Jeanie Buss’ brothers, Joey, Jesse, fired from positions outside the office
On Tuesday evening, Los Angeles Lakers goal floor for the first time in 2025-26 with LeBron James in the lineupbeating the Utah Jazz in a huge win. James played relatively well, scoring 11 points on limited field goal attempts, but did well to help his teammates in the win.
On Thursday, a a major development was announced in the Lakers front office hierarchy moving forward.
“The Los Angeles Lakers are reorganizing their basketball operations department and removing executives Joey and Jesse Bass from their front office positions, effective immediately, the brothers told ESPN,” ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania reported on X, formerly Twitter.
The news comes just weeks after the sale of the Lakers to new owner Mark Walter was finalized.
The Buss brothers then released a statement in reaction to the news.
“We are extremely honored to have been a part of this organization for the past 20 seasons. Thank you to Laker Nation for embracing our family every step of the way. We wish things could have been different with the way our time ended with the team. It’s times like these that we wish we could ask our dad what he would have thought about it all,” they said, per Charania.
Meanwhile, it seems that Jeanie Buss retains his role as team governor, which could make for an awkward Thanksgiving dinner for the family next week.
Some Lakers fans have been calling for a change in the structure of the team’s front office for a long time, and now it has happened.
Meanwhile, the Lakers will next hit the floor on Sunday on the road for a rematch against the Jazz.
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