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Kristen Wong

Is the Jeanie Buss-Lakers Sale Saga the Real-Life NBA ‘Succession’?

“You are not serious people” might be what Bob Iger and Josh Kushner are thinking about the Buss family right about now.

Days after Mark Walter sold the Lakers to Iger and Kushner in a massive $12.5 billion deal, the Buss family has reportedly chosen to sell its remaining stake (17.8%) in the franchise to the new majority owners. But—much like every episode of the HBO’s hit drama Succession—the plot thickens.

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