Official NBA 2012-2013 Season Thread

[acbboyz84]

He lead a good life.

 

[marath0n]

Save your stoneface. From the OC Register:

http://www.ocregister.com/sports/buss-495947-lakers-family.html


[QUOTE url="[URL]http://www.ocregister.com/articles/buss-495947-lakers-family.html[/URL]"]
Lakers owner Buss in hospital with cancer

by KEVIN DING

Lakers owner Jerry Buss has cancer and is at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to a report Thursday by Radaronline.com in which a source suggested Buss is nearing death.

Buss' cancer was learned previously by the Register but not published out of respect for the Buss family's wishes.
 
Buss, 79, has been called the greatest owner in pro sports history for his 10 NBA championships with the Lakers, in addition to being inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010. Buss bought the Lakers in 1979 and currently owns 66 percent of the team.
On Aug. 22, Buss' daughter and Lakers executive vice president of business operations Jeanie Buss posted to her Twitter account: "For all those who asked, Dr. Buss is doing really well, even spending time visiting with Kobe yesterday. My dad's pumped for #Lakers season!"
But Buss has been hospitalized for much of the past year, his health worsening, and the Register recently explored the potentially difficult future for the franchise upon Buss' death with son Jim and daughter Jeanie not speaking to each other and possibilities abounding regarding various ownership groups, even within the Buss family, getting involved.
The Buss family released a statement after that piece was published, saying: "We unanimously agree that we have no intention of ever selling the Lakers, and intend to keep ownership of the team in our family for generations to come."

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But it's interesting that no major news source has picked it up. It's been known that he's been in poor health for a while,
but to say he only has a few days left is something else entirely.

 

[Bert.]

ill wait til a legit source comes through

 

[hermoon]

hope jerry pulls trough, great owner and glad im rooting for his team

 

[marath0n]

From LA Times:

Several current and former Lakers players have visited Buss, including Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sport...ry-buss-hospitalized-20130214,0,6683573.story

Prolly why Shaq was in town. Sorry JD, you right.

 

[lawdog1]

^^^ Kevin Ding is usually pretty reliable when it comes to Lakers news, but since he's only quoting radaronline in his piece, I guess there is some reason to have reservations about it. Still, I doubt he'd report on the story if he didn't think it was pretty credible.

 

[Bert.]

Jordan said in an interview he would take Kobe OVER Lebron...

 

[lawdog1]

Scott Howard-Cooper ‏@SHowardCooper
RT @Mike_Bresnahan: Lakers owner Jerry Buss has been in intensive care while battling cancer: http://www.latimes.com/sports/sport...ry-buss-hospitalized-20130214,0,6683573.story …

There you go. LA Times has it too, so it seems pretty legit. Not looking good for Doc Buss. Shame.

 

[marath0n]

Scott Howard-Cooper ‏@SHowardCooper
RT @Mike_Bresnahan: Lakers owner Jerry Buss has been in intensive care while battling cancer: http://www.latimes.com/sports/sport...ry-buss-hospitalized-20130214,0,6683573.story …

There you go. LA Times has it too, so it seems pretty legit. Not looking good for Doc Buss. Shame.

Yup, check the last post on the page. Kareem, Shaq and Kobe have paid him a visit recently. Nuts.

 

[Bert.]

Guess we know why Shaq was in LA the other day

 

[sorkoram]

Jordan said in an interview he would take Kobe OVER Lebron...

That track record.

 

[Deleted member 38182]

Jordan said in an interview he would take Kobe OVER Lebron...

 

[mmg]

Didn't he have a hand in Adam Morrison

 

[Bert.]

u guys mad?













yeaaaa u mad

 

[JD617]

No one's mad. Everyone just finds you annoying.

 

[Bert.]

No one's mad. Everyone just finds you annoying.

 

[Deleted member 38182]

I actually like Zyzz 

 

[Bert.]

I actually like Zyzz 

thanks brah, i like you too

SRS

 

[Deleted member 38182]

 

[CP1708]

Ding and the rest of the LA media known a while, but somethin like that they have to respect the families wishes.

No one has tweeted about it, talked about it, written about it for a reason. They wanted it kept quiet until a certain point.........

Keep fighting Jerry.

 

[dman14]

yao joining clyde, dikembe, and hakeem as judges for dunk contest

where's stevie franchise at?

 

[Deleted member 38182]

yao joining clyde, dikembe, and hakeem as judges for dunk contest

where's stevie franchise at?

probably cuddled up with Cuttino

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

Any chance the Buss fam sells the franchise??? They could probably easily get at least a cool billion

Just a billion for the most popular basketball franchise on the planet? I'd honestly expect the price tag to reach $3B and even eclipse that number. EVERYONE would want a chance to own the Lakers.

 

[worldbeefreeg]

Jordan said in an interview he would take Kobe OVER Lebron...

He also took Adam Morrison...

 

[Deleted member 38182]

Any chance the Buss fam sells the franchise??? They could probably easily get at least a cool billion

Just a billion for the most popular basketball franchise on the planet? I'd honestly expect the price tag to reach $3B and even eclipse that number. EVERYONE would want a chance to own the Lakers.

According to Forbes they're the 35th highest valued sports franchise in the world at 900 mil 

I'm sure if they were ever put up for sale they'd get well over that