Byron Scott
Lakers Received Celtics Once more …
L.A. Sale ‘Beat Them By 3.9 Billion!!!’
Revealed
TMZSports.com
The Lakers’ rivalry with the Celtics apparently extends manner additional than the hardwood — as Byron Scott was all smiles on Thursday realizing the sale of L.A.’s NBA franchise this week topped Boston’s by practically $4 billion!!!
The previous Lakers participant and head coach was thrilled to see Jeanie Buss get $10 billion for her beloved workforce on Wednesday … fortunately gloating that it bested Boston’s $6.1 billion sale in March.
“That is all that issues,” Scott stated of the worth distinction with a giant grin. “We topped them. We topped them! We beat them by $3.9 billion!”
Scott, after all, is aware of the rivalry maybe higher than anybody on the planet — he performed for the Lakers for 11 years, then coached them for a handful through the 2010s as nicely. And, clearly, he is taking any edge over Boston he can get.
All jokes apart, Scott did say he was “extraordinarily completely satisfied” for the Buss household, whom he is identified for many years. He did admit, although, Jeanie’s resolution to promote did shock him slightly.
“Everyone knows on the finish of the day it’s a enterprise,” he stated. “And enterprise is all the time in enterprise to attempt to earn money. However I believe the Buss household has executed it proper for therefore a few years, led by Dr. Jerry Buss, who, in my thoughts, remains to be to at the present time the most effective proprietor I’ve ever seen in skilled sports activities.”
As for the workforce’s new proprietor, Mark Walter — Scott had no qualms with him … explaining Jeanie “would not think about promoting until she offered to any individual who she trusted and who she had quite a lot of religion in to proceed to hold on that Purple and Gold custom.”