Mark Cuban’s exit from the Dallas Mavericks wasn’t just a sale – it was an exemplary ownership illusion. He sold for $3.5 billion but clung to basketball decisions, only to fade from view within months. Former Mavs VP Mike Marshall saw it firsthand. “It was like a slow divorce… really weird directionally,” he noted . Employees lost playoff bonuses. Cuban vanished, and confusion reigned. This quiet power struggle hints at bigger league headaches.

Now, a similar storm brews over Los Angeles. The Lakers’ $10 billion sale to billionaire Mark Walter put Jeanie Buss in a precarious spot. She kept her governor title but not majority control. And insiders whisper, Adam Silver’s office does not see these half-in, half-out deals in a good light.

Chris Mannix addressed that tension on a rece

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