NBA
For ten billion US dollars: La Lakers before sales
The basketball team of the Los Angeles Lakers around superstar LeBron James is about to change ownership – for a sum that has never been achieved so far. A Lakers legend is already cheering.
The Los Angeles Lakers NBA team around basketball superstar LeBron James is faced with a change of billion dollar. According to matching US media reports, the billionaire Mark Walter will buy the majority of the Buss family’s shares for the record amount of $ 10 billion (around 8.7 billion euros). In March, league competitor Boston Celtics were sold for almost six billion US dollars and at the time ensured a record.
Accordingly, Jeanie Buss is said to remain President of the Lakers. For this purpose, the family should keep a minority share of 15 percent of the James and Luka Doncic team for a certain period of time. The Buss family has been the main owner of the Lakers since 1979. The team from the US state of California won eleven NBA championships during this time.
Lakers legend cheered on new owners
The Lakers legend Magic Johnson, also Walter’s business partner, was impressed by the upcoming change of ownership. “Lakers fans should be thrilled,” wrote the former superstar at X. “I can reveal a few things about Mark: he is driven by the winning, top performance and of doing everything right. And he will invest the necessary resources to win!”
The American Walter (65) is the head of a global financial service company. To do this, he is already the owner of the baseball club Los Angeles Dodgers from the MLB and also involved in the Chelsea FC from the English Premier League.
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Source: Stern
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