Brian Windhorst: How Jeanie Buss Sold Lakers to Mark Walter for $10 BILLION + LeBron’s Future π
The Buss family sold the Los Angeles Lakers to Mark Walter for $10 billion back in June, but new details around the sale were revealed today in a story written by ESPN’s Baxter Holmes. Jorge Sedano and Scott Kaplan are joined by ESPN NBA senior writer Brian Windhorst — who dropped priceless insights on the situation.
Windy speaks about how Mark Walter got money from Abu Dhabi to buy the Lakers, how Jeanie made sure she would still be a part of the team after the sale to Walter, and how LeBron would have preferred to stay with the Cleveland Cavaliers before Kyrie Irving decided to leave. π
What do you think, Lakers fans? Will LeBron be on the team after this season? And how will the team fare under Mark Walter?
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45 Comments
So many Bronsexuals and klutch media puppets here
It's los Angeles. Who gives a rat's azz bout lakers
lebron destroys franchises wherever he goes
The Lakers didn't deserve Lebron's final years. I really hope he wins one more somewhere.
Knowing JB is over Lebron and wanted him gone only makes me love her more! β€
Jeannie Buss is the female version of Donald Trump..
No tears for LeBum. He's not the face of our franchise and never was.
Has Brian wind horse ever actually done anything more than speculate?β¦anything he say ever been corroborated or confirmed?β¦he know the local tv people personally?β¦whoβd he get this info from?β¦the knicks lost this or that so the lakers do as well automatically?β¦uh ok
Too much lebron glazing
Smh people still mad cause bron had that power and he can wield it which is why Jeannie sold cause bron wasn't go no b.s. If you wanna blame anybody blame dan gibert for giving him trash or old washed up players in Cleveland, blame pat riley for not understand that lebron once he won and knew what it took he leveraged that like he literally was the gm. Don't blame bron for being the dr doom of this ish #freegame
Lakers fans are delusional. Did they see their record prior to Lebron joining the team, no one was even watching the Lakers because they were SO BAD. Like it or not he made them relevant again when he joined.
Im actually hoping now balmer clears the decks this year get giannis get bron and ja but some shooting around them and some wings with d π―π₯
Sheβs obviously trying to get LeBron to request a trade before the trade deadline so they can get some value out of him cause heβs about to be a Free Agent agent and he has a no trade clause.
Jeanie Buss is a SNAKE.
Jeannie did what she had to do. Made her siblings insanely rich. I support her.
Sellers remorse,, regret,,,she wasn't crying when she worn the bubble. Cried me a river lady.
lebron and klutch has been cancer to the whole organization. get rid of that fraud asap so we can begin the luka era
Talk to Lebron and trade him to Warriors for Kuminga, Hield, and picks. I think he will like it he can play with Curry and Draymond.
Stop with false narrative. Lebum didnt save lakers , that bum couldnβt make the playoffs in his first year with lakers . AD is one the carried lakers and Lebum to playoffs following season
The Luka problem narrative is wrong. The data says LeBron is the issue.
When Luka DonΔiΔ and Austin Reaves play together without LeBron, the Lakers are a +7.3 net rating team. The offense flows and the roles make sense. Replace Luka with LeBron next to Reaves and it flips to -6.1. Same teammate, same system β everything breaks.
We already saw this early in the season when LeBron was out and it was Luka, Reaves, and JJ Redick coaching. The team had pace, structure, and promise. Fit matters. The numbers arenβt lying.
The queen is dead
Why try to compete with your player. He's the savior–she's the savior is the lamest thing, why not cooperate to get more rings so that your run as governor is very successful and not this god awful failure that people recognized now. So it turned out the reason why she's not interested in going all out investing in Lebron was because she wants to be known as the savior and not Lebron, so she feared that it's a lose lose situation for her because if she invests in Lebron and Lakers win more championship, she's not gonna get the recognition she deserves anyway. So it's better not to go all out and invest in Lebron and just keep her money. This is why you should never have a woman in this position, they are very emotional–are ruled by emotion which led to irrational thoughts. Crazy Jeannie now she end up selling her father's legacy, she's hated by her siblings and this is a good thing? I don't know money isn't everything.
SEND LEBRON HOME
Comment section full of idiots I see ππππ.
thank you brian for civlized reporting the other turd just wants to create a story whether true or false some jackazzes just want some front time -again whether true or false
"He saved the Lakers. They had missed the playoffs seven times, in that stretch before he arrived"
As if the Lakers made the playoffs in 2019. The saviour just was not good enough to put the Lakers in the playoffs. The dummy walked off the court the most in 2019.
When Anthony Davis went to the Lakers, the public saw traction for the Lakers. Superflop always needs a superstar to get a team going. And does the Bubble really count?
The old Loaded superteam that Superflop defended (Dwight Howard, Carmelo Anthony, Rajon Rondo, Anthony Davis, Isaia Thomas, Russell Westbrook and Superflop) were unable to get to the playoffs with Superflop leading.
Superflop has been ineffective at preventing the Lakers from being swept in the playoffs twice…
No! Superflop DID NOT save the Lakers from anything…
That middle east money is taking over sports. Saudi money is all over WWE.
10 B Less taxes=5 B / 4= 1.25 B per child x annual 10% return =125M per year for each child if they invest wisely like S&P 500 index for perpetuity β¦ That why they sold. When the return on investment of a asset is less than what could be received if the asset is sold and converted into cash and reinvested in traditional investments itβs time to sell. Mark Cuban did the same thing. Itβs also a sign that the future appreciation trend of the asset is not going to be as profitable. The future of the NBA is shirking as the NFL is growing.
Cmon⦠LeBum did not make the playoffs his 1st with LA. Plus, Anthony Davis was the savior coming to LA. Get ur facts straight!
Jeanie is a disgrace to her father and the βBussβ name. Absolutely disgusting that the Rambii got a combined $32 mil bonus.
So Jeanie was matt Damon in rounders this whole time, while LeBum was on the other side eating cookies ππ
Laker made a big mistake when they acquired lebron.
I always disliked the Lakers, but even I could see that they screwed over Mr. Laker when he handed them champion talent with Gasol and they pushed him away
LeBron didn't make Westbrook miss shots or play poorly.
Retire LeFlop
A Hollywood Ending reveals all of this.
Poor Mrs. Buss getting 3-4 $ million. Windy is very careful what to say. Why bring him on.
This guy went out of his way to make it about Jeanie when the crux of the story is about Lebron and Klutch.
Just to clarify thge facts β the Lakers missed the playoffs 5 years in a row ( while tanking for picks ) the missed it a 6th time when Bron joined
Jeannie took a winning organization and turned it into a losing one.
Sportswashing genocide.
Jeanie has been in the mix with the Lakers through the entire journey that had made that franchise the mostt winning franchise in any major sport over the last 50 years… so..there is that
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βπ½π«Άπ½ as a woman π© running an organization π€ youβve got to have broad shoulders π parents KNOW their children π Dr. Buss chose the most capable π§ child ππ½ββοΈπ€ and likely told her when & if to ever sell ππ½ββοΈ ππ½ββοΈ Iβm the responsible one βοΈ in my family. Her partnering with one set of brothers then the other π€ strategic π€ but the idea sheβs not the best of the bunch π₯Έ is absurd π¬ parents KNOW their children – their character & weaknesses
Windy Bias ash