He was my mentor. He also served as the President of the Los Angeles Lazers, a professional indoor soccer team, and the Los Angeles Sparks, a professional womens basketball team. In 1988, winning for the second straight year and fulfilling the prophecy of Pat Riley (guaranteeing a repeat) was a special year but that year was so hard. Because Id worked on prior events like Championship parades and so on, event mode planning started. He was a first-time owner. My family is from the islands, so the West Indies part of his background resonated with me also. You can be super successful and win at the highest level while being a great father and family man, and also still have a social life. Luckily that first year the players, in spite of my lack of experience, we won the championship and the rest is history. Once they got on the floor, they seemed to be able to put all that behind them and do what they needed to do. That would be amazing to me. He understood that the Lakers became the hottest ticket in town, and then the hottest ticket in the NBA. Rookie owner, rookie player and we did it. Rattling off 10 championships before his passing in 2013. Magic Johnson had to retire early, sooner than we thought, and the team stayed competitive through the early and mid 90s, but my dad really, really wanted to get back to the winning ways. Buss, a few years ago you mentioned the lights is this what you had in mind? He said, This is exactly what I had in mind. Dr. Buss was a big Broadway guy. And at the time, Cooke owned an NFL team in Washington, and he saw Jerry Buss as a worthy person to carry on with the Lakers and the Los Angeles Kings and the Forum. Dr. Buss was there with us. 1 seed in West, Another Trevor Bauer defamation suit is thrown out. And that resonated all the way back to Los Angeles. It was a way to motivate us to be efficient. Well, at that time, Jack Kent Cooke was going through a divorce, and he moved to Nevada to establish residency in order to process his divorce as a citizen of Nevada, which had different settlement laws. In 2013, after Jerry Buss passed away, all six Buss siblings were given an equal shareholding in the LA Lakers franchise. He was thinking of Kobe. Between 2006 and 2011, Id see him when I was coaching, and wed reflect on memories. As a player, you have to put your trust in the organization and some organizations nowadays have so many different shareholders and board members and people that are making decisions by committee and all this crazy stuff. But before we start streaming, let's learn a few things about the man who brought "Showtime" to Los Angeles. By age 46, Jerry and his business partner, Frank Mariani, turned that million into a real-estate empire in multiple states that was worth an estimated $350million. Hed always end the discussion with something like, Mitch, thats my opinion but youre the expert and Ill trust your judgment. Now, the one thing that was unique about him, if it ever involved numbers, I never saw him ever write anything down or calculate anything in shorthand or with a calculator or anything like that. Its not just another team in the league. (Fast forward to the Finals) against Indiana, and in the 4th quarter and my dad grabs me and Jesse with a minute left in the game, and he says, We gotta go! He just took us down to the court. That was wonderful, to get my game back in gear for the next five games (after the Memorial Day Massacre). He liked to talk hoops. But Buss was wise to plan early for the team and make his wishes specific and legally binding. He saved Ronnys life, and he didnt have to. with Karen Demel{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Karen Demel", "gender": "Female" }, Jesse Buss{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Jesse Buss", "gender": "Male" }, born 1988, age 34 (approx.) Thats how I try to live. Dr. Buss was there, and Earvins family was there, and it was just very special. We made it a mission to play them again in 1985, to prove to ourselves and the world that we could beat them. He took great pride in having a holiday party and distributing holiday gifts to the corporate clients and all of his close circle, and hed painstakingly, himself, go through everything to pick everything that was meaningful that he thought people would really love. He had a 66 percent stake in the team when he died, and judging by the trust he set up years ago to hold the ownership stake, it has long been his intention to keep the Lakers in the Buss family. Jerry West called it the Shaq Diet. I love it. He was very appreciative, very happy. Buss Family Trust is a 66% controlling ownership of the Lakers passed to Jerry Buss' six children via a trust, with each child receiving an equal vote (11% for each child). The trade was difficult for me, obviously at that moment. When Earvin announced he was HIV positive, it was a tough day. And after a few bad games, hed send his driver to me after the game and say, Hey Ill be picking you up tomorrow at 6 p.m., and wed go sit down and have dinner. So I played in San Antonio for about 4.5 months and had no idea the Lakers were interested in me. He was like a rebel, but in a good sense. I was happy to see the way that Dr. Buss and the franchise stuck by Earvin. He also began to integrate his youngest sons, Jesse and Joey, more into the basketball business. Daniel Craig. (Eventually) I became his eyes and ears about college players. I believe I've accomplished that.". He left the organization in good hands Jeanie is a great owner, too. Having played, and then him talking about little things inside of basketball, subtle things that you knew he wasnt just an owner up entertaining people during the games. He ran an indoor soccer team, the Lazers. with Karen Demel I didnt realize this was a thing, where you get handed this trophy from the commissioner and do a speech. All the big decisions had always been at Jerry Buss's feet and therefore the family were trying to determine who would now be the shot caller. with Karen Demel{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Karen Demel", "gender": "Female" }, View Jerry Buss's Family Tree and History, Ancestry and Genealogy, Jerry Buss's father is Lydus Buss Jerry Buss's mother is Jessie Buss, Jerry Buss's son is Johnny Buss Jerry Buss's son is Jim Buss Jerry Buss's daughter is Jeanie Buss Jerry Buss's daughter is Janie Buss Jerry Buss's son is Joey Buss Jerry Buss's son is Jesse Buss, Jerry Buss had a relationship with Karen Demel, Jerry Buss had an on-off relationship with Puppi Buss Jerry Buss's former wife is JoAnn Buss. After a family feud, Jim resigned from the Buss Family Trusts and the Board of directors but is still seemingly a part-owner of the franchise. Its opening night for Staples Center: Nov. 3, 1999. I was thankful he gave me an opportunity to get involved, and more importantly, get involved with someone like him where I learned a lot. Theyd grab a card, and hed ask them what their stats were that year. When I retired, I had a chance to watch some games with him. and his wife, JoAnn, had four children: Johnny, Jimmy, Jeanie. He ran the WNBAs Los Angeles Sparks while the family still owned the team. From then on, I was at his house every weekend during the season, it seemed like. Im not saying that Jerry was the opposite, but he was a lot more fun than I think Jack was. *L.A. won 3-0 against Denver, 4-1 against Golden State and 4-0 against Seattle. And guess what, a few months later, it ended up happening, and our paths crossed and we had an incredible run and were able to win championships. Not only did Dr. Buss want a dance team to entertain on the court during halftime and quarter breaks, but he also wanted to show that there were talented young ladies who are great brand ambassadors. Jerry was soft spoken, he had a great charm about him, and was just a unique person who believed in me for a long time, and I dont think in my life Ive ever had anybody who was as straight forward with me as him. Unless you were John Wooden, you couldnt win every year, so he had some realistic expectations about some things that could happen even to dynastic teams. All relationship and family history information shown on FameChain has been compiled from data in the public domain. Buss said that. Of course, that series had a, uh, flexible relationship with the truth, as it was a semi-fictionalized story that attempted to entertain rather than educate its audience. Donald asks the courts to let him tweet. It was nice working for him. Im going to always remember Vegas, Hawaii, Palm Springs all his favorite places. "My dream really was to have the Lakers and Los Angeles identified as one and the same," Buss said in a 2010 interview with ESPNLosAngeles.com. After the 2008 debacle, being able to redeem yourself in 2010, that made it extra special. He took me to (some parties), and different places, introducing me to people, and it was a great time. After Jerry divorced JoAnn, in 1972, he had two more. His father, Lydus, left the family when Jerry was an infant. Because the Lakers threw everything into the pot, anticipating and hoping to be able to acquire Shaq. If everyone took as much care and time to plan for the end of their lives, there would likely be much less fighting among family members when it came time to administer their estates. Jerry Buss bought the Los Angeles Lakers from Jack Kent Cooke in 1979. It wasnt like I was negotiating for a contract, or I was currently playing, or he was looking for any ideas about other players. That was a lesson learned. Ill never forget Jerry Buss. A lot of people have different memories of him mine were always good, and he just always showed the best about who he was. But now I realize, you actually really know your (stuff)! Then he started asking for my opinion on things. But they dont know what happened behind the scenes, and thats what we wanted to show, is what goes on after the game and the effect that winning has on people, on a family.. So I had the surgery, and one of the first phone calls I got when I got home was from Dr. Buss, just calling to check in on me. I remember the locker room celebration with Dr. Buss after we won Game 6 in L.A., and he was just like the rest of us sitting at the bar just talking and kibitzing. He, with his real estate background, realized that people would pay just like for a house on the beach. So I came to this park, and I was with Jerry West and somebody from the Lakers front office, and I got disconnected from my hosts. My dream was to be a businessman after I was done. Thats when we found out about his enlarged aortic root. He was the first one to see that opportunity to sell the naming rights of the building, which really was an asset to the company, because now instead of going to Forum, you were going to the Great Western Forum, and Great Western was one of the big banks in Southern California at the time. Jerrys 66 percent ownership of the team passed to each of his six children via a trust, equating to 11 percent per child. Some owners look at it like a business, only. Meghan Markle. Hed say, Jeanie, the Lakers are what connects the community, and when theyre not winning, then were not being part of the community. Its almost like the Lakers are owned by the fans. The times that he took out for 1-on-1 time to get me to feel comfortable, to tell me that he loved my game, that he wanted me to play confident. He was that fast. It is. I was finally going to join the team I grew up loving in the Bahamas as a kid, from afar. His beloved Lakers made it to the Finals 16 times nearly half of his 33 seasons and won 10 championships while missing the playoffs only twice. Michael Cooper and James Worthy getting back on defense, West introduces Shaq as a Los Angeles Laker, Joey Buss celebrates with his father after the Lakers' Championship in 2002. Dr. Buss never sat and waited a month or two. Later on in the day, Dr. Buss was having a picnic for all his employees. It was one of my finest moments. 3 reviews. Leadership starts from the top, and he was one of these guys who commanded respect. I dont know who spoke first about it, but the discussion of Lamar came up and as hard as it was to work our way through that negotiation, at that moment, it was the greatest feeling in the world to have been able to have done that. This is two days after the parade and everything. Despite some setbacks in the years since she took over, with only one NBA Championship win in 2020, Jeanie is still the undisputed boss of the franchise. When he bought the team, there were literally two prices: the downstairs and the upstairs. I never had a relationship like this, and nor did he. We actually ended up making an offer, and then taking the offer off the table, because it still was not acceptable. Explore how the celebrity world connects. If it wasnt for Dr. Buss, thered be no Jerry Jones. And I would come back in town, and we would see each other. And I was really just flabbergasted. I remember the first game that we played in Michigan*, at the Silver Dome, and it was a home game for us. He was doing it because it was truly his passion. Then due to (certain circumstances), Jerry wanted us to be co-coaches. When we won Game 4 in the Garden, that was the big difference. Im sitting there wondering what the hell is going on. Finally, during the draft, Charlotte took him, and we were able to acquire Kobes rights. There was a clause in the contract where the doctor had to give the green light because of my back, to have a contract valid, and Dr. Buss didnt even wait for the doctors. You dont realize these things until you get my age, that you have these kinds of people, that theyre not just your boss. He truly cared about how we were doing, how our families were doing. And he would wander off into other aspects of life, and he was so smart, and so brilliant, so well read in a lot of different areas that it was truly intriguing for me at that time, unbeknownst to me what was going on, that I was getting the education of a lifetime as a head coach and also as a man. He was always right. Thats probably the most Ive ever seen him animated. He understood that I needed that, and I would have been lost out here in this big city. So I was just wandering around, and I walked right by this one man who was wearing jeans and maybe an old sports jacket. There were eight or nine different price codes, and each one had so many thousands of seats, not counting the floor seats. And its crazy how the Lakers are one of the biggest, most successful franchises in sports history, and it feels like a mom and pop organization. It had just come out, and somehow he got his hands on it, and wanted to know my thoughts on it, especially because he knew I was Italian and I was raised Roman Catholic. Jerry Buss was the son of Connie Buss and Melvin "Red" Buss, who owned the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. Receive obituaries from the city or cities of your choice. Whatever Lamar got paid was worth it. He was amazing with his connections and who he knew, and now, I just had to put the work in, and I did that. Buss turned Lakers games into experiences. Laker Girls. Dr. Buss paid out of his own pocket for a million-dollar surgery to save the kids life, not knowing if hed ever play basketball. It was like watching a 17-year-old guy just batter a 30-something year old guy, and youd expect itd be a lot more balanced than that. Dr. Buss liked to go the horse races at Hollywood Park, and he was great at picking winners. He was always sitting behind the bench during games and was such a basketball junkie, he just loved being around. Click here to Start FameChaining. So its strange to have a guy whos your mentor, father figure and best friend all rolled into one And then when Jeanie called me (to share the news that he had passed away (one of the) toughest days in my life. My contract is up, wed just beaten the Celtics in Boston, everybody was happy. Fast facts to know about Lakers owner before release of Hulu documentary, Buss said in a 2010 interview with ESPNLosAngeles.com. And drafting Magic was huge. Once you dealt with the media, you get on with your life. I thought he was really sincere about the things that he always said, so thats what I appreciated the most about him. But I have to do it.. The whole way, hed keep track on his watch, and we had to get there on the dot at 12:00. We just stayed the course. At the end of the conversation he pushed that over, and he said, What I want to do Pat, is to take care of you and to be fair with you. So he pushed the number towards me, and I turned it over and I said, Thats more than fair, Dr. Buss. Shook his hand, and we had a deal on a new 3-year contract. Magic was way ahead of the game, and now Kobe Bryant and LeBron James and some of these guys have been (following in those footsteps) in business. I expect too much from the players, and the way I interact with players is terrible, its not who I am and I dont want to do it. A few times a year, especially if Dr. Buss traveled with the team, wed sit down and hed ask my opinion about certain things with the team, which I really appreciated his confidence in me. He purchased the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA along with the Los Angeles Kings hockey team of the NHL, The Forum, and a large ranch from Jack Kent Cooke in 1979. He liked to challenge us. He was not nearly as animated in the other championships as he was in that one, for obvious reasons. He was the first to see this league as the entertainment value that it is. I gave him Jerrys number. Thats what he basically said. When you hire someone and they meet your qualifications, let them do their job, and go from there. 43 years later, the combined purchase of both teams would be a fraction of the Lakers' current . with JoAnn Buss Janie Buss born 1963, age 59 (approx.) He had to liquidate everything, practically, to get it. We would usually start watching NBA League Pass at 4 p.m., when the Eastern games would come on, but he didnt really know as much about the draft. The first time I met him was in 1987 after I was hired, and Dr. Buss said, You come with a good recommendation Chickie Baby has recommended you highly. with JoAnn Buss{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "JoAnn Buss", "gender": "Female" }, Jeanie Buss{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeanie Buss", "gender": "Female" }, born 1961, age 61 (approx.) Im going through a bunch of different players throughout the league, and I remember he just looks at me after four or five hours, and he goes, You know you were always so quiet, and I thought you didnt know (stuff). Shaq, myself, the whole team, we didnt know. I think its because he commanded that respect. And I know when it was all done, Dr. Buss was just very proud. As the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers from 1979 until he passed away in 2013, Dr. Jerry Buss oversaw one of the greatest stretches in sports and entertainment history. Naming rights. Until last week when Jeanie Buss fired her brother Jim Buss, all six children spanning 31 years in age from eldest to youngest worked within the Lakers' organization or for the team's NBA. Here are the tributes to Betty Jean Buss. The team folded in 1989 and the league folded three years later. And when we were all kids and we were together growing up, wed always watch the games. It was a wonderful stretch of years, during the threepeat, despite the battle between the big fella and Kobe. They watched the game and came out cheering and smiling, and I asked whats happening, and he said, Were getting ice cream! I was excited to have the ice cream thats probably when becoming a Lakers fan began for me. The purchase price, $67.5 million, made it the largest transaction in sports history at that time. Buss also owned the Los Angeles Lazers of the Major Indoor Soccer League. In lieu of flowers a memorial has been established to St. John Lutheran Church and Cottonwood Hospice both in Beatrice and Gold Crest Center in Adams. I walked in and (Dr. Buss) called me over to his table and I sat next to him. Born in Santa Monica, California, [1] Buss was the third of four children to Joann and Jerry Buss, and one of two daughters; she grew up with older brothers Johnny and Jim and younger sister Janie. Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss, who presided over a team that won 10 NBA titles and showcased some of the biggest names in professional basketball, died Monday. Buss also owned other professional sports franchises in Southern California. Im sure he had a lot of good conversations with Kobe at that time that helped him get his feet on the ground. He was also a country singer who performed at dive bars, among his favorite jobs. We had something to talk about immediately, and he was flattered to know that I was aware. I remember thinking it was really cool to have somebody go to the NBA straight from high school, somebody that was only five or six years older than me. By the time his tenure as the Lakers' owner ended, Buss had overseen 10 total title runs. The trust stipulates that the ownership, now held by his ex-wife and six children, cannot be divided and sold off in pieces. Not making quick decisions, rushing into things. Later it was Miller Genuine Draft. When Jerry Buss passed away in 2013, his 66% ownership of the Los Angeles Lakers passed to his six children, with each receiving 11%. Johnny, Jim, Jeanie, and Janie with his wife JoAnn Mueller (divorced in 1972), and Joey and Jesse with his girlfriend Karen Demel. I will miss her and send my deepest sympathy to the family.. Because when the Lakers were playing, the men got the stage and the platform. As a player, he helped lead the Lakers to three NBA championships in 1980, 1982, and 1985. There was another interesting time back home in North Carolina when I was watching the draft on TV, and nobody had been talking about me being traded, and I hadnt heard any rumors or anything. I was picking his brain, and he was helping me every time. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. And then 25 years later, to be able to celebrate at a different stage in my life with him again (2010). Worthy, Riley, Magic, Cooper, and Buss Celebrate the 1987 Title. Charlie is 5 years old and Chayton is 6, so that idea was as much wishful thinking as a sincere request. The Finals were tough, though, against Boston. His passions, what brought him to the mindset of wanting to own a team and what he wants from a team, and then just L.A.; it was an all-new environment for me, and he wanted to make sure I knew about it and understand as much as I possibly could. He loved plays, and he wanted the focus to be on the athletes and the court. As business people, our job is to drive a profit, but you do that also by taking care of your customers. With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Betty Jean Buss of Beatrice, Nebraska, who passed away on February 23, 2023 at the age of 79. Success starts at the top. We had gone through the playoffs only losing one game, against Philly. Wed usually eat, hang out by the pool and talk after the morning session, and then after the evening session, a lot of times wed go to dinner together. Even after I got traded away, we still kept in touch. I need to say no more. I thought, this is the way it should be. He wanted to win every single year, but he also knew that was impossible. The Buss siblings have occasionally butted heads in the past, such as with the hiring of coach Mike DAntoni over Phil Jackson, the fiance of one of the Buss children. We really hit it off. Johnny was previously married to Christy Curtis Buss and has at least two sons. I remember him saying, You know how cool it would be for the Buss family to own the Lakers for 100 years? If I just followed the blueprint he laid out for me, I was going to be successful, and I did. It was a whirlwind (amidst the sadness), and all of a sudden here we are at the Nokia Theatre, with check in, banners outside where people could write messages, former Lakers and NBA players a beautiful stage and so on. Thats the kind of guy you want to partner with. Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty follows Jerry Buss, the owner of the LA Lakers, as he tries to steer the newly acquired NBA team towards success. A few days later, the first time I met Dr. Buss was at the Forum Club, after a game. We got something new, but we also got something that even if we didnt get Shaquille, we got a draw. It wasnt an accident, and the Laker brand exploded. On February 14, 2013, it was revealed that Jerry had been battling cancer since the year before and four days later, he passed away at age 80. He always was that kind of an owner. The UK's supply crisis puts extra pressure on Prime Minister Boris. I love him, and his family, and I thank him to this day for the opportunity. Jerry always planned to pass down the Lakers to his children via a trust. To watch the franchise grow and see his influence on the Lakers, and more importantly, some of the things he did that teams in the league are still doing. Donald Trump. And he always wanted to know what my favorite book was, and I told him it was The Agony and the Ecstasy. He said, Thats interesting, because I knew Irving Stone, the author. And wed go out and hed introduce me to some of the really good night clubs at the time during the time that I could go out. Before he embraced the Playboy philosophy in the mid-1960s, he. When Dr. Jerry Buss purchased the Lakers back in 1979, he turned a perennial second-place franchise into a pillar of excellence. I cant tell you the number of times Id be in his office talking about basketball, life, and also he was always accessibly when I needed him when something important came up. and Janie. (My decision to stay) was 100 percent Dr. Buss. It came down to Game 7 at Staples Center, and halfway through the game I felt very defeated. Jerry Buss, the playboy owner of the Los Angeles Lakers who died last month, has left his sprawling Hawaii digs and hot wheels to his much younger girlfriend. Magic being Mr. Inquisitive, he wanted to know about the business aspect of basketball and life in general. He was a master at dealing with people, a genius businessman, and really just as good with people as he was with business. Wed watch Lakers games together before he bought the team, and all hed talk about was, Someday Im gonna own that team. And (a couple of years later) he did. To speak about what Dr. Buss meant to the Lakers and to basketball, to the NBA, period. But he insisted he never wanted to push out his sister. Dont be afraid of him just because hes Kareem, just because hes Magic. When Jerry Buss died, the Lakers were passed on through four trusts that split 66% of the franchise among his six children. Before owning one of the most iconic teams in the NBA, Jerry Buss grew up in Wyoming in the years after the Great Depression. Therefore, viewers must be curious to find out whether Buss sons ended up working with the LA Lakers. I couldnt be more thankful for all the parties involved in that trade, because it really changed my career here in the NBA, and gave me a second life. But he took the time (with me) a couple of times a year. He was supposed to come out to Orlando. Thats why we got together so much. I remember walking into his bedroom and seeing 20 or 30 pieces of fax paper spread all over his bed as he was pouring over and analyzing every scenario and option. Especially after I retired, we spent time together. Ex-husband of JoAnn Mueller It wasnt much of a workout. Im glad it turned out that way. Youd pick up three of them, and it was the same trade tweaked multiple times. At the time, we were marveling at how much a Michael Jordan rookie card was in the early 1990s. Dr. Buss was someone who really cared about other people, and I think that same tradition of loyalty of friendship has filtered down to his children. What do you think. The Bryant-Shaquille O'Neal tandem brought three more titles in the early 2000s. Most people at that level were pretty standoffish. I just looked at him. He had two more children with his girlfriend, Karen Demel: Joey and Jesse. Write your message of sympathy today. Magic was perfect for that. 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