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 position was not contractually executed and he was out of the image inside various months.
Moreover, Walter reportedly is motivated to have Buss remaining with the Lakers given her position on the enterprise and advertising aspect of the group for many years.
“I feel 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 over the past 4 years and understanding how vital she is to the model—as a result of the rationale this franchise went for $10 billion shouldn’t be as a result of an NBA group is absolutely price $10 billion. They do not even personal their constructing. It is the model.
“I feel Jeanie Buss understands the Lakers’ model higher than anyone. I feel she is in operating [the team] and maintaining that model alive. And likewise how she runs the enterprise. How she runs the franchise.
“It is in writing. Mark Cuban didn’t get his position 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 an important continuity on this switch of possession.”
