Lakers Sale $12.5B; Walter Keeps Stake
The Los Angeles Lakers are being sold to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger for a record roughly $12 billion, making the team the NBA’s most valuable franchise and signaling a rapid shift from Mark Walter’s recent ownership. The deal follows a sequence of high-profile ownership changes that trace back to the Buss family era and underscores a surge in NBA franchise valuations across major sports.
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About Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The Lakers play their home games at Crypto.com Arena, an arena they share with the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Lakers are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA with 17 championships, second to the Boston Celtics.
Everything about Los Angeles Lakers →- Country
- United States
- Headquarters
- Los Angeles
- Inception
- 1946, 1947
- Website
- http://www.nba.com/lakers/