There have been calls by some Los Angeles Lakers fans for Jeanie Buss to sell the Lakers, but don’t expect that to happen any time soon.
Buss is the controlling owner of the team, which her father bought in 1979. In comments to the LA Times on Monday at the NBA Awards show, Buss says she has received plenty of calls from interested buyers, but she brushes them all aside.
“There’s probably like at least, I’ve had probably 20 to 30 people actually call and want to buy the team in the last five years but there’s probably, oh, a billion people who would like to own the Lakers, too,” Buss said. “That’s nothing new. It was no surprise. Who wouldn’t want to own the Lakers?”
Buss has long been involved in the business side of the team, but she took a greater role when she effectively pushed out her brother from the basketball side in 2017 and installed Rob Pelinka and Magic Johnson to head the front office. The team has missed the playoffs six straight seasons and made more headlines for negative reasons than positive ones lately. But with Anthony Davis and LeBron James on the roster, the team looks to have more promise entering next season.
The team needs to start winning in a big way to quell the negative talk surrounding Buss and her leadership group.
