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What’s more, Iger has offered support for this stance both publicly and privately. Then again, as he hinted during that recent interview with The California Post “if things change, they’ll change.”

That part is true, but it appears to be more of a legal question than an Iger-Kushner one. Jeanie, meanwhile, clearly has no intention of selling her shares before the rest of her governorship is up.

Could there be a way for the rest of the siblings to sell and Jeanie to remain as governor? That would require her finding a way to still own at least 15 percent of the shares, but it is possible. Per a league source, Jeanie would be open to exploring that scenario.

Then again, the level of acrimony here can’t help when it comes to a possible negotiation. It’s worth remembering, too, that Joey and Jesse Buss were fired from their front-office positions by Jeanie just nine months ago, and the temperature has only risen since then.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7523080/2026/08/19/lakers-buss-family-jeanie-sale/

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Ramona Shelburne: Also: Am told by multiple sources that Lakers governor Jeanie Buss did not vote to sell. The other five siblings did.

Adding to this important piece of information from mcten This vote to sell family shares has been open since Tuesday. There was a previous vote several months ago, as well from what I understand.

Source: https://www.hoopshype.com/story/sports/nba/rumors/2026/08/17/jeanie-buss-was-only-sibling-who-voted-against-selling-shares/91344761007/

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Charles Oakley’s longstanding lawsuit against Madison Square Garden over his alleged assault by security guards during a 2017 Knicks home game has been dismissed on summary judgment, although the former NBA power forward’s attorneys intend to seek an “immediate jury trial.”

U.S. District Judge Richard J. Sullivan issued a 12-page ruling late Friday night, granting summary judgment in favor of MSG. The case was originally filed in September 2017, about seven months after Oakley was ejected from MSG during a game between the Knicks and Clippers. The longtime Knick claimed he was assaulted by security guards.

Knicks owner James Dolan, who was sitting near Oakley during the incident, was originally named as a defendant when Oakley sued in 2017. Sullivan dismissed all claims against Dolan in 2020, and Oakley’s surviving assault and battery claims are against MSG and its related entities.

Dolan briefly banned Oakley from the arena in 2017, but he retreated from the ban later that year, and Oakley has been permitted to attend games since. Oakley has refused to go to Knicks games at the Garden until Dolan apologizes.

According to the judge, new evidence that has been introduced—including videos, sworn declarations from eyewitnesses, and multiple depositions—confirms Oakley was not assaulted.

“Indeed, even though the alleged assault occurred in the middle of Madison Square Garden and in front of nineteen thousand fans and scores of video cameras, Oakley concedes that there is no other witness beside himself who says that he was pushed to the ground,” the judge wrote.

“No rational jury could conclude that Oakley reasonably feared himself at risk of wrongful physical contact—let alone that MSG intended to stir such an apprehension,” the judge added.

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The ruling represents the latest loss for Oakley in the case. Last October, he was ordered to pay Dolan’s company roughly $642,000 in attorney fees over the company’s quest to get Oakley’s deleted text messages. Oakley was scolded by the judge for not keeping text messages from the aftermath of his arena ejection.

Source:https://frontofficesports.com/charles-oakley-msg-lawsuit-dismissed/

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Was it a relief to make it to the Hall of Fame?

I believed that I was going to get in at some point. But it was a relief that I was in. I wanted to get in while I was still coaching, and I achieved that. I championed that. I really fought early on for Pop [Gregg Popovich]. I’ve always got something I’m fighting for. I just felt like Steve Kerr, myself, Spo [Erik Spoelstra, should be Hall of Famers]. College coaches get to coach and be [named] “Hall of Fame coach.” But [active] NBA coaches rarely get that.

I really believe it would have saved some of these guys’ jobs, like George Karl. … His career should have been in the Hall. Then he gets in after he leaves [coaching]. But would he still have been coaching if he was “Hall of Fame coach George Karl?” So, it’s a big thing for me, and I’m still pushing to get Rick Carlisle in now. It’s so funny. I’m in, but now I’m still working for NBA coaches.

When I found out that you don’t need to retire to get in — because that was what we were told early, and that wasn’t true — I really started pushing it. So, yeah, it was a relief to get in. I knew my numbers. Everybody in the top 10 [in wins] is in the Hall of Fame. Half of those guys have never won a title. I’m in the top four in playoff wins. So, I knew I was going to get in at some point. But it’s still an amazing thing.

What are you most proud about in terms of getting in?

Winning a title almost makes you a Hall of Fame coach. Getting to the Finals twice, you’re definitely going to get in. For me, though, it’s the wins when you shouldn’t have won. You don’t get credit for the wins you’ve had when you lose. I go to being in Orlando and up 3-1 in the Detroit series [in 2003]. We were the eighth seed. There’s no way we should be up 3-1. I felt like that is as good as you can coach a team. But then we lose three. That [Pistons] team went on to win a title [in 2004]. We ended up breaking the whole team up because we weren’t good enough.

Look back on all the single wins, not the championship. I win where you have no business [winning]. Those are the things you look at. But I still keep going back to the relationships. I have amazing relationships with a lot of guys. I have some bad relationships with guys, too. And whenever I speak at coaching clinics, I always tell them this: “If you want to be a coach, you better be ready to get your heart broken. If you don’t have the heart for it, don’t do it.”

Because if you don’t tell them and they don’t become successful, that feels way worse. So, yeah, that happens a lot, but more on the positive side. The negative side gets the press. We don’t get along with the player; they don’t get along [with us]. But I did learn a valuable lesson, too, in life that just because you don’t get along with the player does not make the player a bad person. That’s the one thing I tell coaches, too.

My rookie year as a [head] coach, I got calls about Armen Gilliam and Chris Gatling from other coaches. “You don’t want them guys on your team. Bad guys.” Those guys were amazing for me, and that’s taught me a valuable lesson. Well, they might have been bad guys for them, or it didn’t work, but for me they were phenomenal. And that taught me a huge rookie lesson.

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You also were coaching as the social media era was born. And I don’t know if there’s any coach who dealt with more social media hate or comments about losing a 3-1 lead. What do you want to say to those people?

I don’t say anything to anybody. I don’t care. Social media is what it is — a lot of cowards. A lot of people make comments. I wish everybody would love me. And the ones that I don’t, I don’t care either. You know what I mean by that? I don’t care about all that stuff. It definitely changed players for sure, but it has had no effect on me.

Source: https://andscape.com/features/doc-rivers-basketball-hall-of-fame-induction-coach-celtics/