File championship banner for the NBA 2023 in the tournament season unveiled before the game between the New York Knicks and the Los Angeles Lakers in Crypto.com Arena on December 18, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Harry How/Getty Images/AFP
The Buss-Familie, architects of 11 NBA championships, is ready to renounce their four-decennium rule over the Los Angeles Lakers, with ESPN reports that they enter into an agreement to sell a majority stake in the most glamorous basketball franchise.
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The following is the breakdown of the deal:
What’s at stake?
Lakers minority owner Mark Walter will take the majority possession in a deal of the Lakers at around $ 10 billion, making it the most expensive American sports team rating in history.
The deal will put an end to the family control of the Lakers.
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The Buss family retains a minority share of just over 15% for a period of time after the deal, ESPN reported, making the stewardship of a franchise of a franchise that became synonymous with Hollywood Allure and Excellence of the championship.
Reuters could not immediately determine what Walter’s new interest in the team would be. He bought a minority stake in the Lakers with Todd Boehly in 2021.
The previous record for the largest sports agreement was held by the Boston Celtics, which corresponded in March to be sold for $ 6.1 billion.
Who are the Lakers?
April 8, 2025; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US; Los Angeles Lakers Bewer Luka Doncic (77), forward Jarred Vanderbilt (2), Vooruit LeBron James (23) and guard Austin Reaves (15) talks with an official during a Time -out in the second half of a match against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Mandatory Credit: Alonzo Adams-imagn images
The Lakers are one of the most legendary franchises in the NBA history. The team was appreciated last year at $ 7.1 billion by Forbes, behind only the Golden State Warriors and New York Knicks in the NBA.
They are the second most successful NBA team with 17 championships. The Celtics have 18.
Jerry Buss, who bought the Lakers for $ 67.5 million in 1979, transformed them into one of the most famous franchises in professional sports. The team won five championships during the celebrated ‘Showtime’ era of the 1980s.
The Lakers have LeBron James, perhaps the biggest star of the competition, on their selection. She also broke the Slovenian Luka Doncic in a controversial trade with the Dallas Mavericks in February.
Who is Mark Walter?
Walter is a 65-year-old American billionaire-businessman who is CEO and chairman of Holding Company TWG Global. He is also CEO of investment firm Guggenheim Partners.
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Walter, whose assets are mentioned as $ 6.1 billion by Forbes, has had the La Dodgers -Honkbalteam since 2012.
He adds the Lakers to a sports portfolio with interests in the Cadillac Formula 1 team, the WNBAs Los Angeles Sparks and the English Premier League Soccer Club Chelsea.
Who are the Buss family?
File – Los Angeles Lakers President Jeanie Buss dances in her chair to music while she attends the NBA basketball game between the Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers in Los Angeles, October 29, 2013 (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, File)
The importance of 66% of Jerry Buss in the Lakers was passed on to his six children after his death in 2013 to his six children. Buss died at the age of 80 due to kidney failure.
After his death, his daughter, Jeanie, took over as head of the owner and is ready to continue as a Governor team, with the maintenance of a family bond with the purple-and-gold empire that her father built.
What are some other remarkable sports offers?
The Celtics Set the previous benchmark in NBA sales valuations after approval of a sale of $ 6.1 billion to a group led by private equity company Symphony Technology Group co-founder William Chisholm in March.
The Washington commanders of the NFL sold in July 2023 for $ 6.05 billion, in a deal that was the largest for a North -American sports franchise at the time.
Also in 2023 the British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe completed a deal to gain a minority interest in Manchester United that the English football club appreciated at $ 6.3 billion.
In 2022, former owner Roman Abramovich sold the English football club Chelsea to a consortium led by Boehly that included Walter, for around $ 3.2 billion.
When is the competition expected to approve and complete the sale of Lakers?
The final approval of the sale can take a few months. The sale of the Celtics does not yet have to receive definitive approval from the NBA Board of Governors.
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The board will meet in Las Vegas in July, although that session is expected to focus primarily on potential competition plans.
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