Thank you for being here.

Is is always wonderful to talk to you.

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And I got to tell you, you know, the men that are in the industry in the n.

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Any time the name Jeanie Buss comes up, it's It's with reverence and deference to such a degree.

Because of the phenomenal things that you've been able to accomplish and the relationships you've you've somehow cultivated throughout your illustrious career.

There's so many positive things they point to about you.

But when you look at yourself and what you've accomplished with the Los Angeles Lakers leading the Los Angeles Lakers organization being one of the board one of the governors in the NBA, if there's something that stands out about you, what do you believe?

That is because a lot of people say a lot of great things, But what do you believe it is about you?

Um you know, I I learned from my dad, Um that you you have to respect people.

Um uh, he was all about inclusion bringing people together.

He felt that the Lakers were an organization that that made a city like Los Angeles that has a history of divisiveness, that we could all come together under the purple and gold flag, and that's how I look at it.

A person in my position is to bring great, smart, talented people together and give them the opportunity, the platform, to be the best that they can be.

Because we can't just describe the success to Los Angeles.

You know, the Clippers are in Los Angeles for a long time now.

Zero championships with a bunch of good teams.

But as I mentioned earlier, three years after, you were kind of unfettered in your ownership of the team and making the decisions you wanted to make, as opposed to simply respecting your father's wishes about the way he hoped it would work.

Three years later, you win a championship, a championship in three years.

So how does that come together?

You know, I mean, uh, it's hard to win the championship.

I mean, I I am as surprised and pleased as everybody else.

Um, you know, really, What I couldn't understand was the previous front office, um, kind of strayed away from what Dr Buss had had made a successful formula.

And so I just restored the, you know, to the legacy that my dad left and that he wanted me to protect.

I like to say that, you know, my dad had his Children, but the Lakers were his baby, and I just I just went back to the way he did things.

And, you know, all the pieces come together.

It's the players on the court.

It's the coaches on the sidelines that that take it over the hump.

And I couldn't be more proud of the work that they did and the sacrifice they made to be in the bubble to to finish out the season that started, you know, literally a calendar year.

It was a full calendar year until from preseason, until we were crowned champions fair.

You know, it's it's We've got to be fair and be fair and and and give accolades where it's do.

We can talk about the great players.

We can talk about the great Magic Johnson.

Uh, I gotta give some some love to Rob Pelinka and the job that he has done.

I certainly listen.

Kobe used to tell me all the time about how much this man knew about basketball and what have you.

But there's no denying the job that Rob Pelinka has done with his stewardship over the franchise.

To some degree as well.

Can you talk about him and what he's meant to the Lakers organization and his time there?

Um, you know, he is a thoughtful leader.

He's somebody who knows the game.

But he also knows the personalities, given his background as not only a college basketball player championship player, but also, um, you know his time as an agent and knowing you know how players think and you know how to put together personality so that they all complement each other.

He knows how to fill out a roster.

He's a great leader.

I enjoy working with him so much, you know, he's done a great job.

Jeannie.

We've seen women take roles as officials in the NBA, also, the NFL.

We've seen them take assistant coaching positions.

When do you think we're going to see the first female head coach and also as a woman?

What do you want to see next in the world of sports?

You know, I when they I was celebrated as the first female governor to, you know, win an NBA championship.

My first reaction is I hope I'm not the last.

Um, you know, uh, certainly.

Like I said earlier, it was so much has changed in the 30 years that I've been in this business, and I don't see anything that would hold a woman back from being a coach of any male team.

And I like to kind of, uh, share a thought that Billie Jean King, my friend and mentor, talks about that.

How important it is to see women in a power position that women and tell people understand that women not only can leave women, but men as well.

Then we will finally have a female president of this country.

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