Buss family will sell minority ownership stake in Lakers to Kushner and Iger, reports say
- The Buss family has voted to sell its 17.8% minority stake in the Los Angeles Lakers, according to ESPN and The Athletic.
- The sale would end the Buss family’s 47-year ownership role in the franchise founded by Jerry Buss.
- Jeanie Buss, who has served as the Lakers’ governor since 2013, appears likely to lose that role under the new ownership structure.
- The Lakers were previously valued at $12.5 billion in a deal that would shift control to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger, pending NBA approval.
The Buss family has decided to sell its remaining minority stake in the Los Angeles Lakers, according to reports from ESPN and The Athletic. The family said in a statement that it had chosen to exit the ownership role in the team while it still could.
The move would end the Buss family’s 47 years as owners of the Lakers, a period that began when Jerry Buss bought the franchise in 1979. Jeanie Buss has served as the team’s governor since her father’s death in 2013.
The Lakers were previously sold in a controlling-stake deal to Dodgers owner Mark Walter at a valuation of $10 billion, and Walter later reached an agreement reported to involve Josh Kushner and Bob Iger at a $12.5 billion valuation. Reports said Kushner and Iger would take about 83% ownership after the family’s remaining shares are included.
The agreement still needs approval from the NBA’s board of governors, a process that could take months. The reports also said Jeanie Buss likely would no longer be able to remain the team’s governor because that role requires at least 15% ownership.
巴斯家族据报将向库什纳和艾格出售湖人队少数股权
据 ESPN 和 The Athletic 报道，巴斯家族已决定出售其持有的洛杉矶湖人队剩余少数股权。家族声明称，他们选择在此时退出球队的持有角色。
如果交易完成，这将结束巴斯家族对湖人队长达 47 年的持有关系。这一时期始于杰里·巴斯在 1979 年买下球队之后。自父亲 2013 年去世以来，珍妮·巴斯一直担任湖人队治理人。
湖人队此前已通过一笔控股权交易出售给道奇队老板马克·沃尔特，估值为 100 亿美元；随后，报道称沃尔特又以 125 亿美元估值与乔什·库什纳和鲍勃·艾格达成了新的安排。据报道，在计入家族剩余股份后，库什纳和艾格将持有球队约 83% 的股份。
这项协议仍需获得 NBA 董事会批准，流程可能需要数月。报道还称，由于治理人职位要求至少持有 15% 的股权，珍妮·巴斯可能将不再符合继续担任该职务的条件。