It’s no longer a matter of whether Jim Buss had to go — duh — and if Mitch Kupchak had to go with him.
Buss was a playboy on a lark who was rarely in the office other than public appearances, if a benign one who fell in line behind Kupchak.
Kupchak proved himself in better times, rebuilding the Lakers from the ruins after trading Shaquille O’Neal into a two-time champion, but was seen as joined at the hip to Jimbo ... not that Mitch had any choice in the matter.
It shouldn’t be a surprise that the organization just fired its first owner and its first GM.