The Lakers And The Buss Family Missteps

The Lakers And The Buss Family Missteps
SACRAMENTO, CA - NOVEMBER 21: Dwight Howard #12, Kobe Bryant #24, Metta World Peace #15, and Pau Gasol #16 of the Los Angeles Lakers stand together during a time out during their loss against the Sacramento Kings at Power Balance Pavilion on November 21, 2012 in Sacramento, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
SACRAMENTO, CA - NOVEMBER 21: Dwight Howard #12, Kobe Bryant #24, Metta World Peace #15, and Pau Gasol #16 of the Los Angeles Lakers stand together during a time out during their loss against the Sacramento Kings at Power Balance Pavilion on November 21, 2012 in Sacramento, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

There is really only one insurmountable problem for any sports fan — one problem that neither the fan nor the team itself can fix — and that is a bad owner. Bad players can be cut or traded. Bad coaches can be fired. Bad managers can be turfed out to their new careers as boring television announcers. Bad stadia can be torn down and new ones built — provided, of course, that the fans in question, in their other capacity as taxpayers, can be counted on to be such suckers that they shouldn't be allowed to tie their shoes. Bad weather can be handled with a roof. But there is no solution to a bad owner.

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