The Buss family fight over the Lakers has officially reached the see you in court stage. Jeanie Buss filed a petition Wednesday asking a Los Angeles Superior Court judge to prevent her five siblings from selling the family’s remaining 17.8 percent stake in the franchise, according to Sam Amick and Melody Gutierrez of The Athletic.
If I had a nickel for every time Jeanie Buss took her family to court, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s odd that it’s happened twice. Jeanie has officially filed a petition to block the family’s sale of the Lakers, a move that became public on Tuesday.
The Buss family legal battle over the sale of their stake in the Lakers continued Wednesday in a Los Angeles Superior Court, according to Sam Amick and Melody Gutierrez of The Athletic.
In the history of the NBA, a player has scored 50 or more points in a playoff game on 51 occasions. How many can you name in six minutes?
After months of speculation, Jonathan Kuminga and his camp finally settled on a landing spot. As reported, the athletic forward has signed a two-year deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves, spurning a larger and longer offer from the Los Angeles Lakers.
The regular season is important, but NBA legends are made in the playoffs. More specifically, it's the Finals where the all-time greats have built their otherworldly reputations.
As Los Angeles Lakers players prepare for training camp, there’s a war raging behind the scenes that threatens to become a major distraction for the organization.
Jeanie Buss is not giving up her Los Angeles Lakers ownership stake without a fight despite her five siblings agreeing to sell their remaining 17.8% in shares to Bob Iger and Josh Kushner as part of Mark Walter’s majority sale.
Jeanie Buss is doing whatever it takes to prevent the Buss siblings from selling their remaining share in the Los Angeles Lakers.
Typically, the path to the NBA for most players is to spend at least a season in college to get high-level basketball and important development under their belts.
The Los Angeles Lakers went through a massive roster overhaul this summer, with the storied NBA franchise going all in on building around Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves to begin the post-LeBron James era.
The Los Angeles Lakers have completely remade their roster this offseason. Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves will still be leading the way, but the supporting cast surrounding them is totally different from last year’s squad with Walker Kessler, Quentin Grimes and Sandro Mamukelashvili, amongst the many additions.
The Lakers are officially Luka Doncic’s team now, and this summer made that pretty obvious. LeBron James is gone, almost the entire supporting cast has changed, and Doncic even brought the new group to Slovenia for a five-day mini-camp that was basically the first real look at the post-LeBron Lakers together.
It feels like the Jonathan Kuminga saga has been ongoing since the beginning of free agency back in July. The Los Angeles Lakers have long been linked to him, but the talented forward still has yet to make a decision as he continues to figure out the best landing spot and contract situation.
Is one team emerging as a favorite to land Kuminga?
Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves went face-to-face during the latest gym reaction challenge that is making the rounds on social media. The Los Angeles Lakers superstar point guard was locked in against Reaves for a fun ‘hip, knees, head, feet’ challenge.
There are many players in the NBA today who grew up watching, idolizing and emulating Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant. His impact on the game stretches around the world and one person who is among the many who wanted to be him is new Lakers signing Kevon Looney.
Anticipation is mounting for the upcoming Los Angeles Lakers season to see how all these new pieces come together. The Lakers put out a video of the team scrimmaging during their minicamp in Slovenia and it generated buzz in the dog days of the offseason.
That Los Angeles Lakers’ offseason trip to Slovenia was primarily billed as a team-bonding exercise and training opportunity ahead of the upcoming season.
The Lakers’ ownership drama may soon require a little help from the commissioner. NBA commissioner Adam Silver could become involved in the increasingly messy dispute between Jeanie Buss and her siblings over the Buss family’s remaining ownership stake in the franchise, according to Tom Friend of Sports Business Journal.
There is no indication James did anything improper. His spokesperson described the arrangement as a common financial structure for someone with his level of wealth and said a later 2022 transaction received NBA approval.
Austin Reaves knows his place in Luka Doncic’s kingdom. Doncic recently welcomed Reaves and several other Lakers players to Slovenia for workouts and bonding activities to strengthen their chemistry during the NBA offseason.
No team in the NBA went through a more drastic roster facelift this offseason than the Los Angeles Lakers.
With a crucial Lakers season lying ahead, it would seem to bode well for Doncic's commitment to Los Angeles, both for this year and beyond.
The former USC player is still under J.J. Redick's guidance, but, as a fringe rotation player, he might also be used as a trade chip to round up the roster.
The offseason is inching closer to the end, yet the Jonathan Kuminga situation remains unresolved.
Bronny James is offering his first public reaction this week to the news of his father’s big move. The Los Angeles Lakers guard Bronny was with his teammates this week at Luka Doncic’s offseason minicamp in Slovenia.
The Los Angeles Lakers are about to switch hands for the second time in less than two years.
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