The monthlong fight between Jeanie Buss and her brothers, Jim and Johnny, to control the Lakers is over. “The message is clear here: Do not underestimate Jeanie Buss,” her attorney, Adam Streisand, told the Los Angeles Times. According to a person familiar with the situation, Jim Buss resigned as co-trustee Thursday as part of a requirement by Jeanie Buss to resolve the dispute. She hired Magic Johnson as president of basketball operations and removed Jim Buss as executive vice president of basketball operations. In court documents, Jeanie Buss called Jim Buss “completely unfit” to oversee basketball operations for the Lakers and worried about the franchise’s future if the brothers took control.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 27, 2017 15:34 UTC