“In terms of selling the team, I’m not going anywhere. This is exactly what my dad asked me to do,” Jeanie Buss declared in 2022. Back then, her stance was firm, almost unshakable, as she repeated, “The team is not for sale.” It wasn’t just about ownership; it was about protecting what Jerry Buss built. She once said her father’s vision placed the Lakers in her care, like his most prized creation. Yet now, only three years later, that certainty has shifted in surprising ways.

In June 2025, the unthinkable finally happened. The Buss family agreed to sell a majority stake in the Lakers for $10 billion. The deal, the largest franchise sale in U.S. sports history, went to Mark Walter, longtime minority owner and Dodgers principal. Despite that stunning figure, Buss will remain governor for

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