Jerry Buss

Things aren’t always what they seem. Jim Buss is criticized to no end for the job he’s done with the Los Angeles Lakers, his greatest flaw seemingly being that he’s not his father, Dr. Jerry Buss. Compounded by his father’s death, Los Angeles’ sub-par season and a failure to retain Dwight Howard, Jim’s reputation is [...]

Turns out the Los Angeles Lakers don’t take too kindly to being slighted. Dwight Howard is more than a month removed from choosing the Houston Rockets over the Lakers and his decision is still making headlines. It will probably stay that way through next season or until Howard gets bored and becomes indecisive about another [...]

Were Dr. Jerry Buss still alive, his daughter, Jeanie, believes that Dwight Howard would still be a member of the Los Angeles Lakers. Speaking with Mark Willard and Mychal Thompson on ESPNLA 710, Buss said that things would have been different had Dwight been wooed by her father, as transcribed by Ramona Shelburne of ESPN [...]

August 17, 2012 – Rob De France As the Los Angles Lakers acquired Dwight Howard from the Orlando Magic, something besides a monumental shift in NBA power happened. There was a gigantic shift in NBA management and ownership power. Jim Buss, son of the greatest owner in all of professional basketball Dr. Jerry Buss, previously [...]

August 20, 2010 – R.S. De France Owner Jerry Buss’ recent comments about the Lakers are very smart, very measured, saying he feels ‘everytime’ they [the Los Angeles Lakers] go to camp, he feels like it could be the best Lakers team ever.  From an owner’s standpoint, that has to be motivational.  From a position [...]