Lakers fire Joey and Jesse Buss

20/11/202521:26

Joey served as alternate governor and vice president of research and development, while Jesse Buss was assistant general manager.

The Los Angeles Lakers are reorganizing their front office and have fired executives Joey and Jesse Buss from their respective positions.

The news was revealed by Shams Charania.

Joey served as alternate governor and vice president of research and development, while Jesse Buss was assistant general manager.

Jeanie Buss, their older sister, will remain with the purple and gold organization.

This is the message sent to ESPN by Joey and Jesse:

“We are extremely honored to have been part of this organization for the last 20 seasons,” Joey and Jesse Buss told ESPN in a statement. “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.”

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