THE HERD – HOUR 2 – Why The Lakers Were Sold Again, Caleb Williams + Ben Johnson Are Elite
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What is the overall premise of today’s Herd episode?
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Here we go, our number two. The Los Angeles Lakers. We're purchased by Mark Walter 14 months ago. Dodger owner. He has now flipped this magnificent condo. To Josh Kushner and Bob Iger. One owns a big capital firm, East Coast, uh, and Bob Iger, very well known, uh, has been running Disney. For a long time and successfully. Um Luca Dontich, the centerpiece of this organization. We've said this many times over the last year. The centerpiece is Luca and JJ Redick. I like the star, I like the coach. I may like the coach better than the star. Uh durability issues, not much of a defensive player. Is he a great leader? Maybe he gets there. He'll never be LeBron. He'll never be MJ, I'll tell you that. Never gonna be like Bill Russell or Jerry West in terms of leadership, but he's a heck of an offensive weapon.
Uh he said, being a Laker means everything to me. I'm excited. Gotten used to big changes over the last few years, no matter what, no limit to the potential of this iconic franchise. Look forward to meeting Josh and Bob.
Why did Mark Walter sell the Lakers only 14 months after buying them?
We can get Willow work building something special in AL LA together. In fact, the last time I saw Adam Silver in person, he's been on my show, was at a Lakers game with Bob Iger. I was sitting down and they walked up and I was like, hey. But this is the uh this is kind of the relationship that has endured the test of time. Adam Silver, David Stern, the late David Stern, Bob Iger, all did a lot of business together. So I would imagine Adam Silver is very, very comfortable with this potential ownership group. With that, Darren Ravel, um sports business analyst, and been doing this. I've known Darren forever. And I this morning when this story break, we said, get Ravel. Well, get him, let's go, let's talk.
Okay, let's start with this. I cannot believe Mark Walter saw the Lakers as a flip, as a short term investment, right? Like this this has to do with the investigation, doesn't it, Darren?
Yeah, I mean th this was not the way that Mark Walter makes money. Certainly someone who owns a Premier League team owns the Lakers, the Dodgers. This was could not have been a flip from the start. Um, you know, the idea of owning the Lakers and Dodgers and, you know, putting them together and owning LA is amazing. But now there's an investigation against Guggenheim and his company. I I don't know where that is. I don't think people really know, but I will tell you that this was not a natural move. Just a couple of weeks ago Kushner and Iger were lining up for Vegas. Yeah. Um and and sniffing around. And to me this at least appears to look like the NBA being Adam Silver pulling the marionette and going like this.
Yeah. And obviously with the pressure of Ishbia, the pressure of Balmer, certainly the NBA makes moves before Major League Baseball does.
Listen, there's a lot of billionaires out there. Iger's got a pretty clean reputation. Disney, Iger, he's liked in the arts community. Um, I I to your point, could this be the perfect owner in an unsettled, turbulent situation, which could get really ugly PR-wise for Mark Walter? Iger does feel I mean, he's about as Antiseptic has clean the image is he not I mean I I would look like Well he's he's he he's
Disney. Yeah, he's Disney. And for fans, fans want someone who, one, they know. Most people know Bob Iger. He's been sniffing to be a majority owner for a while here. Um and and and what's interesting about Iger to me is he would be the type of guy because he literally knows everyone. He's met with everyone as the CEO of Disney over the years. He'd be the guy who would hire some crazy people outside the sport you've never heard of. And and that would make people nervous, right?
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the overall premise of today’s Herd episode?
0:00–1:44
2
Why did Mark Walter sell the Lakers only 14 months after buying them?
1:44–14:39
3
How might the federal investigation into Guggenheim affect the Lakers and Dodgers?
14:39–28:10
4
What does the valuation history of NBA franchises tell us about the Lakers deal?
28:10–41:16
5
Why are Caleb Williams and Ben Johnson expected to be elite this season?
41:16–42:10
Speakers
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