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The Lakers Were Bought by Young Money and Promised to an Old Man

Thoughts on the SHOCKER Lakers sale

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Ethan Strauss
Aug 13, 2026
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As you know, if you follow sports at all, the Los Angeles Lakers were shockingly flipped for $12.5 billion to a group led by high level tech investor Joshua Kushner and former Disney CEO Bob Iger. The Lakers had just been previously sold for $10 billion, roughly one year ago, to Dodgers owner Mark Walter, who now appears to be in trouble with the feds.

I don’t believe this story arrived to us all in one piece. More will come out about the why and how of what’s happening. Here are the aspects that intrigue me, in no particular order.

Joshua Kushner

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