Mark Walter buys the Lakers

boxbuster7 · 06-18-2025, 04:08 PM

what will this do to our investmentz?

discuss

hermanotarjeta · 06-18-2025, 04:56 PM

Letank.

glassofwater · 06-18-2025, 05:22 PM

can ohtani shoot a 3?

SDcardguy24 · 06-18-2025, 05:27 PM

Lakers fans should be celebrating.

kingofsnake · 06-18-2025, 05:31 PM

First reaction is a shrug. Very rich people selling an asset to other very rich people.

hermanotarjeta · 06-18-2025, 05:33 PM

We will need to sell our investmentz in order to afford ticketz at the crypto.com arena.

Scottish Punk · 06-19-2025, 09:22 AM

If he spends like he does with the Dodgers it will be good news for Laker fans. I don't think he would be worried about going into the second apron. Similar to the Warriors. I would expect some high profile signs/trades. His goal is to build a super team.

rhigh2390 · 06-19-2025, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Scottish Punk

If he spends like he does with the Dodgers it will be good news for Laker fans. I don't think he would be worried about going into the second apron. Similar to the Warriors. I would expect some high profile signs/trades. His goal is to build a super team.

He'll have to be more crafty in the NBA than in MLB with the salary cap and aprons.

woodstim · 06-19-2025, 10:08 AM

Must be nice !!

Scottish Punk · 06-19-2025, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by rhigh2390

He'll have to be more crafty in the NBA than in MLB with the salary cap and aprons.

Of course, but I don't think paying penalties is going to stop him like many other owners. That is what I am trying to get at.

rhigh2390 · 06-19-2025, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Scottish Punk

Of course, but I don't think paying penalties is going to stop him like many other owners. That is what I am trying to get at.

Definitely the kind of owner you want to have as a fan of a team.

Bosoxfan5990 · 06-19-2025, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Scottish Punk

If he spends like he does with the Dodgers it will be good news for Laker fans. I don't think he would be worried about going into the second apron. Similar to the Warriors. I would expect some high profile signs/trades. His goal is to build a super team.

It's worked out well for Steve Ballmer.

hermanotarjeta · 06-19-2025, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Scottish Punk

If he spends like he does with the Dodgers it will be good news for Laker fans. I don't think he would be worried about going into the second apron. Similar to the Warriors. I would expect some high profile signs/trades. His goal is to build a super team.

I would have even more respect for him if he is wise enough to cut ties with the teams’s aging superstar.

JustinVerlander07 · 06-19-2025, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Scottish Punk

Of course, but I don't think paying penalties is going to stop him like many other owners. That is what I am trying to get at.

I don't think the penalties scare the teams overall as much as all the restrictions that make going into the 2nd apron not responsible for more than a year.

boxbuster7 · 06-19-2025, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta

I would have even more respect for him if he is wise enough to cut ties with the teams’s aging superstar.

little early bro

ninjacookies · 06-19-2025, 10:04 PM

The only thing this move prompted me to do was perform a deep dive for Jeanie noodz.

Definitely worth.

Had no idea Phil was runnin that triangle offense decades after the Bulls disbanded.

MJ23Collector · 06-20-2025, 05:25 AM

Smart money getting out of the NBA?

Boo · 06-20-2025, 06:26 AM

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Smart money getting out of the NBA?

Yes, before the next CBA.

OKC Thunder fan · 06-21-2025, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Scottish Punk

If he spends like he does with the Dodgers it will be good news for Laker fans. I don't think he would be worried about going into the second apron. Similar to the Warriors. I would expect some high profile signs/trades. His goal is to build a super team.

2nd apron is not just a money restriction, there are hard rules/caps that can't be broken. It's completely different from baseball.

Imnottheonly · 06-21-2025, 11:54 AM

Shouldn't this actually read UAE buys the Lakers using Mark Walter as a proxy. NBA getting into the sports-washing business boys.

boxbuster7 · 06-21-2025, 02:03 PM

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Shouldn't this actually read UAE buys the Lakers using Mark Walter as a proxy. NBA getting into the sports-washing business boys.

do you have any proof for this claim?

Imnottheonly · 06-21-2025, 07:41 PM

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do you have any proof for this claim?

Surely its just coincidental timing but Mark Walter's TWG global got a $10 billion dollar capital investment from Mubadala Capital (a UAE sovereign wealth fund- state owned) and then 2 months later buys the Lakers.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...tment-Alliance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mubada...stment_Company

https://www.reddit.com/r/lakers/comm..._mark_walters/

https://www.investmentnews.com/alter...s-buyer/261006

And for clarity, no they don't own it but it is interesting that the NBA has a rule in place that limits sovereign wealth funds to no more than 5% minority ownership in an NBA franchise and then you have a very interestingly timed acquisition after a similar capital investment from a UAE state owned fund.

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