3. Shaq-Kobe Era & Three‑Peat (2000-2002) Jerry West’s 1996 trade for Kobe Bryant and the free-agent signing of Shaquille O’Neal, one orchestrated under Buss, transformed the Lakers.

On Wednesday, the Buss family reportedly entered an agreement to sell the Lakers to TWG Global CEO Mark Walter, who also owns the Dodgers, for a record $10 billion — and it feels like the end of ...

The Los Angeles Lakers set yet another record on Wednesday, June 18, in what's become a lengthy line of making a variety of notable sports history, with the Buss family somewhat stunningly selling ...

Jerry Buss was a chemist and USC instructor who heavily leveraged his real estate investments to buy the Lakers, the NHL's Los Angeles Kings, the Forum arena and a large ranch from Jack Kent Cooke ...

Under Jerry, it became the hottest nightclub in town, and it further cemented the idea of Laker games as the place to be seen. (Let’s just say it wasn’t for the timid or the puritanical.) ...