Buss family sells Lakers to Mark Walter for record $10 billion valuation; Top 100 prospects for NBA Draft

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The Los Angeles Lakers

One of the iconic families of all entertainment is the possibility of having one of the jewels of the Crown of Sport. The Bus Family agreed to sell their majority participation at her Lakes into Dodgers owner Mark Walter. The franchise was valued at $ 10 billion, turning it into the sale of most expensive sports teams in the United States by a wide margin.

• The Family Trust bus, which includes the six bus brothers, owns 66% of the team.
• The family has been owned by the team since 1979, when Dr. Jerry bus he bought it at Jack Kent Cooke. Jerry Bus died in 2013, and his daughter Jeanie buses He has been the governor of the team since then. She will keep this role.
• The Lakers won 11 titles under the property of the Bus Family.
• Magic Johnson Congratulations Jeanie Bus and Walter on social networks.
• The previous sale of US sports franchises belonged to the Celtsthat was sold to Bill chisholm for 6.1 billion dollars in March.
• Walter, minority investor in Lakers since 2021 Shohei Ohtani.

It is the last point that is the largest. Lakers, for all their pomp and circumstance and tradition, had been Far from the biggest expenses recentlySam Quinn, an approach that cost them in court.

RJ Anderson detailed as Walter built the Dodgers in a power station Not only saving expenses, but also hiring intelligently, embraces advances and more. Oh yes, and it is important, Stays out of the way.

Walter’s purchase does Luka Doncic A great winner but could make the GM that took him to Los Angeles, Rob PelinkaA little anty, Sam writes in his winners and losers.

• Quinn: “”[Walter’s] The right people will be put to run this team to the future. This is no guarantee of nothing, of course, but it is a good sign for Dončić’s hopes of competing for titles in Los Angeles. Pelinka performance in the low season of 2025 is now paramount. If you can put a team at the championship level around Dončić and Lebron jamesHis job is probably safe. But if this season goes wrong, without the safety of the Buss family ownership, their seat could start warming up very quickly. “

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🏈 Ravens sign Jaire Alexander: winners, losers and what happens

There is one Louisville University meeting that goes down to Baltimore. One day after Lamar Jackson lively it Crow To sign Jaire AlexanderBaltimore heard, By signing the old Cornerback All-Pro to a one-year-old agreement of $ 6 million.

There is no doubt about Alexander’s talent. The 28 -year -old Locators The highlight was a professional ballist and a garlic clove of the second team in each of his last two healthy seasons. The problem is that those seasons were in 2022 and in 2020. He played in only seven games in 2024 and 2023 and only four in 2021, with a lettuce of guilt injuries.

Baltimore already had one of the best secondary in the league Kyle Hamilton, Marlon Humphrey, Nate Wiggins, Malaki Starks and Wabe Azie. If Alexander remains healthy, certainly a great “IF” – adds an aggressive presence and of Ballhawking.

That makes Baltimore is a winner and quarterbacks contrary to a loserWrite Tyler Sullivan.

• Sullivan: “In the seven games he played last season, Alexander allowed the opposite quarterbacks to complete 56.7% of his passes with him in coverage and recorded a rating of 86.9 pins. If Baltimore can maintain his level of play since the second half of last season in defense, the addition of Alexander only makes the ravens a headache to do twice, Healthy ”.

Baltimore probably has the most talented list of the NFL. The 11 of their 2024 Pro Bowlers return, and there is depth. At this point, he is Super Bowl or Bust, and the Alexander Move reflects it.

🏀 Draft of the NBA Top 100 Big Board, Mock Draft: Cooper Flagg No. 1

With less than a week to go to the NBA project, the 100 best CBS Sports classifiers have arrived. Should not be a surprise Coope Flagg is number 1 and Dylan Harper It is the no. 2. We have Full Scouting Reports for the first 10 players right here.

In a late twist, Tre Johnson increased to number 3; Kyle Boone gives you a degree of 93.5 (out of 100), compare it with Malik monk And he values ​​his strengths as “high -level scorer”, “Player Development” and “Electric Retller Retller”. The last shot is the one that caught my attention. When you are rolling as a jump shooter it is difficult to stop.

At number 8 is Khaman Maluachand Kyle wrote a A wonderful story about the South Sudan native, Duke product and “the most interesting perspective” of the project:

• Boone: “WITHOUT A BASKETBALL GOAL DUING LOKDOWN, HE KAPT PUSHING HIMSELF But Had to Get Create: He’d Stack Large Tres One on Top of Another UNDER THE MAKESHIFT RUBBER RIM WAS 10 FEET TALL, Gold NBA Scouts Recommended I have attended NBA Academy Africa in Sory, Senegal, Which Opened in November 2018. … Maluach was the Youngest Player Ever at an Academy School after registration and about 4,700 miles from his home in Uganda, almost double the distance, from Los Angeles to Durham, Carolina from North. “

Maluach goes ninth to the Raptors to kyle’s Last draft Mock.

However, he is Flagg, his teammate of Blue Devils de Maluach, who has been and will be fascinated. Sam says if the Mavericks I really want to get the most out of Flagg, they should trade Anthony Davis.

🏒 As the culture of the panthers raised them to the state of the dynasty

“Culture” is a word that you listen to a lot in sports, but it really cannot be defined. It is a camaraderie, yes, but it is also confidence and teamwork. The ability to push one another without pushing too much and letting players themselves be without compromising standards.

The final champion of the Stanley Cup Panthers embodies cultureWrite Austin Nivison.

• Serbison: “”Paul MauriceThe enthusiasm for training has been restored and culture in Florida’s locker room is the greatest reason why. … of course, team leaders like Sam Bennett They are the cultivators and carers of this culture. The harshness and commitment to win the best players of the Panthers became clear shortly after the victory of the game 6. … At the sunrise, the culture is unmistakable, but for very different reasons. The panthers have taken an over -cliché and have developed a real commitment to selflessness and victory. “

I loved this story. Culture can be unmistakable but You saw it at every step of the way. And then the panthers had a holiday.

📺 What are we seeing on Thursday

⚾ Angels in Yankees13:05 on the MLB network
⚾ Mets in braves19:15 on the MLB network
🏀 Game 6: Thunder at Pacers (Thunder Lead 3-2)20:30 in ABC
⚽ Usmnt vs. Saudi Arabia21:15 to FS1