Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss opened up about a major factor behind the blockbuster trade that sent Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Luka Doncic. It’s been over a month since the seismic trade that saw the Los Angeles Lakers acquire Luka Doncic from the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Anthony Davis.

Lakers owner Jeanie Buss is proud of how tight-lipped her team remained in the days prior to the Luka Doncic trade.

The Lakers' trade for Luka Doncic is the kind of move that will shape Jeanie Buss' organization into the future — and it’s the kind of trade she thinks her father would’ve made.

A new Netflix comedy series starring Kate Hudson, Running Point, is based on the life of L.A. Lakers' president Jeanie Buss, who inherited the team from her flamboyant father and had to contend with her brothers in the front office.

If the story sounds familiar, it’s because there appears to be some similarities to real-life Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss. Jeanie Buss became the president and owner of the NBA team after her father,

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Beyond praising GM Rob Pelinka for how he handled negotiations of the stunning deal that she says would have made her father proud, Buss also credits first-year coach JJ Redick for the job he is

The Dallas team reached out to the Minnesota Timberwolves in an attempt to acquire Anthony Edwards in exchange for Luka Doncic.

Los Angeles Lakers big man Anthony Davis was traded to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for superstar Luka Doncic, The Athletic reported that the Mavs did offer Doncic to one other team, though the outlet did not specify which.

Jeanie Buss's net worth is close to a billion as the controlling owner and president of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers. She took on the role in 2013.