yahoo - 11/20/2025 9:59:17 PM - GMT (+2 )
The Los Angeles Lakers are reorganizing the front office, terminating two members of the Buss family. Joey and Jesse Buss, two of the younger siblings in the Buss family, have been fired by the team as part of the restructure, per ESPN's Shams Charania.
In a statement shared with Charania, the Buss brothers invoked their father, the Lakers' patriarch Jerry Buss, who died in 2013.
"We are extremely honored to have been part of this organization for the last 20 seasons," they wrote. "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."
Joey and Jesse held scouting roles for the Lakers, with Charania reporting that the two helped find and secure players like Austin Reaves, Kyle Kuzma, and more. They will maintain their minority ownership with the team, per Charania.
The Lakers are terminating executives Joey and Jesse Buss from their respective front office positions, effective immediately, per @ShamsCharania.
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) November 20, 2025
The brothers have held key Lakers scouting roles for the last decade, and they will maintain their minority ownership shares within… pic.twitter.com/HzFo3C53Yr
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