Despite the recent controversy amidst the Buss family, each of the six siblings can't be too upset about how the recently approved sale of the Los Angeles Lakers went down.
Former Los Angeles Lakers executives Joey and Jesse Buss made public the team's surprising decision to fire the two Thursday morning in addition to letting much of their scouting department go as the team reorganizes its basketball operations department.
With Mark Walter having officially purchased a majority share of the Los Angeles Lakers for a $10 billion valuation, at least some turnover within the front office was to be expected, though not with Jeanie Buss who will remain on as Governor for at least the next five years.
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Jesse Buss says he’ll always root for the Lakers, but admitted his voice inside the organization had faded long before he was removed from his role as assistant general manager on Thursday.
Christmas and the NBA go hand-in-hand. The day serves for the top hoops league in the world, like Thanksgiving for the NFL. However, while the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are perpetual Thanksgiving participants, the NBA has mixed up the matchups and the teams throughout the years.
The Los Angeles Lakers have not played a game since Tuesday and won’t play one again until Sunday. But that certainly hasn’t stopped them from being atop the NBA news cycle.
The ouster of Joey and Jesse Buss did more than create anxiety for job security in the Lakers organization. It showed decades of brewing family politics among the Buss siblings.
In less than a day since he was fired from the Lakers, Jesse Buss laid everything out. The new ownership made its first big move on Thursday morning by overhauling the scouting team.
The Los Angeles Lakers are making some changes in the front office. They have fired two members of the Buss family: Joey and Jesse. “The sale of the team happening kind of more or less just solidified it in my mind,” Jesse Buss said.
The Los Angeles Lakers' reorganization of the front office includes the firings of executives Joey and Jesse Buss, younger brothers of team governor Jeanie Buss and sons of the former owner, the late Jerry Buss, multiple outlets reported on Thursday.
When the new owner of the Los Angeles Lakers fired two members of the Buss family Thursday, it wasn't much of a surprise. After all, Joey and Jesse were the only Buss siblings who voted against the $10B sale to Mark Walter back in June.
The Los Angeles Lakers are entering a new chapter, and it involves a significant change for the Buss family. The organization recently parted ways with Jeanie Buss’s brothers, Joey and Jesse Buss, ending their two-decade-long tenure as front office executives and turning the page on a key part of the family’s storied legacy with the franchise.
The Los Angeles Lakers are making some significant changes to their front office as they let go of Joey and Jesse Buss, as well as a majority of their scouting staff, on Thursday morning.
When Mark Walter purchased a majority ownership stake in the Los Angeles Lakers, he expressed that he values Jeanie Buss as a partner and would take his time implementing changes throughout the organization.
The Lakers are shaking up their front office in a major way. ESPN’s Dave McMenamin reported Thursday that a large portion of the team’s scouting department has been terminated, part of the sweeping organizational overhaul under new majority owner Mark Walter.
Just when you thought the drama in Hollywood was reserved for the big screen, the Los Angeles Lakers front office drops a bombshell that feels straight out of a season finale.
On Tuesday evening, the Los Angeles Lakers hit the floor for the first time in 2025-26 with LeBron James in the lineup, defeating the Utah Jazz in a blowout victory.
The Los Angeles Lakers is currently undergoing significant changes with Jeanie Buss and her family selling their majority ownership stake to Mark Walter.
During tonight’s matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Utah Jazz, all eyes were on LeBron James’s return and Luka Doncic’s dominance, but it all changed during one play.
The NBA’s Board of Governors has unanimously approved the sale of a majority share of the Lakers to Mark Walter, the league announced today in a press release, adding that the transaction is expected to close soon (Twitter link).
The Buss family sold a majority interest in the Los Angeles Lakers to investor Mark Walter in June.
Despite transitioning out of her role as a majority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, Jeanie Buss will still apparently be finishing out the decade as the team’s lead decision-maker.
The Lakers shocked the entire sports world for the second time this calendar year by executing the highest sale ever for a North America-based professional sports franchise.
After 46 years of ownership, the Buss family agreed to sell a controlling interest in the Los Angeles Lakers to Mark Walter, CEO of Guggenheim Partners. It's the end of an era for the Lakers, and the continuation of a pro sports dynasty in Southern California.
The Buss family has reached an agreement to sell its majority stake in the Lakers to Mark Walter.
The 2020 version of the Los Angeles Lakers remains one of the more fun teams in the iconic franchise's history. Not only did they win the NBA title but the team provided some hope to fans during a tough year with Covid-19 raging around the world.
Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss opened up about the Luka Doncic–Anthony Davis NBA trade during an appearance on NPR. Buss implied that Davis “wasn’t happy” in Los Angeles.
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