Shams Charania:
Just in: Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards has sustained a bone bruise and hyperextension in his left knee and is expected to miss multiple weeks, sources tell ESPN. Results showed Edwards avoided any ligament damage, but he will now miss time.
https://www.espn.com/contributor/shams-charania/48ae8d6c475bc
Idk where else he signs except us. I'm not excited to have him honestly but it just looks more and more that he lands on LA. Hoping to hear some news soon.
As part of the recent Peyton Watson trade, the Wizards sent Julian Reese to the Nuggets who are now waving him. He’s a 6’9 athletic guy who’s an excellent rebounder. I think picking him up on a 2 Way contract isn’t actually a terrible idea.
The drama might not stretch to the Lakers’ latest sale— the sale from Walter to Bob Iger and Josh Kushner seems like it’s still on track.
A source with knowledge of Mark Walter’s thinking told The Athletic that the current Lakers owner didn’t believe the latest Buss family disagreement would threaten his deal with Iger and Kushner, which values the Lakers at a record $12.5 billion. Two other league and team sources also said they don’t expect the conflict to impact the transaction that will push the Lakers into their next chapter. In that sense, who the Lakers’ majority owner will be when the 2026-27 season begins isn’t the pressing question at hand.
Sources familiar with the siblings’ position said they believe the family trust clearly gives them the ability to make decisions by majority vote and that their actions are consistent with previous rulings.
Jeanie and her legal team also believe strongly in their position, with a 2017 court order from the Los Angeles Superior Court cited as the foundation of their stance.
“That trumps everything,” as one league source close to the situation put it.
It’s fair to wonder how Iger and Kushner see this situation, with some wondering whether they’d want to choose a different governor simply because of the messiness of it all. But Walter’s choice to have Jeanie serve as governor for the next four years is known to be part of the contractual agreement from the sale 14 months ago, and a league source close to the situation indicated that it is now considered part of the deal with Iger and Kushner. In essence, if that proves to be the case, Iger and Kushner would be assuming Walter’s ownership role and the governor that comes with it.
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.
Johnny Buss the oldest sibling was never interested in the Lakers that much and had been looking to get out since his father died. Once Jim Buss got fired, Johnny and Jim tried to stage a coup to oust Jeanie and sell the team. It didn't work.
Janie Buss in 2018 per ESPN:
>I'm really proud of my sister for putting her business hat on," Janie Buss says. "I know how hard it was. My dad's dying wish was to leave the Lakers to all of us and that we would all get along. He'd be sickened if he saw what was going on with my older brothers.
Jesse Buss on Jim Buss trying to sell the team:
>You're really taking down the entire family with you," Jesse says. "I don't think any of us really need that money outside of them. We all live very comfortably. Why not just be happy with what our dad left you?"
With Jeannie's behind the scenes shenanigans, the Buss siblings are singing a different tune. Jesse and Joey have had multiple interviews where they skewered Jeanie publicly and Janie has been quoted as feeling insulted when she was let go.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6824483/2025/11/20/lakers-jesse-buss-fired-jeanie-mark-walter/
Simmons prefaced this by saying he has intel on how Iger and Kushner ended up buying the Lakers. Haven't seen this reported anywhere else.
(For what it's worth, I find that when Simmons says he has intel, it's reliable and accurate, even if it's about the Lakers)
Simmons also added the context that Vegas expansion team is going to cost over $9 billion, and Kushner/Iger didn't have highest bid + weren't sold on Vegas anyway needing to build a new stadium. So in the midst of Vegas seeming unlikely, Kushner happened to be reading about Walter's troubles and just decided to give him a call.
Some other interesting comments from the pod, which he did with Sam Koppelman (an investigative journalist who has collaborated with Pablo Torre):
Tired of the FO posts so, among the major categories on how a team is judged below (in my opinion), what would you sacrifice (say has to go down a level) in order to boost the level of something else next year? Given our roster as it stands (obviously 1 person will have to go, at a minimum, before we suit up).
Personally, I'd sacrifice a bit of playmaking for more perimeter defense. Feel like we have an abundance of that already
Lakers season is over. Talk about whatever you want.
It’s quite ironic that Jeanie is putting up a fuss, doesn’t look like legally she has any legs to stand on. However wants to stay in control of the lakers so bad for some reason after backstabbing every single member of her family.
She has played great PR to always make her look like the hero and their siblings villains. Even in the show running point which she was the producer of, shows her in a positive light.