The Latest Breaking News from Jim Buss

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.

Sports Illustrated · Aug 18

Bob Iger and Josh Kushner buy the LA Lakers for a record-breaking $12.5 billion, up 25% in just the 14 months since Mark Walter bought them

The pair are buying the team from Mark Walter, who paid $10 billion for it just over a year ago, and someone who Magic Johnson once said would own the team for decades.

Fortune · Aug 12

'Legacy' is the official story of the Lakers. Jeanie Buss says it's also 'the truth'

How good does the story need to be for it to be told again and again?

Los Angeles Times · Aug 15, 2022