The teams that use tanking as a strategy are doing damage. If you’re in tanking mode, that means you’ve got young players who you’re teaching bad habits to. I think that’s unforgivable. Jeanie Buss Read Quote
The way my dad set things up was for me to oversee the business side and for my brother to oversee the basketball side. I know my dad felt that was a good system, and that’s the system we’re trying to make work. Jeanie Buss Read Quote
I think the Lakers are a legacy franchise. Players know when they come here, this is the ultimate platform. Jeanie Buss Read Quote
I don’t want to see Kobe Bryant ever leave. If he was 100 years old and still playing, I’d be happy. Jeanie Buss Read Quote
There’s a whole other chapter of my life where I was, for 15 years, the significant other of coach Phil Jackson. Jeanie Buss Read Quote
I can’t tell you how many letters I get from grandmothers who say, ‘It’s the only thing I can talk to my 15-year-old grandson about.’ The Lakers are more than just a basketball team to this city. They’re part of this community. Jeanie Buss Read Quote
The Lakers have been part of the process of revitalizing downtown L.A. That’s what my dad’s passion was. He loved to win, but he loved this city. He wanted this city to be proud of its team. Jeanie Buss Read Quote
In my position, I can make changes. I can make changes across the entire organization. If John Ireland doesn’t do his job, in his radio broadcast play-by-play, then we would make that change. If the Laker Girls drop down in caliber and couldn’t do a dance number, then we’d make changes there. Jeanie Buss Read Quote
When it comes to major decisions in any area of the organization, I like to get the blessings of the shareholders – of which my siblings are the majority – and build a consensus even if it isn’t something that all of them agree on. Jeanie Buss Read Quote
