After being hospitalized with a long fight with cancer, legendary Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss passes away today at the age of 80. Dr. Buss has been an owner of the Lakers since 1979 after purchasing the team from its predecessor, Jack Kent Cooke. Since Buss' ownership, the Lakers have become the winningest team and one of the greatest franchise in sports, the most consistent playoff powerhouse in the West with only 2 seasons of missing the playoffs. Under his ownership, the Lakers have won 10 championships, 5 in the "Showtime" era with Magic and Kareem, 3 under the Kobe-Shaq era, and 2 with the duo of Kobe and Gasol, also making almost half of the Lakers' total NBA Finals apperances with 16, and capping it off with 19 division titles during his ownership with the Lakers.
My Thoughts: One of the greatest sports owners of all time enough said. Dr. Buss has done it all as an owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, making them a perennial Western Conference juggernaut and a championship-bound team. As a Laker fan since the first 3-peat with Shaq and Kobe, it was a pleasure seeing Jerry Buss build this team with a winning attitude, surrounding star players with great role players and a great coach to compete every year for a championship, the same can be said from fans who've witnessed the Lakers winning ways since Magic Johnson was drafted into the league in 1979. All I can say is RIP Dr. Buss, you've done a wonderful job in bringing glorious prosperity to the Laker organization and us fans with your winning attitude for almost 3 decades.
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