Rob Pelinka claimed he consulted with LeBron James and Anthony Davis on potential moves on Thursday as the Los Angeles Lakers approached the deadline and decided they were unable to make a deal.

"Totally false," a source close to James told ESPN's Dave McMenamin about Pelinka's statement. "There was no conversation between Rob Pelinka, LeBron James and Anthony Davis on Thursday. There was no go-ahead of an okay to have inaction at the deadline."

McMenamin suggests there are not only issues on the floor for the Lakers right now, but also between their best two players and the front office. 

"You can't force another team to present yourself with a deal that is going to make your team be better. That's up to them," Pelinka said on Thursday. "And throughout this process we had different things we looked at and like I've done in the past had conversations with LeBron and Anthony about it and I would say there's alignment here. And that's all that matters."