The fight control of the Los Angeles Lakers franchise is officially on. After deposed vice president of basketball operations Jim Buss and his brother Johnny attempted to stage a coup against Lakers president Jeanie Buss, the latter filed a restraining order against the two.
The two brothers later said they weren’t actually attempting a power grab, but Jeanie’s attorney hinted at a long legal battle ahead.
The ugliness has begun, with Jeanie calling Jim "‘completely unfit’” to run basketball operations for the Lakers,” according to a court document obtained by Nathan Fenmo of the Los Angeles Times.