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Twelve Questions for the 2007-2008 NBA Season
Published 10/30/2007 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... What happens to the prodigal sons? Two of the NBA's biggest moneymaking franchises, the Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks, are being run by the adult children of the original bosses. And there is evidence that in both cases it is not going well. The Knicks, under Charles Dolan's son James Dolan, have spent a fortune alienating staff, losing a sexual harassment lawsuit, and losing games wholesale. The Lakers, meanwhile, have increasingly fallen under the spell of Jerry Buss's son Jim Buss, and in the process have converted a ...

Keys to the Season
Published 10/30/2007 by Samash at Bandwagon L.A.
... + Lazenby's got some new literature up on his blog. It's more portrayal of the Buss family as one huge Shakespearean tragedy and Jim Buss bashing. You know, it occurred to me today that Lazenby's take on all this seems so much more insightful/incendiary than most of the mainstream media. It got me wondering about whether or not this is truly insider information (remember, Lazenby has Tex Winter on speed dial) or is it propaganda on behalf of the Phil Jackson BLOC to tell the story about how Jerry Buss is leaving the Lakers in the hands of an incompetent douche bag, his son ...