Inside the Buss Family Feud That Led to the $10 Billion Sale of the Lakers

Decades of infighting, power struggles and dysfunction within the Buss family ultimately led to one of the biggest sales in sports history. In June, the Los Angeles Lakers were sold for a staggering $10 billion. ESPN’s Baxter Holmes breaks down the family drama, behind-the-scenes battles, and key moments that pushed the iconic franchise toward a historic sale.

FULL STORY: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/47594947/inside-jeanie-jerry-buss-family-infighting-drove-10b-sale-los-angeles-lakers-mark-walter

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41 comments
  1. Imagine having to share with your b.a. sister. Women take everything, they're a protected class (women and children) and the laws favor them, too. Good luck, boys.

  2. The slide into pathetic embarrassment began when Phil Jackson tried to slide his weenie into the Buss fortune, he USED Jeannie, but the rest of the siblings finally stopped him. In the meantime, Jeannie's 'leadership' led to both Jerry West and Magic Johnson leaving. She brought in LeCANCER, and the downfall has been disgraceful. Now she's trying to say she tried to right the ship???

  3. Getting in bed with Klutch was a mistake.

    A "bubble chip" wasn't worth it.

    They'd be better off if they'd just built organically through the draft. They would've been a perennial 50 win team by now with none of the drama & still would've been in the running for every prime free agent because it's L.A.

  4. ESPN like most media lately…..wasting our time with a irrelevant story. Mark Walter, Magic, and Company owners of the defending champions LA Dodgers, who runs arguably the top organization in MLB, now owns the NBA most popular and marketable team in the LA Lakers. Thank you, Buss Family for all the years of winning and bringing in Showtime and all the great star players. People seem to forget, it was a long time ago, before Jerry Buss bought the Lakers, they weren't as relevant as the Celtics. The Lakers would not have sold for $10B without some sort of successful leadership. Jeanie Buss sold the team to the right owner, at the right time. The Lakers as an organization are going to be better for it. What's the problem here? Why ESPN is going after Jeanie as a villain or the Buss' Family by showing dysfunctional? When is there not a wealthy and famous family not dysfunctional? 😂Move on ESPN!!! Nothing to see here😂

  5. a bunch of spoiled brats fighting over daddy's money that they didn't earn.

    what could have possibly gone wrong.

    anyway, as a 22 year fan of the Lakers I can say I'm glad the buss family is out.

    hopefully mark walter can turn this teams fortune around for the better and get that 18th championship now that all the spoiled brats are out as owners.

  6. I'm retired at 47, went from Grass to Grace. This video here reminds me of my transformation from a nobody to good home, honest wife and 35k biweekly and a good daughter full of love❤️

  7. Sounds to me like Jeanie took the public face of all this and ensured every sibling will be rich until they die. Sounds like leadership in a family business (the hardest business model to manage).

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