"Walter, the controlling owner of the Dodgers, purchased majority ownership of the Lakers for a $10-billion evaluation and has started a transition from the Buss family ownership by having Zaidi and Friedman become more involved. Zaidi is an advisor with Guggenheim and he was the former president of baseball operations with the San Francisco Giants and a former Dodgers general manager. He also has been consulting with the Sparks, another team that Walter owns."
"Friedman is the president of baseball operations for the Dodgers and has overseen a team that has won three World Series titles in the last six years. Both are known in the baseball world as executives who rely on analytics. The Lakers have been known as having a weak analytics department, so Zaidi and Friedman will play a role in improving that."
Mark Walter bought majority ownership of the Lakers for a $10-billion valuation and began transitioning control from the Buss family by naming Farhan Zaidi and Andrew Friedman advisors. Zaidi is a Guggenheim advisor, former San Francisco Giants president of baseball operations and former Dodgers general manager; he has consulted with the Sparks. Friedman is the Dodgers' president of baseball operations and helped oversee three World Series titles in six years. Both emphasize analytics to strengthen the Lakers' analytics capability. Friedman has engaged with Rob Pelinka. The Lakers dismissed Joey and Jesse Buss and several scouts. Walter previously held a 27% minority stake bought in 2021 with Todd Boehly.
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