Jeanie Buss has happily allowed the Los Angeles Lakers front office led by president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka to take charge of the basketball side of things in the organization.
Jeanie Buss captured her first championship as the controlling governor of the Los Angeles Lakers back in 2020, and is looking to add her second title now that the franchise has secured a new face in Luka Doncic.
The Los Angeles Lakers were able to score a big win when they were able to trade Anthony Davis for Luka Doncic. It is still a shocking trade all of these months later.
An NBA player has come off of the bench to score 20 or more points in a Finals game on 41 occasions in league history. How many of the players to do it can you name in six minutes?
For the first time since the blockbuster deal that sent Anthony Davis and Max Christie to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Luka Dončić, Lakers owner Jeanie Buss opened up about the emotional side of the trade.
Although Anthony Davis made it clear that he wanted to play more power forward, he never thought it would lead to a trade away from the Los Angeles Lakers.
NBA teams will do whatever it takes to retain a player with generational talent. At the very least, both parties agree on a rookie contract extension. That wasn’t the case with Shaquille O’Neal, who signed with the Los Angeles Lakers once his rookie deal with the Orlando Magic was up.
Anthony Davis was considered the next superstar to lead the Los Angeles Lakers franchise after LeBron James retired, but the organization made a blockbuster deal that shipped the big man out to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Luka Doncic.
LeBron James has given a remarkable response to the LA Lakers' needs.
The biggest move the Los Angeles Lakers last offseason was the hiring of JJ Redick as the team’s new head coach. As is the case with any head coach hiring, owner Jeanie Buss had to sign off on it as well, but it was general manager Rob Pelinka who was leading the search.
Since winning a championship in 2020, Los Angeles Lakers governor Jeanie Buss is looking to return to the mountaintop. They have been unable to get back there since, although acquiring Luka Doncic this season has suddenly put them back into that conversation of contention.
In an appearance on Sirius XM NBA Radio, Los Angeles Lakers majority owner Jeanie Buss looked back on the trade that shook the basketball world. As Jeanie explained, the acquisition of Luka Doncic had to be kept under wraps or it might have jeopardized the entire deal.
Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers dominated the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder in a 126-99 road win Sunday afternoon. The loss for OKC marked just the second time all season they suffered back-to-back losses.
The Los Angeles Lakers shocked the basketball world last month when they made a blockbuster deal to acquire Luka Doncic from the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Anthony Davis, Max Christie and a first-round pick.
A lot of time has passed, and basketball played since the Los Angeles Lakers won their last title in 2020. It was the first season with LeBron James and Anthony Davis together.
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.
The Los Angeles Lakers had plenty of reasons to jump at the opportunity to acquire Luka Doncic from the Dallas Mavericks when the chance was offered to them. Owner Jeanie Buss, however, revealed that there was one big and surprising motivation behind the deal from the Lakers’ point of view.
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.
Buss has acknowledged the importance of her front office operating in stealth mode to pull off the Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis trade.
Running Point, an upcoming Netflix show inspired by Los Angeles Lakers governor Jeanie Buss, is already gaining attention, although the first episode has yet to be released. A lawsuit by Pepperdine University against the Netflix show accuses the streaming giant and production company Warner Bros.
Earlier this month, the Los Angeles Lakers pulled off one of the biggest trades in NBA history when they landed Luka Doncic. The story still remains at the top of the headlines nearly two weeks after the deal.
Jeanie Buss made sure to avoid any controversy in her latest NBA media appearance. In a sit down for Whistle Sports, Jeanie made her pick for the best Lakers championship team and also revealed her adjusted list of All-Time Lakers greats.
The former Laker Beverley thinks that he can sense a trend here.
For the last 25 years, the Los Angeles Lakers and L.A. Clippers shared a home in downtown L.A. known largely as the Staples Center but renamed as Crypto.com Arena.
The Lakers rolled the dice when they hired Redick, and they're going to have to commit to their gamble.
Jeanie Buss isn't ready to dub Bronny James as the Los Angeles Lakers' next high-impact player, but she is a big fan of what she's seen from the second-round pick thus far.
In fairly surprising news, Johnny Buss, the brother of Lakers owner Jeanie Buss, is running for President of the United States, per Dan Woike of the LA Times.
LeBron James has been applying pressure to the Los Angeles Lakers front office. It's clear he wants the team to go all-in at the February 8 trade deadline. In recent weeks, the Purple and Gold have been linked with multiple high-level talents.
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