Mark Walter puts Dodgers brains to work for Lakers
In the major reorganization that is underway in Lakers, Mark Walter he not only buys the franchise: he also installs the trusted people who made it Dodgers winning machine in MLB.
According to ESPN, Farhan Zaidi etc Andrew Friedmantwo top executives of the baseball franchise are acting as advisers to the Lakers as part of the transition of power following the sale by the Buss family.
Currently the Dodgers’ “special advisor” and advanced statistics specialist, Farhan Zaidi acts as Mark Walter’s true representative to the Lakers and supports him on a daily basis in establishing the new organization. Andrew Friedman, president of baseball operations for the Dodgers and architect of three of the last six World Series titles, intervenes on a more ad hoc basis, mostly in consultation with Rob Pelink, his colleague, the Lakers’ president of basketball operations and general manager.
These moves are part of a more global logic: The Lakers and Dodgers must be integrated into TVG Sports, the entity created by Mark Walter to manage all of his sports investments. Farhan Zaidi and Andrew Friedman occupy the rank of senior managers, and their scope already goes beyond the NBA as they also advise the Los Angeles Sparks, the WNBA franchise owned by Mark Walter and TVG Sports.
This takeover is in any case followed by the first operations. Several members of the Lakers scouting department were released on Thursday, don’t Joey et Jesse Busssons of Jerry Buss.
Jeanie BussShe will retain her role as franchise governor for at least five years, just to ensure a smooth transition… even if the center of power appears to have already shifted in a big way.
2025-11-22 14:49:00
