Mark Walter is entering agreement to purchase majority ownership of the Lakers from the Buss family for a valuation of approximately $10 billion, the largest sale of a professional sports franchise in the world, sources tell ESPN.
$10 billion.
The New York Yankees have acquired superstar outfielder Juan Soto in a trade from the San Diego Padres, sources tell ESPN. Deal is done. And the Yankees now get to pair Soto with Aaron Judge in the outfield and will feature two of the best hitters in baseball.
As a 22-year-old in the 2001 Playoffs,
Kobe Bryant averaged 29.4 PPG, 7.3 RPG, 6.1 APG, and 1.6 SPG as the Lakers went 15-1 and captured their second of three consecutive titles.
They swept the 50-win Blazers, the 55-win Kings (Kobe averaged 35-9-4), and the 58-win Spurs (33-7-7) before defeating the 56-win Sixers 4-1 in the Finals behind 35-16-5 averages from series MVP Shaq.
That championship run went through four of the 24(!) fifty-plus-win squads Kobe’s teams would eliminate over the course of his career.