Jenny revealed that her father once refused to sell the Lakers for 1 billion US media ridiculed: Now 10 billion is reluctant to sell

Recently, Lakers female owner Jenny Buss revealed on a podcast that her father, Jerry Buss, refused to sell the Lakers about 20 years ago, when he received an offer of $1 billion. Now, the latest valuation of the Lakers is $5.9 billion, and the US media ridicules that now they are definitely reluctant to sell 10 billion.

"My father, I remember the first time he got an offer for the Lakers, it was in 2003 or 2004, after we won three straight championships. He was so shocked at the time that he couldn't imagine that the team would be worth that much money. ”

The elder Buss liked the Lakers so much that he turned down the offer. He bought the Lakers in 1979 for $67.5 million. And now the Lakers are ranked third in the league, behind the Warriors (7 billion) and the Knicks (6.1 billion). The Warriors are worth so much because of the overall profitability of Chase Center, while the Knicks have a solid fan base in the largest media market.

The American media ridiculed that 1 billion was not sold at that time, and now give Jenny 10 billion, and she will not sell it. US media also reported that unlike the model of most teams in the league, the Lakers are family-run teams.

The Sun set a record $4 billion in sales, and the Wasp sold for about $3 billion. If the Lakers get a $10 billion offer in the future, will they really consider selling?

The Lakers have won 17 championships in their history, the last time was in 2019-20, when James led the team to a championship. Last season, the Lakers were 43-39 and last ended in the Western Conference Finals.