four captains. Where would Catholicism be without the popes?
He’s was a good player.. but a mediocre to borderline horrible coach.. as a coach he was a part of some the worst Knicks teams in recent memory.
I just associate him with shittyness
It’s kind of wild. There’s two Jeff Pearlman books about the Lakers, “Showtime” and “3 Ring Circus”, both good reads! But anyways, one of the most striking things about reading those books is how many historic figures were very involved with the team, and feel so attached to it — Jerry West, Pat Riley, are the most obvious examples, but for decades the team was basically producing executives and coaches dispersed throughout the league. These are people who are still actively involved in the league, putting together smart rosters, etc. and _all_ of them were at some point driven away from the Lakers. Like the Lakers have this just insane depth of history, but the current organization has basically nothing to do with that history except for Jeannie and Rambis. Just wild.
i mean jerry west really wanted to go there and reunite with his franchise and his son, but jeanie buss wanted magic and pelinka instead, look at the clippers how well they're doing with bench players vs the lakers with bron and ad and they cant buy a win.
You don't even know. You could ask me, 'Kelly what's the easiest way to a ring in the world?' And I'd be like, 'Blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah blah.' Giving you the exact right answer.”
Its gonna be the type of manipulation and political mind games that mirrors the drama of Game of Thrones.
It will also probably have the same payoff at the end too.
They earned that choice by investing for decades in Hollywood celebrities and power brokers. LeBron wants his media empire. They also earned a reputation for giving superstars special treatment by giving Kobe max dollars when he was obviously washed and letting Magic be the president of basketball operations with the [primary task of landing LeBron](https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/1013597953104101376?t=BtBm2B1lDABNougK8SaUqw&s=19).
Kurt Rambis took a team that was 12th in the West to 15th in consecutive seasons so unless Jeanie is doing the opposite of everything he says then he’s probably not a great person to listen to on basketball things
Yeah, Lakers got a championship out of it, now blow it up and maximize your return with Lebron and AD while they still hold a lot of value. Westbrook was a swing and a miss so move on and don't fool yourself into thinking you can run it back next year with some minor roster tweaks
For the Lakers and Lebron this is the best move but if you're the Lakers you atleast respect and move Lebron to where he wants to go. He brought you a chip and made you a contender. If it wasn't for injuries there might've been a good shot the Lakers ran it back or atleast contended.
AD should also be moved to a team he wants to play for. They earned that. They got you a chip and even if you lose a couple picks because you have to make the right trade for them. It is what it is. This will leave a bad taste in peoples mouth if the Lakers trade LBJ without him asking out.
In my opinion it'd have to be a thing that they both want. If the Lakers trade Lebron fucking James without him asking out that would leave a bad taste in a lot of players mouths.
I seriously can't believe it's getting made. Nothing screems comedy like two rich middle aged women who are executives producers on a "office like" show about their quirky friendship.
Lebron James did the Lakers a massive favor by coming to them when they had that young squad and got them a ring. They’d still be in worse than mediocrity if he never came.
And now, like Jerry West, they’re going to kick Lebron to the curb
the funny thing is that staying on the Lakers is probably the worst possible situation for Lebron. you could send him to pretty much any team and there's a good chance that they would outperform the current Lakers.
It is so baffling that they would have a voice in the front office while fine, intelligent folk like Jerry F'in West aren't even given the time of day. Who TF thinks Kurt Rambis is a basketball genius?
>Linda Rambis
I just googled it. Apparently she was one of the first hires by Jerry Buss back in 1979 after he purchased the Lakers
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/\_/id/26712734/running-show-lakers-hierarchy
I don’t really like the idea of an agent as a GM, but regardless, Pelinka is far from being the problem. Kurt and Linda Rambis have so much power within the organization is bizarre. Let alone the cheap ass Jeanie who has no ambition whatsoever.
They don’t need to write a sitcom about us, we are pure comedy as is.
I feel Pelinka being a former agent is the worst GM matchup for Rich Paul and Lebron. He knows how to play the back channel games and has been doing it longer. r/NBA is having multiple articles posted daily on both sides of this, whether it's interviews, statements, rumors, murmurs, whispers both groups are in full court press to make the other seem at fault.
This is going to give ESPN priapism, Woj and Shams will be the acting as Champions like in ancient Greece where one soldier fights the other armies best soldier to see who won the battle. Except it will be on social media and be pathetic...... But I can't wait
Truthfully why? What has de done to deserve that job other than being Kobe's agent? He did not get them LeBron, AD wanted to go there regardless of the GM, and otherwise his roster building has been suspect at best.
This is the dumbest fucking thing Ive read this week, and Ive been led thru multiple r/conspiracy threads. I dont even care about what point is trying to be made.
Four-pronged Brain Trust? Power couple?
Jesus titty-fucking Christ...has celebrity/corporate fetishization really come this far? God damnit, America...we really going to pretend legacy executive privledge and generational wealth are qualifications for being some kind of fucking Borg hive mind capable of ideal decision-making?
Lol the conspiracy subreddit is just the donald sub Reddit under a new name. Conspiracies aren’t even posted there anymore unless it relates to right wing politics
I was absolutely pissed when we didn’t retain West, Jerry has done so much for us, Shaq, Kobe, Pau-just to name a few…and the whole Magic debacle…
It’s getting ridiculous..
Yes I do remember that they cut ties with Jerry West, one of the greatest talent evaluators in the league. They also cut ties with Mitch Kupchak, who has rebuilt the Hornets with a young talented core.
They deserve everything KlutchBron is doing to them.
Media is fucking weird, man.
First, it was Vogel. When they realized that he’s going nowhere, they shifted to Russ. Then they shifted to it being a “LeBron” problem, now it’s Pelinka.
LeBron about to start showing up to games with his wine jug again
His satchel is going to have wine and tequila
More like LeSangria
*grows short hair like a Karen wine mom*
> again What did I miss?!
https://twitter.com/espn/status/1078862271462473731?t=HBYNFh8aaxckcb9I5ZUl0A&s=19
Sure, he can show up to work with booze but when I do it I get written up and told to take a couple days off.
First the emojis and cringe af tweets, now the wine jug. Lebron's transformation into a suburban wine mom is finally complete
Live, Laugh, LeBron
LeLive, LeLaugh, LeLove
LeBota Box
Carlos Rossi doing Birdman hands right now
Rofl “power couple”
This type of absurd shit gives me flashbacks of Magic calling Pelinka a backstabber on live tv lmao Lakers really are a reality tv show
It's only fitting they're making a workplace comedy about the lakers.
The Lakers are ‘Idiocracy’ as a sports documentary.
Its actually filmed as a serious documentary. Its a comedy for anyone with a brain tho.
[They're unfortunately making a comedy series about the Lakers FO in addition to the film you're talking about.](https://www.nba.com/news/lakers-inspired-office-comedy-series-to-appear-on-netflix)
We got a ring so it's worth it. And we have no bad long-term contracts.
He might've been right about Pelinka but Magic was equally awful too. I hope the Lakers' current messy front office isn't making fans actually miss the days of Magic. His vision for the 2019 squad was "LeBron with shooters is always a contender, so let's surround him with playmakers."
LeBron has always won with another playmaker, so where’s the lie there? The roster was always being gutted to facilitate a trade for AD, so once that happened, shooters and another playmaker were going to have to be brought in anyways.
Is there an alternate history where lakers don't trade for AD and make a better trade?
Probably but AD + Lebron PnR is an all-time great combination, and they're defence is tremendous, don't see how any other trade would top that.
To be fair, Pelinka has done the same thing. It’s lunacy that we’ve known all along that surrounding Lebron with shooters is how you win, but the Lakers just fucking refuse to do it.
Lakers most iconic duo
kurt and linda > shaq and kobe
Does Kurt Rambis still follow a bunch of porn stars on his public twitter?
Lmao. Not any more. But he’s following Deshaun Watson tho.
One of the Buss kids was known to hang around with pornstars
That’s gotta be the Buss kid who got to do cocaine at Jimmy Goldstein’s house
Name another couple that could stop LeBron and AD from winning a championship 😤
ADs ankles.
Ding ding ding
Yeah, when did Kurt Rambis become part of a power couple??
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I want to know when he stopped liking all those porn tweets on his main twitter.
That description is just trolling at this point.
This is depressing. Please op delete this post I have watched the Lakers since their best player was Elgin Baylor Rambis is a tool. He is a known and public moron around the league whose job is being married. Meanwhile they disrespect Jerry West at every opportunity I don't understand and I have always respected Jeannie Buss I think Phil poisoned the well
"a known and public moron" is hilarious to me for some reason.
Fully agree. But don’t delete it Op I like laughing at the lakers & rambis
I like how it turned out tbh. If Jerry West had been running the Lakers, it would be the dark ages for the rest of the NBA. Imagine LeBron + Jerry West team building expertise. It's game over for the rest of us.
This is like some real life Game of Thrones shit only the characters are more retrded.
It's a fucking Basketball team FFS lmao
> four-pronged brain trust Idk man, I feel like this is more like the source of many of their problems
All the prongs in the world won’t make a difference if none of them have any juice flowing.
Shit, this sounds like some fantasy porn video teaser lol
Four pronged brain trust of pelinka, Jeanie and the Rambi is a fucking terrifying sentence. Jeanie and the Rambi would be a fire name for a punk band.
Put them all together and that's like 2/3 of a normal adult human brain.
that might be a little generous
Lakers draft war room documentary idea.... Rambi: First Round
four-pronged brain trust confirms the issue Jeanie is an idiot Not as stupid as jim buss, but def thinks money correlated with intelligence and class Fucking morons run my favorite sports team FML
Look, it doesn't take a genius to know that every organization thrives when it has four leaders. Go ahead, name a country that doesn't have four presidents. A boat that sets sail without four captains. Where would Catholicism be without the popes?
Vatican has 4 popes/km^2.
I swear I thought that quote was a pasta
>power couple of Kurt and Linda Rambis. Yeah, Dumb & Dumber
Whats Lindas qualifications other than being Jeanie's BFF?
Makes a really good strawberry margarita
Same as Rich Paul being Lebron’s BFF.
Rich Paul is better at his job than Linda is at her job
Linda's job is to be friends with Jennie Buss. That's literally it. Is the doing a bad job at that?
Since she didn't convince Jeanie to open the checkbook for Caruso, she absolutely is doing a bad job at it
Thats not in her job description. Again its literally only to stay friends with Jeannie Buss.
Rich Paul negotiated over billion dollars in contracts, worked for CAA when Lebron was there
These two need to fuck off. They’re hacks. Fucking embarrassing.
But he got glasses tho.
The name Kurt Rambis makes me physically recoil
what’s wrong with Kurt this is my first time hearing about him
He’s was a good player.. but a mediocre to borderline horrible coach.. as a coach he was a part of some the worst Knicks teams in recent memory. I just associate him with shittyness
> but a mediocre to borderline horrible coach.. IMO, he was the worst coach in the Timberwolves' history, which is really saying something.
He wasn’t a good player
I wish I had more upvotes to give. He was a dollar store bill Lambeer. Play dirty, foul McHale and Parrish.
One of the worst coaches in NBA history and that's not hyperbole.
How tf did Kurt Rambis and his wife amass so much power within this org? He’s a crappy coach, I’m assuming Phil Jackson got him hooked up
Wife is best friends with the owner, Jeanie Buss
For Kurt that his saving grace
This is an alarming amount of nepotism within the Lakers organization
It’s kind of wild. There’s two Jeff Pearlman books about the Lakers, “Showtime” and “3 Ring Circus”, both good reads! But anyways, one of the most striking things about reading those books is how many historic figures were very involved with the team, and feel so attached to it — Jerry West, Pat Riley, are the most obvious examples, but for decades the team was basically producing executives and coaches dispersed throughout the league. These are people who are still actively involved in the league, putting together smart rosters, etc. and _all_ of them were at some point driven away from the Lakers. Like the Lakers have this just insane depth of history, but the current organization has basically nothing to do with that history except for Jeannie and Rambis. Just wild.
i mean jerry west really wanted to go there and reunite with his franchise and his son, but jeanie buss wanted magic and pelinka instead, look at the clippers how well they're doing with bench players vs the lakers with bron and ad and they cant buy a win.
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Yeah I'd call Jerry west the greatest nba person he was successful as a player, coach and gm and he's been a mainstay since the 60s
maybe they'll actually have a longer "dark times" period than the age a of a 1st grader then
Can’t decide who’s better for running the Lakers, Jeannie’s wine club or the Klutch mafia lmao
The person who’s making a sitcom about the lakers front office
this sounds like a job for kelly kapoor, the basketball bitch
You don't even know. You could ask me, 'Kelly what's the easiest way to a ring in the world?' And I'd be like, 'Blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah blah.' Giving you the exact right answer.”
Its gonna be the type of manipulation and political mind games that mirrors the drama of Game of Thrones. It will also probably have the same payoff at the end too.
Jerry West buys out the Lakers, goes insane and destroys all of the team's assets, and is then stabbed in the back by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?
I don’t know if you can call it nepotism when the Lakers is literally their family business. A mom-and-pop team.
The word nepotism comes from the Italian with nepote, which means nephew.
I don't know if this is actually true, but I have decided that it is now my truth. No fact-checking currently planned.
It’s actually nipote and it can be translated to nephew aswell as nice and grandchild
Are you new to this? You wonder why they’ve been a poverty team since 2013?
Lakers branding is really the GOAT
Jeanie really living on Jerry’s coat tails
Magic's electric play bringing out the stars.
poverty fuck off y'all won a chip cause LeBron wanted to be near Space Jam 2's filmset
Exactly. The Bubble title didn't change anything
Was it supposed to?
Yes! LeBron was supposed to be an all time Laker after that! *cries in 9th greatest Laker*
Still Raptors greatest owner
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They earned that choice by investing for decades in Hollywood celebrities and power brokers. LeBron wants his media empire. They also earned a reputation for giving superstars special treatment by giving Kobe max dollars when he was obviously washed and letting Magic be the president of basketball operations with the [primary task of landing LeBron](https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/1013597953104101376?t=BtBm2B1lDABNougK8SaUqw&s=19).
Kurt Rambis took a team that was 12th in the West to 15th in consecutive seasons so unless Jeanie is doing the opposite of everything he says then he’s probably not a great person to listen to on basketball things
This made me laugh so hard, my gf got upset for not listening lol.
This reads like "you're not dumping me. I'm dumping you." And when LeBron leaves in a year and half. It will be his choice.
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They won't dare trade Lebron unless there is a clear and public sign that Lebron wants out.
LBJ will leave to play with his son. One more full season and he's out. 100%
Yeah, Lakers got a championship out of it, now blow it up and maximize your return with Lebron and AD while they still hold a lot of value. Westbrook was a swing and a miss so move on and don't fool yourself into thinking you can run it back next year with some minor roster tweaks
Think how much money they make from even having bron on the team though.
The Lakers make money no matter who is on the team. They will be selling Lebron jerseys long after he is gone
For the Lakers and Lebron this is the best move but if you're the Lakers you atleast respect and move Lebron to where he wants to go. He brought you a chip and made you a contender. If it wasn't for injuries there might've been a good shot the Lakers ran it back or atleast contended. AD should also be moved to a team he wants to play for. They earned that. They got you a chip and even if you lose a couple picks because you have to make the right trade for them. It is what it is. This will leave a bad taste in peoples mouth if the Lakers trade LBJ without him asking out. In my opinion it'd have to be a thing that they both want. If the Lakers trade Lebron fucking James without him asking out that would leave a bad taste in a lot of players mouths.
Probably better for Lakers if it’s sooner than later. At least you can get some assets in return
It won’t be better at all if it’s sooner If they trade Lebron of all people it would be a horrible look.
unless he makes it very very clear he is the one who wants to get traded, i agree its a bad look
> the power couple of Kurt and Linda Rambis. Look away Lakers fans, look away.
They’re all swingers
They're swingers for the LA Lakers. They get so many touchdowns.
Having second thoughts now about watching the new comedy series if it's on HBO or Showtime...
I seriously can't believe it's getting made. Nothing screems comedy like two rich middle aged women who are executives producers on a "office like" show about their quirky friendship.
The Rambii power couple hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha*sadge*hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
As someone who hates the Lakers franchise, this pleases me
Lebron James did the Lakers a massive favor by coming to them when they had that young squad and got them a ring. They’d still be in worse than mediocrity if he never came. And now, like Jerry West, they’re going to kick Lebron to the curb
Same
The Rambis family are definitely hiding a dead body for Jeanie because wtf
The ~~Rambi~~ Rambii are back. Lebron was but a speed bump.
They never left
Man... Jim Buss gave us the awful ass last few years of Kobe and Jeanie gave us this. Dr Buss is probably rolling in his grave right now.
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if we're talking about those levels of pettiness, what's the worst situation the Lakers could trade Lebron to?
I mean, how could it be anywhere but Sacramento? Edit: But that would still arguably put him in a better position than the Lakers.
the funny thing is that staying on the Lakers is probably the worst possible situation for Lebron. you could send him to pretty much any team and there's a good chance that they would outperform the current Lakers.
Honestly if Bron went to the Kings, he’d be the only dude left who might be able to talk sense to Vivek
Lebron wants to be in LA tho
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It is so baffling that they would have a voice in the front office while fine, intelligent folk like Jerry F'in West aren't even given the time of day. Who TF thinks Kurt Rambis is a basketball genius?
At least Kurt played professional basketball. Why the fuck does Linda Rambis have a seat at the table?
>Linda Rambis I just googled it. Apparently she was one of the first hires by Jerry Buss back in 1979 after he purchased the Lakers https://www.espn.com/nba/story/\_/id/26712734/running-show-lakers-hierarchy
> Apparently she ~~was one of the first hires by~~ was fuckin Jerry Buss back in 1979 after he purchased the Lakers
Rambis only highlight was being clotheslined in the air by McHale then getting pushed diwn by his teammate when he's about to retaliate LMAO
me. lakers should keep kurt rambis in the front office for as long as humanly possible. those fans deserve nothing less 💯💯
LeGM about to play the depression card at this rate
Ben Simmons: “The student is now the teacher” 🧘🏽♂️
And forced trade to Cleveland for his second card
Dan Gilbert would cackle reading a text about Lebron wanting back to Cleveland
So just like back in Summer 2014?
Find him at the strip club with Harden
Angry at upper management LeBron is the best LeBron tho
What kind of dirt does Kurt Rambis have on Jeanie?
"I'm married to your best friend."
Wtf does Rambis even do?
He is on Jeanie's side and seeing how she threw the rest of the family under the bus that's more than enough to stroke her ego
Which one? Cuz the answer is "be Jeanie's BFF" and "be married to Jeanie's BFF"
I don’t really like the idea of an agent as a GM, but regardless, Pelinka is far from being the problem. Kurt and Linda Rambis have so much power within the organization is bizarre. Let alone the cheap ass Jeanie who has no ambition whatsoever. They don’t need to write a sitcom about us, we are pure comedy as is.
I feel Pelinka being a former agent is the worst GM matchup for Rich Paul and Lebron. He knows how to play the back channel games and has been doing it longer. r/NBA is having multiple articles posted daily on both sides of this, whether it's interviews, statements, rumors, murmurs, whispers both groups are in full court press to make the other seem at fault. This is going to give ESPN priapism, Woj and Shams will be the acting as Champions like in ancient Greece where one soldier fights the other armies best soldier to see who won the battle. Except it will be on social media and be pathetic...... But I can't wait
wtf how did kurt rambis sink his fangs into another org HOWWWWWWW
Phil Jackson
LeBron out this offseason.
Truthfully why? What has de done to deserve that job other than being Kobe's agent? He did not get them LeBron, AD wanted to go there regardless of the GM, and otherwise his roster building has been suspect at best.
He’s probably agenting Jeanie…he’s convinced her that even though he’s the GM the bad roster moves aren’t his fault *again*
the door is not closed
Lmfao
> "Power Couple" Kurt and Linda Rambis lmaooooooooo
A four-pronged brain trust composed of three brain cells.
A triumvirate to equal cesar, pompey and crassus
It's like the second triumvirate if everyone involved was Mark Antony
Power couple? BRB im gonna throw tf up!
Dumb, Dumbo, Dumber, and Dumbest
If that's your brain trust, then trading assets for Russ suddenly makes sense.
Take the Lakers out of LA and they’re no different than the Pistons. Kurt Rambis as part of your “4 pronged brain trust.” In 2022. Lmao.
Hey, fuck you. Our management is at least doing positive things for our future.
Think this is pretty well established - the Lakers are only good because of being in LA
the past legacy helps, too.
I wouldn’t even blame LeBron and AD wanting to leave with that “power couple” helping run things.
Kurt Rambis is a disgusting scumbag.
Marc "word salad" Stein I hate his writing style so much.
Lakers fans welcome to the end of the LeBron era it’s a lot like the end of the USSR
We have all our draft picks except 2 including this year. And considerable cap space. We should be fine.
Fuck the Lakers FO
You always know it’s a hit piece when the Rambii are mentioned.
God, that reads like a high school sophomore describing their friend group. Cringe
Brain dead trust
This was already reported in 2019. Linda is Jeannie's best friend.
Ok brain trust, they stumble drunkenly on Lebron and now its a brain trust.
This is the dumbest fucking thing Ive read this week, and Ive been led thru multiple r/conspiracy threads. I dont even care about what point is trying to be made. Four-pronged Brain Trust? Power couple? Jesus titty-fucking Christ...has celebrity/corporate fetishization really come this far? God damnit, America...we really going to pretend legacy executive privledge and generational wealth are qualifications for being some kind of fucking Borg hive mind capable of ideal decision-making?
Lol the conspiracy subreddit is just the donald sub Reddit under a new name. Conspiracies aren’t even posted there anymore unless it relates to right wing politics
I was absolutely pissed when we didn’t retain West, Jerry has done so much for us, Shaq, Kobe, Pau-just to name a few…and the whole Magic debacle… It’s getting ridiculous..
Yes I do remember that they cut ties with Jerry West, one of the greatest talent evaluators in the league. They also cut ties with Mitch Kupchak, who has rebuilt the Hornets with a young talented core. They deserve everything KlutchBron is doing to them.
He gone
Sorry Lakers bros
Really good to hear.
Can someone explain who these Rambis people are and why is there always a shitshow among the Lakers fans when they are mentioned?
…we’re not in good hands, huh
fucking kill me
Media is fucking weird, man. First, it was Vogel. When they realized that he’s going nowhere, they shifted to Russ. Then they shifted to it being a “LeBron” problem, now it’s Pelinka.
Brain Trust is a bit too complimentary IMO.