Lakers' Sale To Kusher-Iger Came Together In Three Days

Bob Iger and Josh Kushner completed their $12.5 billion purchase of majority ownership in the Los Angeles Lakers from Mark Walter after a whirlwind three-day negotiation, Iger told the California Post. The deal emerged unexpectedly from separate expansion talks. Iger and Kushner had been pursuing ownership stakes in the NBA's potential Las Vegas expansion franchise when they learned last weekend that Walter might be open to selling his Lakers stake, which he acquired just over a year ago. "We...