He didnt walk around with a big hammer. I was a senior in high school, and my dad would explain it to us kids like, Could you imagine to going to every Laker game? It was a ritual. Explore how the celebrity world connects. with Karen Demel{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Karen Demel", "gender": "Female" }, Jesse Buss{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Jesse Buss", "gender": "Male" }, born 1988, age 34 (approx.) I remember being at the Forum in Inglewood in 1985 in my rookie year, meeting Dr. Buss and him saying Lets have lunch one day. Time goes by until you decide, Im going to take him up on that. So we arranged a lunch, midweek after a practice, and went up to his office, and we had a real, genuine, 1-on-1 conversation talking about life itself outside of basketball. Im sitting there wondering what the hell is going on. I think the operative words from Dr. Buss message to Kobe were, Trust me Ive done things in my life, where when I say Im going to work this thing out, trust me, were going to work this thing out. I never envisioned that his trust me would end up with the kind of deal that he pulled off getting Pau. Clutch and going to meet everybody. He would surprise you. The . She became the Lakers governor in 2014 after her father's death and is now the representative of the team on the NBA board of governors. I believe I've accomplished that.". I just think he did a great job with the opportunity that he had, and his vision has really benefitted the game. A lot of good times, and so much success on the court. He just wanted to assure me that his promises never changed about winning championships, and being patient in the process, waiting for the right piece to come along. Dr. Buss was the perfect owner to play for. Before that, I remember my dad telling me about this workout for an up-and-coming high school kid, and how Jerry West told him that he was going to be this special player. Dr. Buss was one of those guys. Until last week when Jeanie Buss fired her brother Jim Buss, all six children spanning 31 years in age from eldest to youngest worked within the Lakers' organization or for the team's NBA. When we made the decision to move to Staples Center, we had to price the building. Upon his fathers death in 2013, that interest waned even more. We talked about where he was at in his life the Lakers we covered everything. I sense that youre deferring to these guys a little bit. Back in those days you could actually raise your voice to players and theyd understand. Everything changed when me and my brother Joey were at my dads beach house in Carlsbad, and he told us: Were going to hire Phil Jackson, but you cant tell anybody. I was 11 at the time, and I knew he had been the Bulls coach, but I didnt know what it necessarily meant. Wed go out to different musicals and shows and dinners with my dad. Id never been in a Porsche before. with JoAnn Buss Jim Buss born 1959, age 63 (approx.) with JoAnn Buss{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "JoAnn Buss", "gender": "Female" }, Jim Buss{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Jim Buss", "gender": "Male" }, born 1959, age 63 (approx.) Really cool. Finding great success in the real estate business, he pursued real estate investing full time. In a large way, thats why you saw so much joy in Dr. Buss. He just said he was going to get (expletive) done. I had no idea it was Dr. Buss. He was doing it because it was truly his passion. Trying to clear the air. LOVIN' IT! Buss also received Cooke's ranch in California, which was valued at $10 million. All relationship and family history information shown on FameChain has been compiled from data in the public domain. I asked him, How could you go up there and do that? He said, I just did it. I said, But youre so good at it! Hes like, I hate it! Everyone is tight. He loved plays, and he wanted the focus to be on the athletes and the court. The trust stipulates that the ownership, now held by his ex-wife and six children, cannot be divided and sold off in pieces. After separation from Mueller, Buss dated Karen Demel and had two children: Joey Buss (born in 1985) and Jesse Buss (born in 1988). Ultimately, one way or another, all four of Jerry Buss sons ended up being associated with the LA Lakers. He was an incredibly visionary. It was cool knowing that he appreciated those little things, that effort. Winning drove both of us. Wed watch Lakers games together before he bought the team, and all hed talk about was, Someday Im gonna own that team. And (a couple of years later) he did. Theyll like that! Bit by bit, hed put his personal love in every selection and make sure that at least during the Holidays, all the people that meant something to him got something meaningful. Or hed ask us about contracts, and certain trade scenarios. But when we did speak and get a chance to talk to each other, I thought it was real genuine. And thats how I recollect my relationship with him. We were all super excited to see him play, and one of the referees threw him out early on for arguing calls. He went from playing, to (working with) Chick, to assistant coach to a head coach in what, two and a half years? Im still not quite sure what possessed him to have me do it that time. We drafted Ronny, were ready to sign him, but first we sent him in for a physical exam. So, he liked to challenge people. I thought their relationship was great. I think Dr. Buss always had a plan in life. And he had an ability to let Bill Sharman, Jerry West, Pete Newell make important decisions that he didnt have the background to make. I dont remember a whole lot about the podium when Dr. Buss accepted the championship, but I do remember that Kareem stuck a towel in Pat Rileys mouth so he wouldnt say wed win it again next year. It was a tough year, a tough day. He was always like that. Most owners are coming in, they have security, they go to their box, they get in and they get out. He was very, very friendly, and the door was always open. Coincidentally, I went to work out the next morning, and I was looking for gyms out there. I expect too much from the players, and the way I interact with players is terrible, its not who I am and I dont want to do it. Throughout my tenure away from the team, Id send him a note every time they won a championship. And he really wanted me to listen. He made good observations about the game, and personnel and so forth. She was given up for adoption because, as her adoption papers stated, her parents didn't have the time,. You dont realize these things until you get my age, that you have these kinds of people, that theyre not just your boss. At the end of the day, I said, I think we have better players around you here than you do in Orlando. I get up, I go there at 10 a.m. to his office (at the Forum) and they tell me I have to wait, Dr. Buss is in a meeting with Jerry West. Magic was way ahead of the game, and now Kobe Bryant and LeBron James and some of these guys have been (following in those footsteps) in business. One of the great things about my dad is that no matter how successful he was, and no matter how much in the public spotlight he was, he always valued his family. He purchased the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA along with the Los Angeles Kings hockey team of the NHL, The Forum, and a large ranch from Jack Kent Cooke in 1979. But do note that it is not possible to be certain of a person's genealogy without a family's cooperation (and/or DNA testing). You wanted to give him a little extra. Dr. Buss was incredibly intuitive and in touch with the fans from a business standpoint. I felt, eventually, people would come out and see (Kobe) play. So in 1987, we win the championship, and I win Defensive Player of the Year. Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty follows Jerry Buss, the owner of the LA Lakers, as he tries to steer the newly acquired NBA team towards success. And thats what he, thats what we, created. And when Dr. Buss said that, that was all our thinking. I was happy. Once you dealt with the media, you get on with your life. It was a very unique way of conducting business. I guess it took everyone by surprise, but actually it worked out great for him, great for the Lakers, and he went on to produce some championship teams here in Los Angeles. The importance of saying "I love you" during COVID-19, Effective ways of dealing with the grieving process, Solutions to show your sympathy safely during the Covid-19 pandemic. Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss, who presided over a team that won 10 NBA titles and showcased some of the biggest names in professional basketball, died Monday. At the time, they only had a dial up internet connection, and a lot of data needed to be presented to my dad from the front office, so theyd use the fax machine. Im super thankful how Kobe wanted me on board, how Dr. Buss also was in favor and supportive of getting me and doing what it took to get me to the Lakers. [1], Born in Salt Lake City and raised in Kemmerer, Wyoming, Buss was raised by his divorced mother, Jessie. The war over Jerry Buss ' fortune just took a shocking turn -- with a mysterious woman claiming she's the secret daughter of the late Lakers owner . Back then, you could drive in right off the street. He loved to play cards, and wed talk about the season, and then what we could do to get the team better. Where is Jerry Buss Daughter Jeanie Buss Now. On February 14, 2013, it was revealed that Jerry had been battling cancer since the year before and four days later, he passed away at age 80. We used to call him Magic Buss, or Earvin Buss. I hope he was looking down happy, and we hoped that the Buss family was happy with everything. In the mid to late 1970s, Dr. Buss owned the Los Angeles Strings of World Team Tennis. All of these great people spoke about him. Having known that about him, after we won various championships, the relief that you saw on him when we got that trophy, it was like he was out there sweating with us. He was just a very good man. Thats when I learned, in my life, you can tell a lot about someone with how they treat someone else that can do nothing for them. Dr. Buss responded by sending Kobe a telegram from Italy. There wasnt a lot of sour grapes between players and Dr. Buss. And wed go out and hed introduce me to some of the really good night clubs at the time during the time that I could go out. Daniel Craig. His patience stands out (to me) the most. Then Id add it all up and give a gross potential. It wasnt out of fear, it was out of respect, that players wanted to play hard for him. I remember when he explained it to me we all knew Wrigley Field, where the Cubs played. I dont remember hearing of him really intervening and drawing a line in the sand for those two. And he said, I have one suggestion for you, Tim: Its really bright in here. I said, It is. Its more than just going out there and playing. She became the Lakers governor in 2014 after her father's death and is now the representative of the team on the NBA board of governors. It was just great to be able to watch and learn. During those years, we would always go to Hawaii for training camp, and Dr. Buss would really enjoy when wed have a team dinner at the beginning of camp at Kobes Japanese Steak House. Then he started to go to Italy for a month. There becomes a bigger trust by an owner, a greater dependency on the people whom youre working closely with. As the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers from 1979 until he passed away in 2013, Dr. Jerry Buss oversaw one of the greatest stretches in sports and entertainment history. Buss purchased the team, reported to be worth around $1 billion, in 1979. And he had his hands on everything. We kept in touch that way. He was as down to earth and cool as everybody said he was. I think theres a lot of money in it. Never talked down to people. We had finished the parade, and Gary Vitti and the organization made the decision I needed surgery. with Karen Demel After hearing that from him, I decided to just trust him, and just stayed the course. (Eventually) I became his eyes and ears about college players. Gerald Hatten "Jerry" Buss was born on Jan. 27, 1933, in Salt Lake City. In a limousine outside the office that day in 1979 sat Busss oldest son, Johnny. I dont know who spoke first about it, but the discussion of Lamar came up and as hard as it was to work our way through that negotiation, at that moment, it was the greatest feeling in the world to have been able to have done that. with JoAnn Buss{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "JoAnn Buss", "gender": "Female" }, Jeanie Buss{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeanie Buss", "gender": "Female" }, born 1961, age 61 (approx.) Everybody was like, who is this dude? Very genuine, honest guy, and I respected him a lot. The Lakers are on fire. Such a meaningful and historical figure to all of us that who love this game and this League. Laker Girls. Its about bringing out the best from that person. His two things he was mainly focused on was winning championships, getting the Lakers back to that level, and being a family man, being a father to his children. If you knew me you would understand Im not about money at all. That showed me what he was all about to me, he was the best owner. Everybody that we asked to participate agreed to be interviewed, and everybody gives the experience that they had because the fans know about what took place on the court, Jeanie said to The Athletic. And little did we know wed be teammates months later extremely serendipitous. And its crazy how the Lakers are one of the biggest, most successful franchises in sports history, and it feels like a mom and pop organization. He wanted it to be entertainment mixed in with a great team, and he was fortunate enough that he had a great team. The MISL (Major Indoor Soccer League), at the point where I was playing, was propping up soccer in America, and outdrawing NBA teams in certain markets. However, Johnny stated that he did not wish to be a part of the family business. Thats one thing different about Dr. Buss different from owners back in the day he was a celebrity too. That was a big thing for both of us. He really wanted to own the team.. After we won our first championship in 1980, we hugged, and said, Can you believe this? That was my reaction. Ultimately we came back and made another offer and Lamar took it. He was a master at dealing with people, a genius businessman, and really just as good with people as he was with business. The only way for us to change was to do something drastic. 9018 Balboa Blvd., #620, Northridge, CA 91325 He was a first-time owner. And when (my wife) Chris and I would have dinner with Dr. Buss, he was very gracious with Chris. with JoAnn Buss{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "JoAnn Buss", "gender": "Female" }, Joey Buss{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Joey Buss", "gender": "Male" }, born 1985, age 37 (approx.) Click here to Start FameChaining. I thought hed go in the top three or four. He made my dreams come true when he welcomed him to the Lakers family. But he insisted he never wanted to push out his sister. So, we were preparing for the offseason in 1996 when we signed Shaq and traded for the rights to draft Kobe. We all held the trophy together. We would usually start watching NBA League Pass at 4 p.m., when the Eastern games would come on, but he didnt really know as much about the draft. We were out there on family vacation, and (Dr. Buss) was in Italy, and he hopped a plane to come sit with me. But in February Johnny and his brother Jim proposed a board of directors that did not include their sister. I didnt think we were going to get a chance to draft Kobe. That was one of his favorite things he started doing later on, because before, he was doing Hawaii for a month. But Buss was wise to plan early for the team and make his wishes specific and legally binding. His vision inspired us and gave us the OK to be, sometimes, and thats pretty cool. He was always right. He also began to integrate his youngest sons, Jesse and Joey, more into the basketball business. With Dr. Buss in particular, I had surgery on my left wrist after my rookie year. Before owning one of the most iconic teams in the NBA, Jerry Buss grew up in Wyoming in the years after the Great Depression. He had a remarkable vision about how he wanted to see this team play. It was like family. Over the shows first season, Buss daughter, Jeanie Buss, assists Claire Rothman and works to realize her fathers grand vision for the Lakers. She surprised us doing a great job running the Forum. My dad just figured hed last another 10 years and that Joey and Jesse would start taking over the basketball side and Jimmy would start retiring and that would be it. We had some pretty decent teams at the time, I just didnt think we were ready to take that next level. I love him, and his family, and I thank him to this day for the opportunity. You saw his mannerisms go with every little gyration that was going on. The league wasnt faring that well prior to 1979, for whatever the reasons were, so whether it was Magic, Dr. Buss or a combination of things that coincided with their arrival, it helped save this league and helped pave the way for all of us to do what we do today. I think he knew, with me being 20 and alone all the way from Michigan, he became a father figure to me. Really low key and very friendly. Some might wonder if his death will bring radical changes to the ownership of the team, but according to his family, that's not very likely. *Jan. 11, 1980: the Lakers won 123-100. Dr. Buss was someone who really cared about other people, and I think that same tradition of loyalty of friendship has filtered down to his children. I dont think theres any thrill in it. Therefore, viewers must be curious to find out whether Buss sons ended up working with the LA Lakers. So Jerry picked me up at the airport in his 944 Porsche. Jeanie (Buss) was just 19 years old, or 18 years old. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Powered by Standing Stone Designs | Because the Lakers threw everything into the pot, anticipating and hoping to be able to acquire Shaq. Joey is a member of the board of directors and serves as the President and CEO of the South Bay Lakers (formerly Los Angeles D-Fenders), an NBA G League team owned by the Lakers. On the 18th February 2013, Dr. Jerry Buss passed away. The 11 years that I was coaching as an assistant and head coach, that team went to the NBA Finals eight or nine times and we won five championships, probably should have won two more. Copyright FameChain 2023, All rights reserved. And I remember after Game 7 of the 2010 Finals against Boston, down on the court amongst all the fanfare, Dr. Buss and I huddled up a little bit and kind of smiled. He had an appeal to the common man, and thats what I think when I look back at everything. Slow down. He was very patient and he loved timing things out, but not necessarily rushing to places. Thats one of the most important things hes taught me. I was taken back by his willingness to be one of the guys, and his openness with his players was very enjoyable to be around. But once we acquired Shaq and Kobe, we started beating them more often than they were beating us. Theres no secret why the Lakers had had so much success under him. We were big into collecting basketball cards growing up. Her father, Jerry Buss, had died in February 2013 at age 80, . Some of it is a blur, but thats what I remember. The one (free agent) that was really the star on top of the Christmas tree was Shaquille ONeal. Between 2006 and 2011, Id see him when I was coaching, and wed reflect on memories. "I can remember standing in a [Works Progress Administration] line with a gunny sack, and I remember having to buy chocolate milk instead of white because it was one cent cheaper," Buss told The Boston Globe in 1987. Well, at that time, Jack Kent Cooke was going through a divorce, and he moved to Nevada to establish residency in order to process his divorce as a citizen of Nevada, which had different settlement laws. Because Id worked on prior events like Championship parades and so on, event mode planning started. He loved being around the guys. And I knew, dont talk about management. Buss said that. I remember his comments in the locker room, you can look it up, about removing a certain sentence in the English language. *In the 2004 Finals, Detroit beat L.A. 4-1. I just wanted some of that Salisbury steak and a good meal. And when I heard from him, not just with the telegram but then sitting down with him in Barcelona and looking at him eye to eye. Its not good for me. In 2002, when the WNBA was restructured to give its teams individual owners, Buss took ownership of the Sparks. Theyd grab a card, and hed ask them what their stats were that year. Coming from Yugoslavia, I had some issue with military service, and there was an issue there that Dr. Buss made sure to let me know he was behind me and my family no matter what. Life is funny that way. When Jack Kent Cooke sold the Lakers, the Kings, the Forum and a 13,000-acre ranch in Kern County, Jerry Buss met him at an office in Palos Verdes. The Sparks also experienced their share of success, winning two WNBA championships with such players as Lisa Leslie, Tamecka Dixon and DeLisha Milton-Jones. In 1979, Buss bought the Lakers, the NHL's Kings and The Forum, where the Lakers and Kings played their games, from Cooke in exchange for $67.5 million, the Chrysler Building and other properties. That book opened up a whole world up to me about the founding fathers. And then youve got this team thats running. It was really tremendous. In the 1990s, basketball was a little different, and it took a team to win the title; it wasnt put the best players on the court, it was all about teamwork and chemistry, and we were building towards that. I had been a coach for three years, and I told him no, this is not something I should do. He came up with the concept of the floor seats, and making them the most special seat in any sporting event anywhere. After the 2008 debacle, being able to redeem yourself in 2010, that made it extra special. He has been able to do so because he is one of the shrewdest businessmen you will ever meet. Ill never forget Jerry Buss. It was a remarkable experience that Ill remember forever. Buss also owned other professional sports franchises in Southern California. Then due to (certain circumstances), Jerry wanted us to be co-coaches. Through his 80th birthday on January 27, 2013, he had not attended a Lakers game during the 201213 season due to health concerns. Copyright 2023 Sporting News Holdings Limited. It feels small, but its not. That was his vision. If you have a star, one of the most important assets of that person is will people pay to see him play. Thats when we found out about his enlarged aortic root. The Buss siblings have occasionally butted heads in the past, such as with the hiring of coach Mike DAntoni over Phil Jackson, the fiance of one of the Buss children. And so, when I became an assistant coach because of Jack McKinneys injury, and then all of a sudden I became the head coach on an interim basis, and Jerry Buss thinking and probably speaking to Jerry West about, Im going to turn over a $100 million asset to a guy whos never, ever coached and Jerry (West) and I had a good relationship, but I dont think he thought that I had the chops to really be a head coach. He didnt look at it as, someday this is going to blow up and be this incredibly valued team. Jerry Buss was an American businessman who began his professional career as a chemist and worked at the Bureau of Mines (presently known as the Mine Safety and Health Administration). After the championship in 1980, it was like the rocket just took off. "With him, it's never been about putting money in his pocket. He did not make demands. Dr. Buss said how proud he was of us to be there in the Finals, and it was just a nice moment. HBO's "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty" introduced younger viewers to Dr. Jerry Buss, whom Kobe Bryant once called "the greatest owner in sports, ever." At the end of the day, it was almost like a perfect puzzle. Jerry Buss has six children. He had his jeans on with his sports coat, big smile on his face, open collared shirt. Veteran guys. Jerry was soft spoken, he had a great charm about him, and was just a unique person who believed in me for a long time, and I dont think in my life Ive ever had anybody who was as straight forward with me as him. Write your message of sympathy today. Hed get a chuckle out of it, and a lot of satisfaction. Dr. Buss was the first celebrity owner in all of sports. We shared a hobby as coin collectors, and Dr. Buss owned some really important coins, and I was aware of that. If we werent playing well, he would just show up at practice, unannounced, wouldnt say anything. It is believed to be correct at the time of inputting and is presented here in good faith. With 10 NBA championships under his belt, Jerry was the single most decorated owner in sports history. I remember walking into his bedroom and seeing 20 or 30 pieces of fax paper spread all over his bed as he was pouring over and analyzing every scenario and option. "When you think New York, you think Yankees. He loved to calculate how much time it would take us to get places, and what time wed have to leave by to arrive on time. We thought it was great. There was purity to that. I thought we had a great professional relationship, and over the years I got to know him and be friends with him. So that was one of the things I noticed about him. A few days later, the first time I met Dr. Buss was at the Forum Club, after a game. In the summer of 2007, Kobe Bryant requested a trade from the Lakers. When Earvin announced he was HIV positive, it was a tough day. And how he conducted business, it was always, hey, Im holding all the cards. The money that everybody is making today he was the first one that saw outside that box, and he really moved the NBA to a whole other level by his out of the box thinking. His vision that, Im going to get this big guy, and were going to go from there. He was very positive, and his dreams were never unrealistic, and set the tempo for the franchise to keep moving forward. In the process of that, we worked Kobe out one day against two guys who were supposedly going to be drafted higher than him, and it was ridiculous. I even wrote a paper when I was in seventh grade about how Kobe was going to be a future Hall of Fame player, and that the combination of Shaq and Kobe was going to be one of the best duos of all time. As a player, he helped lead the Lakers to three NBA championships in 1980, 1982, and 1985. You focus on star players like Kobe and Shaq when youre a kid. Especially after I retired, we spent time together. "My dream really was to have the Lakers and Los Angeles identified as one and the same," Buss said in a 2010 interview with ESPNLosAngeles.com. Our 1987 team was just loaded, so we expected to win every game in the playoffs. And I offered Vlade Divac to everyone, a starting center. Thats why when hed make a decision, hed take the time to explain to me the thought process behind it, so Id always know where that decision was coming from and why he believed in particular. He did not yell and scream at me. And he loved Italian food. In 1989, he gave me a five-year contract, and they hadnt even hired the head coach yet. Its one thing from your colleagues, its another when its your boss. He completely got something that all of us take for granted: athletes love entertainers, and entertainers love athletes. You could say he and Steinbrenner were the first to grow probably bigger than the franchise. What impressed me most about him was he would speak to the parking attendant, the staff, anybody he just liked people, and you felt that about him. In 1978, at age 33, he became owner of the team following his father's death. Thats not normal for most owners. We just stayed the course. Jerry Buss Family, Net-Worth, Wiki & Bio.Topic covered in the video:who is jerry buss,How jerry buss. Rookie owner, rookie player and we did it. There was a lot of worry on the part of Jerry West. Since Joey and Jesse were little, wed go to the card shop and buy basketball cards, and (Dr. Buss) would love to quiz them on the players. My contract is up, wed just beaten the Celtics in Boston, everybody was happy. He was really a very nice guy who enjoyed the fun things in life. There were eight or nine different price codes, and each one had so many thousands of seats, not counting the floor seats. degree in two and a half years in 1955. I knew he wanted to win, and I think what I was doing while I was there with the team that he had put together, he was satisfied with. 3 reviews. So I was just wandering around, and I walked right by this one man who was wearing jeans and maybe an old sports jacket. I dont think other teams really wanted to deal with us to begin with, and then (that happened). Pat Riley had a great speech about that. When he bought the team, it was more like a dream come true he told me he always wanted to own the Lakers. And what Jerry Buss always wanted to accomplish was to have one of those players on his team, the Showtime part of it. It means more, and it means more because of this one man, and everything that came from it. After Jerry's death, his children took up various roles within the organization, with Jeanie Buss ultimately becoming the president and controlling owner of the Lakers.She was only 17 when her father bought the team, and she held various managerial roles over the years, with the team winning the title in 2020. Recently he has become a father figure to Demel's. After all the experiences Ive had in pro sports, Ive never had a better owner. He knew we had a great team, and he dealt with the good and the bad. 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