A prominent American sports administrator, Jeanie Marie Buss is a co-owner and promoter of the Women of Wrestling organization in the United States, and she also serves as president as well as controlling owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, an NBA team.

Recently over social media, Magic Johnson put up a heartful post for Jeanie Buss. He posted with a caption, “Your drive, determination, and winning mindset have equipped you to grow from a receptionist to one of the most powerful women in sports as the NBA’s first woman president and owner of the Los Angeles Lakers!”

He further wrote that Jeanie Buss is successfully heading the NBA team and her father must be proud and beaming with love. 

“You have successfully upheld the first-class Lakers’ legacy that your father and my mentor Dr. Jerry Buss created with such grace! It was an honor and pleasure to be able to work with you side by side fulfilling a dream of Dr. Buss.”

You can see the post here:

As you might know, Jeanie Marie Buss’s father, Gerald Hatten “Jerry” Buss died after the age of 80 in 2013. He was an American businessperson, investor, chemist, and philanthropist. He owned the Los Angeles Lakers. LA won eleven NBA championships, the most notable of which came in the 1980s as the Showtime Lakers on TV.

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How close were Magic Johnson and Jerry Buss, the legendary owner of the Los Angeles Lakers

Even though Magic Johnson’s Hall of Fame basketball career gets all the attention, he had a far more fruitful profession as a business owner after retiring from the game. 

In the 1980s, Magic signed a record-setting $25 million, 25-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, contributing to his substantial $39 million in earnings during his playing career. 

The bond between Magic and Buss extended much beyond that of a player-owner or possibly a business mentor. Buss is someone he considers a “second parent” and a close friend of his. 

“We just clicked,” Magic stated to Mike Trudell of NBA.com. “There was something about both of us. It wasn’t owner-player, it was two guys hanging out. I think he knew, with me being 20 and alone all the way from Michigan, he became a father figure to me.”

Jerry Buss called upon Magic as he lay dying in 2013 after a protracted battle with cancer. They sobbed and shared tales for five hours.

The five-time NBA champion Johnson considered Buss, “one of the finest owners in all of sports”. 

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