The Los Angeles Lakers are making headlines for all the wrong reasons. This time not about another abysmal year on the court, but rather the tumultuous state of ownership.
Brothers Johnny and Jim Buss tried to go behind sister Jeanie Buss’ back and take control over the Laker franchise. The brothers’ plan to get rid of Jeanie included a loophole to remove her from the Lakers’ board of directors. If carried out Johnny and Jim would be, “Ousting her as the Lakers president and controlling owner”, as Nathan Fenno and Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times reports.