SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- The clock is ticking ever closer toward a potential front-office shakeup for the NBA’s glamour franchise, the once mighty but now rebuilding Los Angeles Lakers.
The timeline was first set in April 2014 when Lakers part-owner and executive vice president of basketball operations Jim Buss told the Los Angeles Times that he would step down within three years if the team hadn’t made a deep playoff run by then.
The Lakers, who opened training camp at U.C. Santa Barbara on Tuesday, are entering the final season of Buss' self-imposed deadline, one that Lakers president and co-owner Jeanie Buss has time and again publicly stated that she will make sure her brother honors.