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Shams: The Lakers have fired Joey Buss and Jesse Buss and are reorganizing their operations department

4:53am, 21 November 2025Basketball

Hupu reported on November 21 that today, Shams, the famous reporter, updated social media to update reports on the Lakers’ latest operations.

The specific reports are as follows: The Lakers are reorganizing their basketball operations department and immediately relieved Joey Buss and Jesse Buss of their respective positions in the front office. The news was revealed to ESPN by Joey Buss and Jesse Buss.

Joey Buss and Jesse Buss, who have served as important scouts for the Lakers over the past decade, helping the team discover players such as Austin Reeves, Kyle Kuzma, Jordan Clarkson, Larry Nance Jr. and Max Christie, will retain their minority stake in the Lakers.

The following is a statement from Joey Buss and Jesse Buss: "We have been honored to be a part of this organization for the past 20 seasons, and thank Laker Nation for embracing our family every step of the way. We also wish it could have ended differently and not end our time with the team this way. In moments like this, we wish we could have asked our dad what he would think of all this."

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