Struggling through the worst four-season stretch in franchise history, Lakers owner Jeanie Buss made a tough decision in the middle of last season, firing her brother Jim Buss, who was the head of the basketball operations department.
Firing your own brother could not have been easy for Jeanie, especially when it was her father, Dr. Jerry Buss’s vision to have Jim oversee basketball operations. But Jeanie went through with it, hiring Laker great Magic Johnson to take over.
In a recent interview on KCET’s Town Hall, Jeanie opened up about how difficult the decision was, although she said had to do what was best for the organization:
“Yeah, you know, the way my father set it up was he wanted my brother to oversee the basketball and me to run the business side, but ultimately, he wanted the team to be run the way he had set it up.