Jeanie Buss will reportedly stay as governor of the Los Angeles Lakers for the foreseeable future regardless of the bulk sale of the franchise to Mark Walter with that situation written into the precise buy settlement. When Mark Cuban bought the Dallas Mavericks to the Adelson/Dumont households, he anticipated to proceed operating basketball operations, however his function was not contractually executed and he was out of the image inside plenty of months.
Moreover, Walter reportedly is motivated to have Buss remaining with the Lakers given her function on the enterprise and advertising facet of the group for many years.
“I believe this was Mark Walter’s thought for her to remain on,” mentioned Ramona Shelburne on ESPN Radio with Clinton Yates. “In attending to know Jeanie during the last 4 years and understanding how essential she is to the model—as a result of the rationale this franchise went for $10 billion is just not as a result of an NBA group is basically price $10 billion. They do not even personal their constructing. It is the model.
“I believe Jeanie Buss understands the Lakers’ model higher than anyone. I believe she is in operating [the team] and conserving that model alive. And in addition how she runs the enterprise. How she runs the franchise.
“It is in writing. Mark Cuban didn’t get his function in writing. Jeanie Buss’ is in writing. That is a part of the deal. She’s staying on for the foreseeable future to run the group. There’s going to be a terrific continuity on this switch of possession.”
