Bob Iger to buy Los Angeles Lakers, sources say
Josh Kushner & Bob Iger purchased the Lakers from Mark Walter, whose insurance companies happen to be under investigation by the DOJ Ossoff: “The Mar-a-Lago mafia has taken American corruption to spectacular new heights — American politics is coin operated. Money goes in, favors come out”
Beatrice22Oh my, when it’s presented this way, it almost seems like Walter was blackmailed into selling the Lakers?
idamay.bsky.social12We need more Ossoff’s and less Kushners and Igers.
Carol5The criminal Kushners bought the Lakers. Jared used our government to squeeze foreigners for BILLIONS! CORRUPTION ON STEROIDS!
Bearcats Grad4The entire system has been corrupted like a virus in a computer.
10smomaz.bsky.social4Maybe LaBron had a sense of what was to come…
Mark Roddy4Gangster Clown Fascist Monarchy. Remember when we used to laugh at the Kim dynasty in Korea?
Kim Sherrell27The Mar-a-Lago Mafia is in full bloom. Awareness of the problem is the first step.
Real Pseudosudio™2ElectJon.com to support our democracy.
KJ2Well, I stopped following the Lakers a long time ago, and I'm a ride-or-die LA native. This purchase confirms for me that they have been on a downward trajectory for a long time and have finally hit the bottom of hell.
Mark Walter selling RAPIDLY to a Kushner a week after the SEC probe into him was announced? www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
Jason Concepcion184Thing to look for: does the SEC probe go away... I bet it does. It all smells pretty fishy.
Mike Pendleton24I could definitely do with less Kushners in my life tbh
Rob Pollard17This makes Vivek the least problematic NBA owner on the entire West Coast. Quite the comeback.
Gypsy Smoke14the Make The Laker's White Again efforts now make sense
robertdean42.bsky.social4Is buying an NBA team the new car wash or laundromat for money laundering?
Jeff Brown4I already hated the Lakers, didn’t know if I could find another gear, but here we are
Grudgie the Whale45I don’t like that we are experiencing Kushner kreep
Bart Harley Jarvis43My theory is that the Lakers looked at the Dodgers and were like, we can’t let them be one of the most hated franchises in all of sports. How can we one up them?
Eric Columbus31Not just SEC — per WSJ, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York is investigating. 🎁 link: www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
Alex Ip 葉清霖12Donald Trump's son-in-law's brother now owns the Los Angeles Lakers
Nata Edwards6Man, how did Mark Walter get caught stealing by THIS regime.
Alyssa MacKenzie 💜6Should. Not. Exist. There are no good wealth hoarders. Not one.
Martim 🏀3I'm curious about how and when Jeanie learned about this. But I'll not bury the lead... the Lakers are going to be owned by a Kushner and that is just gross.
girl Jughead3the Lakers' starting lineup being the whitest team since the 1950s makes so much sense now
Ken Burnside3@fatsam.bsky.social I am deeply sorry for your loss.
Clark Matthews2A 20% profit for about a year in the portfolio is crazy.
So Bob Iger and Josh Kushner have bought the Lakers. Josh is Jared's brother, the guy to whom Infantino tried to give a chunk of the World Cup. Nothing to see here. If I liked the Lakers, this would make me stop. Since I don't, I'll watch to see how the new owners fuck them up. Because they will.
Benny5Yes, they will ruin the Lakers. But I'm a Celtic fan. So, I'll watch with you😆👍
EthicsOverChaos4Have been a Lakers fan since the early 70s. That ended today.
NoHomers3Fuck the Lakers. Lebron got out at the right time.
BreeintheDesert2So couldn’t get FIFA so settled for the Lakers?
kellykellygirl.bsky.social1Bye bye Lakers; hello Warriors and Clippers.
Eric M1Perhaps they want to move the team to become the Gaza Strip Lakers. 🫢
I am losing my mind listening to the idiots on Mason & Ireland constantly saying 'JOSH KUSHNER IS NOT JARED HE HAS DIFFERENT POLITICS' even though one of his business partners is Bob Iger and they just tried to by fucking FIFA lmao. They have said it no fewer than 5 times in 20 minutes.
Coach Finstock42Totally forgot John Ireland is the PBP guy for the Lakers he's just trying to save his job. Someone asked him if Walter is selling to avoid the investigation and he's like NO DEFINITELY NOT lol.
Joe Ryan10Why do people feel compelled to defend any rich people? I'll never understand.
Etrigan (unrelated)6His "different politics" are clearly "If I throw money at Democrats, they'll take my calls." rather than "I believe that people like me should be taxed at a confiscatory rate to establish a society where people can stand up to people like me."
Alexandrian Apologist2Speaks to how toxic the very name is now if nothing else.
Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong1If the Kushner brothers could legally marry each other to keep all the money for themselves they would not hesitate.
Julia1I hate that anyone in that family has a piece of anything California
Something doesn’t add up about the Lakers sale. Mark Walter bought the team less than a year ago. Now he’s selling for a record $12.5 billion. Bill Plaschke examines the questions surrounding the deal, and what Lakers fans should be watching next.
freedomcallsme.bsky.social5With a Kushner involved, no surprise it doesn't add up. Opaque deals are a Kushner family tradition, following in Trump's footsteps. Surprising Bob Iger would have dealings with a Kushner. He seemed a man of greater principle. But for those in the Trump world, when money talks, principles walk.
spungoldpub.bsky.social1If the NBA had any sense, they'd block the sale. Its wildly obvious this entire transaction is based on extortion and bribery, to say nothing of where the Kushner money is coming from and the potential of this being used as a money laundering vehicle
GeeBee1The league is rigged and none of this shit matters. It's just money laundering at this point. Not even the players care anymore
elgatonyc.bsky.social1Not THAT difficult: Watch that DOJ "investigation" into Walter suddenly disappear. Silver has to void the sale on the basis that the sale wasn't open to competitive bidding and Silver better do it now before Kishner/Iger start bitching about taxes and relocate the Lakers to MAGAland Texas.
Alan Smithee1Forget it, Bill; it's Trumptown.
FNU Javert1One year jump in value by $2.5 billion.
. @ramonaespn.bsky.social is reporting that the Los Angeles Lakers are being sold to American businessman Josh Kushner and Bob Iger for a record breaking price over $12 billion, multiple sources told ESPN.
K. Moore 🦋📚🎼21Joshua Kushner is the brother of Jared, recently led a proposal to acquire 20% stake in FIFA, it collapsed thanks to worldwide condemnation. The Kushners rival the Trumps in corruption, fraud and criminal activities.
Got It On Vinyl 🩷💜💙18Fuck. Is this guy related to Jared Kushner? Are we rooting for a Trump World owned team now?
The Resistance CO8I’m so fucking sick of hearing about billionaires EVERY FUCKING DAY!
Hangin’ on4One more reason to hate the Lakers
🎵Chotto Matte Kudasai 🎶 🐸❤️☮️🌞🌕2Wow, the Lakers really have jumped the sharks.
Don't Negotiate With Insurrectionists 1The same Josh Kushner who was trying to do a pump and dump with FIFA World Cup just last week. The same Josh who's brother Jarred gave Saudi ruling family secret US Intel and got Jamal Khashoggi tortured and assassinated with a bone saw.
Ben Collins1270They’re trying to turn me into the joker.
AdotSad148The worst people in the world keeping getting rewarded
jesse8a kushner buys the lakers just as they field the whitest NBA team since the 1950s
CJ Lemire6All pro sports owners suck. All pro sports owners have always sucked. All sports fans have always been ready, willing, and able to rant for days about how their team's owners in particular suck the worst. But every era's pro sports owners suck in uniquely horrible ways.
Bryan Grantham6Can I just say how glad I am that Arthur Blank owns the Falcons so that Atlanta teams have at least one owner who doesn’t suck shit
David Manning4Bob Iger and a Kushner are buying the Lakers? Oh this aint good.
𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔾𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕎𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕥4all that grifting money being put to good use #FuckProfessionalSports
Blerd Beats3Lololol Couldn't have happened to a better team
David W. Congdon3As a lifelong Blazers fan, my hatred for the Lakers was already at max capacity. But I found some extra space for additional hatred.
Witty Librarian of City Of Heroes3this is going to drive so many Lakers fans into the waiting arms of the Clippers...
"Owning the Los Angeles Lakers has been one of the great honors of my life," says the guy who had 'em for, like, 10 months 🤣 bit.ly/4wWVXrG
disfiguredmedia.bsky.social6Wait one more rant… You’re telling me Mark Walter bought the team with private equity heavily leveraged in defense, private prisons, sovereign wealth, and then less than a year later gets to sell to the other kushner? The lakers are a laundromat that also has basketball
disfiguredmedia.bsky.social2So… the largest Disney shareholder effectively has major financial interest in both a major league partner in ESPN and the specific franchise that ESPN doesn’t stfu about. I wanna be mad about conflict of interest, but a Kushner is involved so that’s already implied.
umbra5068.bsky.social1So trump and his family couldn't slither into FIFA so they went for the NBA. I hope silver blocks this but that man has zero backbone
Renus1“The 2 billion profit I made was a slightly greater honour tbh.”
bRANTkING1now we know why Bron left.
The Los Angeles Lakers are being sold for the second time in just over a year — this time, to two big names in business: former Disney CEO Bob Iger and venture capitalist Josh Kushner. The price is reportedly a record-shattering $12.5 billion.
tbluvoter❌👑6Since the Kushner name is involved, is it safe to assume that at least part of the $12.5 billion being used to buy the LA Lakers came from US taxpayers? Can someone find out, please?
Alan Smithee1i hope the investigation is thorough
Steve Cobb a.k.a. Kunga Tsöndru1Well, they'll prolly run it into the ground using the race 🏁 to the bottom of laziness & greed that is #ArtificialIntelligence.
On Wednesday, Joshua Kushner shocked the sports world by partnering with former Disney CEO Bob Iger to agree to purchase the Los Angeles Lakers. Kushner’s sports investments date back years. Here’s what you need to know about him: nyti.ms/45X8lvL
shy guy who go to gym21he made is fortune by being born with a fortune
Meat Breath7So… the Saudi’s are buying the Lakers???
El Brento3I need to know nothing about him because we all know what he is and all he and his fellow venture capital-fueled billionaires represent.
Bob Wheeler2Just Fing stop. Kushner is a nothing without the WH connection. Zero, zip. This would never have happened if Waller wasn’t under investigation.
Down Beat2venture capital, the cancer of our country.
lesterryan.bsky.social1Josh Kushner made his billions by his dad stealing them and passing them down to his son who then invested them in one of the strongest stock markets ever along with the help of a Saudi prince who had an American journalist murdered. Fixed it for you.
Shelburne: Lakers being sold for over $12 billion to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger. Kushner and Iger were previously involved in Las Vegas expansion process.
Greg Proops55So reassuring to see the name Kushner. Just screams fairness, quality and truth.
Sam DiGiovanni16What if Bob Iger was pronounced like Bon Iver
NBA Daily News13June 18, 2025: Buss family sells majority ownership of Lakers to Mark Walter for approximately $10 billion. August 12, 2026: Mark Walter sells Lakers to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger for $12 billion. Both figures broke U.S. professional sports sale records at the time.
Snow Burrow10Wow. Sad. Even I wouldn't wish being owned by a Kushner on the Lakers.
The”Manda”ger8#PWHL owner Mark Walter is selling his ownership of the Lakers to a Kushner in the midst of a federal investigation into the financials of several of his companies. Gotta hope the league doesnt have to deal with too much uncertainty with all of this…
Jared Dubin8Well this is certainly news.
Brendan Stiles7The Lakers are now owned by Ivanka's brother-in-law.
Fun4grateful they didn’t get their hooks in vegas and that im not a lakers fan
Killjoy 🤔4Luka is not getting another technical for at least 2 seasons
HONSE aka “Alex”3Ah shit I got outbid
