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Jeanie Buss Gives Credit To LeBron James For Rebuilding The Legacy Of The Los Angeles Lakers

After years of misery, the Los Angeles Lakers, the most successful franchise in NBA history alongside the Boston Celtics, finally were able to win a championship again last year.

It was the team’s first full season with LeBron James in command, as he missed a lot of his first year in Los Angles with an injury.

In an interview with ESPN, Lakers owner Jeanie Buss now was asked what it was like for her during these hard times with years of not even being in playoff contention, and revealed that it wasn’t easy for her, when she took over the controlling ownership of the Lakers. 

She then credited and thanked LeBron James for rebuilding the legacy of the proud Lakers franchise:

“It was important to restore the legacy that my father started. The first thing was putting Magic Johnson in place and then because of that, being able to draw a player like LeBron James in free agency. We had struck out in free agency over the last few years. And we were slowly rebuilding through the draft which is really difficult in any sport to play with so many young players. But getting LeBron James put us on the path to where we are today. And that’s back at the top of the NBA, in the conversations to be one of the best teams in the league and hopefully defend our trophy.”