Henry Abbott A lot of the biggest sports deals today come from people who are incredibly close to Michael Milkenthese skyrocketing team valuations come in no small part from this crew And Milken's key skill at Drexel was finding this kind of money that other banks didn't want to touch

PTFO Before Mark Walter sold the Lakers he bought the Dodgers Then came a 350000000 deal with Magic Johnson and a hidden web of loans and deals with each other covertly allowing Magic to build most of his wealth and become a billionaire

Pablo Torre Finds Out Clippers had significant influence over Daktronics when the scoreboard-maker faced financial periland when Aspiration owed Kawhi After studying earnings calls Sam Koppelman says the relationship for Daktronics might have been the greatest endorsement deal of all time

Pablo Torre and Stavros Halkias discuss the sports bubble with Stavros arguing that private equity is ruining sports franchises If they destroy the Lakers guys with Kobe back tattoos are going to start fucking like the proletariat revolution

McMenamin Bog Iger is a guy that fans will enjoy He has a very genuine presence to him He knows basketball One of his sons worked for the Spurs Hes very good friends with Chris Paul He will be a very good active participant in this process and someone that Lakers fans can gravitate towards

Bill Simmons One of the things I was fascinated by was 'Why did they let this guy buy the team Why let El Cheapo Tom Dundon get in there' Apparently they only had two offers for the Portland Trail Blazers sale I just don't think they had a lot of people that wanted to buy in

Shaq Jerry West met me in a hotelHe said I cant get you to 150 million you asked for but I can get you 120 million and I got some movie deals signed up for you thatll come out to about 180 million'