Jeanie Buss and her household are promoting a majority share within the Los Angeles Lakers, however she is going to reportedly stay because the crew’s governor. In fact, that is additionally what Mark Cuban thought when he bought the Dallas Mavericks.
Buss and Cuban could also be linked by greater than their mutual affection for famous person Luka Doncic. They each bought their longtime franchises to bigger traders — Buss to Mark Walter, Cuban to the Adelson household — and each had been reported to retain positions after the sale.
When Cuban sold a majority interest within the Mavs in November 2023, he was presupposed to retain management of basketball operations, whereas Patrick Dumont, the son-in-law of matriarch Miriam Adelson, grew to become the crew governor. However Cuban by no means had that assurance in writing.
By the point of the Mavericks’ run to the NBA Finals, Cuban no longer had control of basketball operations, with basic supervisor Nico Harrison reporting on to Dumont.
The one profit is that Cuban could not be blamed for the wildly unpopular Doncic commerce, since he may neither advocate for roster strikes nor cease them.
For the Lakers sale, Buss is retaining her place because the Lakers consultant on the NBA’s Board of Governors. Does that imply she’ll be the final word boss in relation to basketball choices? That is still to be seen. Nevertheless, typically when businessmen pay billions of {dollars} for a sports activities crew, they need to have the ability to run it themselves.
Maybe Buss has protected her pursuits higher than Cuban did. In 2017, she fought off an attempt by her brothers Jim and Johnny Buss to oust her from her function as controlling proprietor — and from the Lakers’ board of administrators totally. The top consequence was that Jeanie Buss retained management and Jim Buss was changed as crew president by Magic Johnson.
Buss might retain her place as crew governor for now, however the brand new group ought to have nearly all of the board seats and thus the choice to exchange her at any time. Cuban may inform her there is not any assure how lengthy she’ll keep in cost.
