this week it was of course the all-star break there were many joyous festivities
and of course the all-star game yesterday uh... sunday in houston texas
was a good time overall
however monday morning brought tragedy to the n_b_a_
when jerry buss who was
diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer died this morning at the age of
a_d_
he it brought
entertainment to the n_b_a_ he brought in short time
new the lakers he actually block the lakers that things
r_-rated and the forum
for sixty seven point five million dollars
to get someone to bought the lakers four
in on a million dollars
sixteen million dollars for the los angeles lakers there now worth one
billion dollars
he bought them in seventy nine
but the lakers in seventy nine
they drive to magic johnson number one overall and they won in nineteen eighty
his second year
as it or not
he is the longest tenure order
dot was the longest tendered a letter in uh... in the n_b_a_
course the block all of those
uh... teens and venues
from jack
kent cook
as in nineteen seventy nine
ten privacy one in the n_b_a_ the winningest order
in sports history in sixteen n_b_a_ finals
appearances
not he wanted to make
l_a_
this sort of
uh... he wanted to make the lakers town
and when he inherited and bought the lakers there was a doctor stuff
now that's when he brought
showtime
to the latest
and when he took over courtside seats
were fifteen dollars
now of course
three thousand apart
for lakers playoff games
it's incredible now e ending his childhood there laughing in the back of
his childhood
and his rags to riches story
and that that's the world is going well documented with that you know boxing
guys coming from nothin and making something in the of themselves
but this guy was the kid
who would stand in bread lines for
hours and hours at hours a day
just a bring that home
for is single mother
and even also
go out and try to find paper
uh... to throw into a fire because obviously they did have a defeat he came
from nothing this guy
different absolutely nothing
you know when his stepfather a wonder when his mom uh... remarried his
stepfather will come up that
one of them up at four thirty in the morning
fifteen degrees are less than the dead of winter and wanted him to dig ditches
for his plumbing company and they went to school
he worked at a local hotel
for true dollars a day
and then he started moving up worked at the douglas aircraft company for seven
hundred dollars a month
he started putting money to the side
each month to then rented an apartment and at west los angeles
and now of course he is built one of the most successful franchises
and really turn the n_b_a_ into what it is today he also integrated beach
showtime part that i mentioned a few times
and jr will take much pride in this uh... he went to university of wyoming
and he graduated from usc
when he slipped to the coliseum
he noticed that usc had cheerleaders in advance
so he took those parts from the coliseum
and integrated then into the forum
does he not only he he he saw the n_b_a_
as this
sport with
potential
beyond belief
and the model that was working not working for the n_b_a_ but im worship as
he sought
was not his words and for those in
but he took over any started having cheerleaders
started having a ban
started having music
started having dancers
when he had the laker girls
that was the first step
dancing teams and cheerleaders
ever in the n_b_a_
and of course every team after that followed suit he sought as
you know sports marketing at its finest unlimited potential why are we not
taking advantage of it why retrieving the n_b_a_ as just
but not the it not even the n_b_a_ the time but why aren't reading basketball's
as basketball
it's entertaining its value there's tons of value and that's why are we doing it
and of course you get to know twenty eleven
there were blood clots
in his legs
coursing usd grad as i said on the rat wyoming he finished
third in nineteen ninety one world series of poker
which is also pretty interesting
we don't exactly know what the future holds
uh... for this team
in for this franchise but we do know that they lost an integral part
of that they're building andy n_b_a_ as a whole and as jerry buss again he died
today
at the age of eight