Family Business
The Los Angeles Lakers are on the verge of completing their worst season ever — no Kobe Bryant, almost no promising youth, and little hope for the immediate future. Team president and ultimate boss Jeanie Buss remains as bright and optimistic as the California sun — but would she fire her brother Jim, VP of basketball operations, for failing to keep up his end of the bargain? The only thing thicker than blood is NBA championship gold.
Dr. Jerry Buss drew up a plan before his death. His daughter Jeanie would run his team, the Los Angeles Lakers, acting as president, overseeing business operations, and representing the Lakers on the NBA’s Board of Governors. Her older brother Jim would control basketball operations. The plan was flawed from the start. First and foremost: Who would really be in charge?
Following their father’s death in February 2013, both Jeanie and Jim Buss confirmed...
In our society there are a number of things that simply aren't said, often out of fear and superstition. While it may seem archaic in the modern world our lives are still very much governed by ancient traditions. For example, we say "bless you" after someone sneezes to stop their soul from escaping, or possibly to assist the body in expelling an evil spirit. Of course today we know such things to be farcical, but we continue the practice nonetheless.
Similarly, we have long considered words to be powerful things, and believe that their misuse can bring ruin upon us. That's why so many of us are still afraid to go into the bathroom, shut off the lights, and say "Bloody Mary" three times. Even the most skeptical among us, who know it's nothing more than a silly story, feel that slight tingle of fear when the words leave our lips. While we are 99 percent sure that an angry ghost isn't going to leap out of the mirror and claw our eyes out,...
Not an optimism thread. What are people's ideas if we lose the pick? Almost every off-season thread revolves around the idea we have Towns, Okafor, Johnson, etc. No suicide or murder threats. Just honest plans if we lose the pick. Do we go after a big free agent? Do we try to tank knowing we have our pick in next year's weak draft?
