Magic Johnson: “Mark Walter is the right person” to hire Lakers
Dodgers who controls the owner Mark Walter, through his Twg Global Company, agreed to buy a majority participation in the Lakers last week and released information on the sale on Wednesday in a declaration that announced the agreement would have been completed by the end of the year.
When the news released that Walter would take the control of control of the Lakers of the Buss family with an evaluation of $ 10 billion, we contacted Magic Johnson on his thoughts on the matter. Speaking from a yacht off the coast of Croatia, here’s what the legend of the Lakers on Walter, Jeanie Buss and the sale had to say:
On the Walter approach
“Mark is a man who worries and loves to win and will always worry about investing the money to improve not only the team but the organization. He is someone who is led by the family. He is a great man.
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“You saw what happened to the Dodgers once Mark and all of us took control.”
On the Buss family by selling to Walter
“One thing that Jeanie [Buss] I was about to do is put [the franchise] in the right hands. If he was about to sell, he had to be the right person, and Mark Walter is the right person to take over and guide us for the next 30, 40 years. So this is the best news that could have happened for all Laker fans all over the world. Mark kept an eye on the Lakers for a long time. That’s why he bought [Philip] ANSCHUTZ’s [minority ownership] Piece first and then he was sitting there, and Jeanie knew it.
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“If he ever wanted to sell, he wanted to be what the team bought. And they tightened a friendship, because he had to happen before. Jeanie had to know that he would have done just his father [Dr. Jerry Buss] He did and just as he did and this was to make sure he would also do great things in the community, how it is his father who have been able to do and also educate him on how much the Lakers mean not only for Laker fans but for the NBA and for the world. “
On the sale of the team
“I think the [Buss] The boys were ready before. I think they wanted to collect. We are seeing that this happens throughout the sport. “Sometimes, let someone else have it.” We saw Mark Cuban do it. Boston did it. So, you’re seeing it happening and maybe they [Buss family] He said: “We only want money and continue and live our lives.” “
“Mark loves to be part of Los Angeles and now has the main baseball team and now the first basketball team.”
On Walter’s success
“The only exceptional thing of Mark is that he will take on the best people. He will always have a good people around him to help him bring the championships back to Los Angeles and Lakers fans. I am enthusiastic. This could not have gone better for Laker’s fans and the bus family and the NBA
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“What did Mark do for the Dodgers? It was a great custodian of the brand and the team. How much money he put in the Dodger stadium. He is always willing to make the big and daring moves to win. But Mark is a visionary. So, he probably already has a vision for the organization of Laker and for the team. So it is the fantastic thing.
“The funny thing is that his personality is just like Jeanie. You will not see him in front of him, just as he is not outside the Dodgers in front of the Dodgers. So people have to understand it. It is not his personality. Just like Jeanie’s personality. It wasn’t in front of it.”
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“You saw Mark let Jeanie remain in the board of governors. It was intelligent. One thing that is intelligent with Jeanie is that he would never have said:” Oh, the Lakers are on sale! Anyone can possess them. “That’s not what it is.
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“And I think because of the success of the Dodgers and how he managed the organization, now it is easy for fans. We already know. We have already seen his job. We have seen what has been able to do, he led us to a couple of world series [wins] And go to the World Series four times. It happened right there. This is what Laker’s fans are looking for.
“He has a record track. This is what Laker’s fans would like, someone they trusted, just as they trusted Dr. Buss. They trusted Jeanie because of the fact that his father said:” This is what I want in command “. So, this is beautiful for all Laker’s fans.”
After listening to the news
“I am going crazy too. I was screaming everywhere on this yacht, because I know how great Mark and how big a man is and how intelligent is. He has a big heart.”
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This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.