Jeanie Buss has never made it a secret her desire to run the Lakers as a family business, because that’s how her father operated. Dr. Jerry Buss put Jeanie in charge of business decisions and her brother Jim in charge of the basketball side, setting the template for how Jeanie has approached her stewardship of the Lakers.
In an interview with Sam Amick of The Athletic, Jeanie Buss noted that the Hulu docuseries “Legacy” attempts to paint that family image of the Lakers:
I think (the show) kind of helps people understand our process, and what our commitment is to fulfilling (her father, the late Dr.