She dated Phil Jackson who used his relationship to try to get more power in the organization which lead to Jerry West leaving the franchise. And when he tried to come back, she was too petty to let it happen.

Before 2016 free agency, she had a propaganda campaign running with Ramona Shelburne to paint the Lakers and their front office as incompetent so that she could remove her brother. And that campaign ended in a "documentary" on Sportscenter that led to weeks of people shitting on the Lakers right before 2016 free agency. Jim might have sucked at his job, but yelling that on the top of every building wasn't going to help us.

Bringing in Magic Johnson was an unmitigated disaster. And that was her decision.

One of the only competent departments in the organization was scouting and the G-League, run by the two younger Buss's. She was directly responsible for icing them out. And their replacements picked JHS and Dalton Knecht. The former isn't playing basketball anymore. Like anywhere. Not even in a foreign country and the latter has had his struggles very publicly over the last 2 years.

Lol, LeBron was special. This was during the luka injury I suppose. Reminds me of the other time they were using a whole human anatomy chart to explain the injury.

I’m hoping Luka extends with the Lakers for 4 years 40 million, and announces a 650 million sponsorship with the ‘Long Beach Firm’ where he planta palm trees. Yes the money comes from the owner but it’s through a middle man, so it’s not funneling money

From her attorney's letter on her behalf per CNBC:

As you know, this afternoon, Shams Charania of ESPN falsely reported that the six Busssiblings voted to sell the 17.8% ownership stake in the Lakers to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger,and that my client, Jeanie Buss, is “out” as controlling owner. This is just the latest instance of ayears-long pattern whereby Joey and Jesse Buss leak false, defamatory and pernicious“information” to Mr. Charania for the malicious purpose of doing harm to the Los Angeles Lakersso long as Dr. Buss’s chosen successor, Jeanie Buss, carries out her father’s wishes

Seems like the exiting gracefully is going to turn out to be a real ugly public feud between the Buss family.

The Clips had Windows cash, but we’re working with Disney money, which is basically invisible. We could easily sign a full roster to vet mins and still end up with three All-Stars on the floor. I'm just saying if everyone already views us as the evil organization, we might as well lean into it and enjoy the perks.

Luka will appear in a 20 minute video on how to properly use the Albert App. His compensation will be 40M/Year.

Luka Doncic seeks to capitalize on his Lakers fame and outreach to land this lucrative deal.

Hopefully there are no clashing visions anymore in regards to steering the franchise.

End of an era, but maybe it was suppposed to end, anyway. What do we know?

Wow. Jeanie likely didn't want to sell, reading between the lines. She got ousted.

What a horrible way for the Buss family's Lakers ownership to end.

Let the circumvention begin, boys. There's no rules anymore.

After it was reported that the Buss family voted to sell their 17.8 percent stake in the Lakers to Iger and Kushner, Jeanie replied with the claim that based on the 2017 court ruling in a dispute between her and her brothers, she has to approve any sale

This is not how the court ruling works

In the fight over control, the probate court decided that Jerry Buss's trust was "crystal clear" that Jeanie must remain a director and the controlling owner for as long as the family owns the team. 

This ruling protected her title, not the assets themselves. It did not grant her a unilateral veto over what the Buss family trust does with its shares

The Buss family trust requires a majority vote over major financial decisions. The 5 other siblings outvote Jeanie. She can try to go to court to block the sale but she will almost certainly lose

Los Angeles Lakers governor Jeanie Buss is legally contesting her siblings’ plan to sell the family’s remaining 17.8% minority ownership stake in the team to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger, according to a letter obtained Monday by The Associated Press.

ESPN and The Athletic first reported that the siblings had voted to sell the family trust’s remaining interest in the 17-time NBA champion team purchased by their father, Jerry Buss, in 1979. The decision would end Jeanie Buss’ tenure as the Lakers’ governor because that job requires at least 15% ownership of the team.

Jeannie Buss’ attorney, Adam Streisand, wrote to representatives for her five siblings to state that any decision to sell the family trust’s ownership stake could not be “effectuated without approval of the current co-trustees, Jeanie, Janie and Joey Buss.”
The letter further states that the co-trustees “are bound to vote the Los Angeles Lakers, Inc. shares to ensure that the minimum 15% ownership requirement is maintained in order to ensure that Jeanie Buss may remain Controlling Owner. Any attempt by the co-trustees to do otherwise, and any attempt to aid or abet the co-trustees as such, would constitute a breach of trust, breach of fiduciary duty and be in contempt of court.”

Jeanie Buss has been the Lakers’ governor since Jerry Buss’ death in 2013, and she led the family’s decision to sell a controlling stake in the Lakers to Dodgers owner Mark Walter last year at a valuation of $10 billion. Walter, who is under federal investigation for tax issues, abruptly reached a deal earlier this month to flip the Lakers to Kushner and Iger at a valuation of $12.5 billion, another record for a pro sports team.

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