Lakers Promote Jesse Buss
- Updated: September 13, 2015
The Lakers notified the media of a new hire yesterday. The Lakers have promoted the younger family member, Jesse Buss to an important position within the organization. Buss will become the team’s second assistant general manager, while he still holds his title of director of scouting.
That wasn’t the only hire though, they also announced the following, via the Los Angeles Times:
“As reported in August by The Times, Ryan West is now the Lakers’ director of player personnel, promoted from his role as assistant director of scouting.
Finally, assistant coach Clay Moser will additionally serve as director of basketball strategy.
Moser, heading into his fifth season with the organization, will work closely with the Lakers’ director of analytics, Yuju Lee, and associate director of analytics Aaron Danielson.”
Here’s some more interesting info from the situation:
“There’s a unique dynamic in play here as well, a two-year timeline agreed upon by Lakers governor Jeanie Buss and her brother, executive vice president of basketball operations Jim Buss, by which changes will be made in the front office if – as Jeanie told USA TODAY Sports last October – the team isn’t contending for a title again by the end of the 2016-17 season. And so, it seems, everyone’s putting their cards on the table in the name of turning things around.
“I understand that (need to share more regarding their internal structure),” said Kupchak, who is entering his 16th season as general manager. “We’re going to be judged on the product and whether we win or lose, but the last couple of years, we’re not winning. And our goal is going to remain to win games. But we do have to, I feel, we have to show our fans that we’re doing everything we can to get back to that spot. If that means sharing these inner workings of the organization moreso than we ever did, then we have to do that.”
Congrats and Welcome to the newest Buss, let’s make this a great season!
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