Lakers Remove Joey and Jesse Buss From Front Office Positions in Basketball Operations Reorganization
LA wants to bring about change. Therefore, they have decided to make some in-house decisions despite a 11-4 start to the season. The Los Angeles Lakers have removed Joey and Jesse Buss from their respective front office positions in a basketball operations reorganization. Before this sudden firing Joey and Jesse had held roles and responsibilities for over two decades.
Yes, the Buss brothers were part of the purple and gold franchise for the last 20 seasons. The brothers held key Lakers scouting roles over the past decade, and they will maintain their minority ownership shares within the Lakers despite this recent development. After the Lakers franchise was sold earlier this year, it seemed to set off a ripple effect.
The Buss family entered into an agreement to sell majority ownership of the Lakers to Mark Walter, who also owns the Dodgers (a team experiencing much postseason success and has now won back-to-back World Series); for a record $10 billion which was approved by the NBA and finalized in late October 2025. Flash forward a few more weeks and now the brothers and other members of the scouting department have been removed.
Regarding the Lakers reorganization ESPN’s Shams Charania reports,
“The Los Angeles Lakers are reorganizing their basketball operations department and terminating executives Joey and Jesse Buss from their respective front office positions, effective immediately, the brothers told ESPN.
Joey and Jesse Buss have had key Lakers scouting roles for the last decade, helping find players such as Austin Reaves, Kyle Kuzma, Jordan Clarkson, Larry Nance Jr. and Max Christie. The brothers will maintain their minority ownership shares within the Lakers.”
Lakers Remove Joey and Jesse Buss From Front Office Positions in Basketball Operations Reorganization
Despite their termination the Buss brothers are staunch that they will remain loyal supporters of the Lakers franchise. They also released the following the statement: “We are extremely honored to have been part of this organization for the last 20 seasons. Thank you to Laker Nation for embracing our family every step of the way. We wish things could be different with the way our time ended with the team. At times like this we wish we could ask our Dad what he would think about it all.”
According to Shams Charania, the Buss brothers voted NO against the sale of the Lakers to Mark Walter. On Thursday, Walter fired them along with most of the scouting department. We will certainly keep an eye on what the Lakers organization does next.
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