Byron Scott
Lakers Obtained 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 almost $4 billion!!!
The previous Lakers participant and head coach was thrilled to see Jeanie Buss get $10 billion for her beloved crew on Wednesday … fortunately gloating that it bested Boston’s $6.1 billion sale in March.
“That is all that issues,” Scott stated of the value 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 properly. And, clearly, he is taking any edge over Boston he can get.
All jokes apart, Scott did say he was “extraordinarily glad” for the Buss household, whom he is identified for many years. He did admit, although, Jeanie’s choice to promote did shock him just a little.
“Everyone knows on the finish of the day it’s a enterprise,” he stated. “And enterprise is at all times in enterprise to attempt to earn a living. However I believe the Buss household has achieved it proper for therefore a few years, led by Dr. Jerry Buss, who, in my thoughts, continues to be to at the present time one of the best proprietor I’ve ever seen in skilled sports activities.”
As for the crew’s new proprietor, Mark Walter — Scott had no qualms with him … explaining Jeanie “would not contemplate promoting except she bought to any person who she trusted and who she had a whole lot of religion in to proceed to hold on that Purple and Gold custom.”
