Jeanie Buss Accuses Siblings of Conspiracy as Lakers Governor Asks Judge to Block $12.5 Billion Sale

In 2006, Jerry Buss made one thing clear about the future of the Los Angeles Lakers. The legendary owner, who had spent decades building the franchise into a basketball powerhouse, could not imagine the team belonging to anyone outside his family. “I cannot foresee the fact that anybody but our family will have the Lakers.” Nearly two decades later, that vision is at the center of a bitter family dispute.