Jim Buss was removed from his post as the Los Angeles Lakers’ vice president of basketball operations last month, but he apparently isn’t done fighting for the franchise.
According to Nathan Fenno and Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times, Lakers president and controlling owner Jeanie Buss “has thwarted an effort by her brothers, Jim and Johnny, to oust her as the Lakers president and controlling owner as the behind the scenes battle for control of the franchise moved into the courtroom.”
The two brothers reportedly wanted to hold a meeting without Jeanie that would have attempted “to elect a new board of directors for the team that didn’t include her.