The Forgotten Tactic That Won Euro 2024: How the Bases Sold Lakers for $10B and Rewrote NBA History

The Last Move on the Board

I watched Jerry Buss buy the Lakers for \(67.5M in 1979 like a chess master acquiring an obscure opening—no one else saw the potential. Back then, basketball was poetry written in sweat and noise. Today, his children sold it for \)10B—not because they needed cash, but because they finally understood that control isn’t held by fame, but by cold logic.

Why Now? The Data Doesn’t Lie

The numbers don’t lie—they just wait. The Busses didn’t ‘sell’ the team; they evolved it. From 11 titles to 15% retained equity, from raucous arenas to silent boardrooms: this was transition as calculus. ESPN called it a record-breaking deal. I call it what it is: an endgame played over decades, where every set-piece was measured before execution.

The Soul of Football in Basketball

People forget: basketball has its own football culture—the corner cuts, the delayed transitions, the xG metrics behind foul calls. When VAR reviews fail, we’re not watching refs—we’re watching systems. Twg’s acquisition wasn’t about power—it was about precision. A 38-year possession ended not with tears—but with an infographic.

The Quiet Genius Who Decodes Silence

I don’t write headlines—I map trajectories. The next generation won’t remember Jerome Buss as a tycoon—they’ll remember him as the man who knew that trophies are just variables waiting to be solved. This deal? It wasn’t loud. It was quiet. And it worked.