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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver (L), Joshua Kushner (2nd-L) and Disney CEO Bob Iger (2nd-R) attend a US Open match at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 2, 2025, in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images/AFP)
August 13, 2026, 5:37 am
Jared Kushner’s brother, ex-CEO of Disney team up to buy LA Lakers for record $12.5b
Jewish businessmen Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger purchase the storied NBA squad a year after controlling stake was sold for $10b, say they want it to ‘compete at the highest level’
By jacob gurvis
Screenshot: Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law.
February 13, 2023, 2:19 pm
Israeli girl goes viral with thrilled reaction to LeBron James
Los Angeles Lakers star catches 12-year-old Gaia Kimchi by surprise when he sits next to her mid-game
By Harry Roper
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James celebrates after scoring to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer during the second half of a basketball game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Los Angeles, February 7, 2023. (AP/Mark J. Terrill)
February 8, 2023, 8:28 am
LeBron James breaks NBA all-time scoring record, surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Now-retired Laker in attendance to see James accumulate 38,388 points, breaking a record that he held for four decades
By Tim Reynolds
Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James (23) celebrates with his teammates after the Lakers defeated the Miami Heat 106-93 in Game 6 of basketball's NBA Finals Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
October 12, 2020, 7:49 am
Lakers top Heat to cap memorial season with 17th NBA championship
Less than a year after losing legend Kobe Bryant in helicopter crash, LA team takes first title since led by him a decade ago to finish off pandemic-interrupted season
By Tim Reynolds
Los Angeles Lakers forward Kobe Bryant gestures during the first half of his last NBA basketball game, against the Utah Jazz, on April 13, 2016, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
January 26, 2020, 10:04 pm
NBA legend Kobe Bryant, daughter perish in copter crash, 7 others dead
Police raise death toll to 9 after earlier saying 5 died; daughter Gianna, 13, also confirmed killed; tributes pour in with basketball world in shock over death of former Laker
By Greg Beacham and Mark J. Terrill
David Blatt of the Cleveland Cavaliers looks on during the first quarter against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden on December 15, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images via JTA)
April 26, 2016, 7:05 pm
Israeli-American coach Blatt said considered for Lakers post
ESPN lists ex-Cleveland Cavaliers coach as one of 10 potential candidates on the NBA team’s ‘long list’ to replace Byron Scott
By JTA
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