How will Los Angeles Lakers sale impact LeBron James? | THE HERD NBA w/ Colin Cowherd

How will Los Angeles Lakers sale impact LeBron James? | THE HERD NBA w/ Colin Cowherd

but yesterday after the show there was a uh and we we don’t normally talk a ton about this but there was a sale uh it wasn’t long ago the Celtics sold for6 billion la is a much bigger market uh they sold for $10 billion yesterday and nobody Lakers fans aren’t quite sure how to react and I’m here to tell you it is a great day to be a Laker fan so the group that bought the Lakers already owned a part of them mark Walter group really shrewd LA resident all you have to do to wonder what’s gonna happen to the Lakers is look at the Dodgers scouting research and development facilities patients A+++ sharp do don’t know him know people that do they spend more money than anyone but they are very judicious they rarely miss the Lakers have been a mom and pop shop for years it’s Genie Bus and Friends of the Family that’s cute but this is 2025 and it’s pro sports the organization needs more juice more financing more eyes new eyes and this is what they have they’re going officially from dialup to fiber optic yesterday was a great day to be a Laker fan now the reports are well Jeanie Bus will still be the governor she will still be in the front office yeah and that’s what Mark Cuban told us when he sold the Mavs and then he didn’t know about the Luca trade that’s sort of a big deal she’s not going to have any power now I think she’s done great in operations she’s beloved in Los Angeles a really cool person having her around the organization is awesome but it’s a whole different ballgame when you spend $10 billion to buy something you’re going to have the final say and that’s what the Lakers need this Dodger group I’m telling you man they update and upgrade constantly they don’t give money away they could have had Manny Machado nope corey Bellinger MVP Cory Seager they’ll move off people since Mark Walter and his group have arrived here’s the reality the Dodgers are first or tied for first in wins pennants titles World Series titles and I hear this stuff i hear all the fear-mongers colin just another oligarch another billionaire that doesn’t care about the team you want to know the worst owners in my life ted Steppian look it up donald Sterling Marge Shot none of them were venture capitalists none of them like Mark Walter were global asset managers small thinkers bad people not this group when you watch the Dodgers man they don’t miss it’s impressive by the way lot of teams spend money yankees spend a lot of money they’re topheavy dodgers never are so even the way they finance stuff deferred payments they’re always a step ahead they go and get the very best people when they took the Dodgers over Andrew Freriedman was the hot shot GM in Tampa they went and got him they were working on that Otani deal three years when he was an angel three years out they started working on that deal i would not be surprised if they doubled the R&D doubled the scouting department the Lakers have too many friends and family i’m looking for a meritocracy not a barbecue this is a great day don’t be afraid of something that’s been in the building for years now they own all of it okay i think the Lakers the Bus family owns 15% for a couple years um a report that LeBron James is quote comfortable with the sale of the Lakers he’s 40 he’s played 22 seasons um and I’ll and I’ll say this about the new ownership group of the Lakers it’s the ownership group of the Dodgers that ownership group in the front office moved off Cody Bellinger a National League MVP corey Seager a World Series MVP max Scherzer they knew Manny Machado was going to go to the Padres their rival all right see you they could have paid for all of them they’ll move off stars if Luca doesn’t stay in shape if Luca doesn’t defend at a higher level they’ll sign him to the summer max he’ll get his 228 million they’ll move off him they will move off him kobe Bryant in my opinion had too much control the last four or five years and LeBron in the last two or three to me has too much control he’s the ecosystem of the offense and Dr bus loved family and friends and understood stars there’s nothing wrong with that but I think the Lakers the Cowboys the Bengals have been run like mom and pop shops too many friends and family not interested i want the best person not the best last name that’s what I’m looking for so the Dodgers with this group have moved off mvps not not just MVPs World Series MVPs in their 20s 30s young 30s mid20s they’ll move off guys they don’t care they prioritize winning and the Bus family to their credit has always understood the value of stars they’ve been very good about that you can go you can go you know Kareem W now the Bus family didn’t have but Magic Johnson you know they understood it shaq Kobe they get it lebron AD they get it okay but but you got to get the right stars when the Yankees sign John Carlos Stanton when they’ve already got Aaron Judge in the building duplication you got injuries with John Carlos Stanton that’s not a smart move that’s just that’s just bad money he’s struggled with his health he’s never really been as good as you think and you had a duplicate player who’s better in the building a power hitter so to me that the it’s not just money they will hold Luca accountable and by the way uh the the second richest ownership group in the NBA right now is the Dallas Mavericks and they said “Well the ma the max he could make with the Mavericks is much greater than the max with the Lakers.” And they said “No no no he’s getting hurt he’s not in shape he won’t defend.” You think the Walter group and they’re they got a lot more sports properties and a lot more experience if Luca doesn’t get in shape and I don’t want to see another video of leg presses he’s a pro alete i do leg presses i do I’m in radio and television i do leg presses twice a week i don’t want to see that video i want to see the results and I want to see defense all the great Laker players in my lifetime jerry West elite defender uh uh uh Kareem elite defender lebron elite kobe in his prime uh uh Sha in his prime gasol would defend anthony Davis great defender underrated defender maybe the best defender in the league the last two years luca come on you got to do better got to do better all right i mean Kobe has as many alldefensive selections the staff just sent this as Kevin Garnett i mean Kobe was took great pride in it and you didn’t have to send me videos of you know LeBron James doing leg presses or or or or Jerry West pre- Tik Tok or preig he was doing leg presses okay i don’t need to see that video look look he’s doing situps on an off day not interested watch the games let me see results jay Mack with the news

Colin Cowherd reacts to the Los Angeles Lakers $10 billion sale. What will this mean for LeBron James and Luka Doncic to have new ownership?

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