A new Netflix comedy series starring Kate Hudson, Running Point, is based on the life of L.A. Lakers' president Jeanie Buss, who inherited the team from her flamboyant father and had to contend with her brothers in the front office.

The Lakers' trade for Luka Doncic is the kind of move that will shape Jeanie Buss' organization into the future — and it’s the kind of trade she thinks her father would’ve made.

If the story sounds familiar, it’s because there appears to be some similarities to real-life Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss. Jeanie Buss became the president and owner of the NBA team after her father,

Beyond praising GM Rob Pelinka for how he handled negotiations of the stunning deal that she says would have made her father proud, Buss also credits first-year coach JJ Redick for the job he is

Lakers owner Jeanie Buss is proud of how tight-lipped her team remained in the days prior to the official announcing of franchise’s trade for Luka Doncic from the Mavericks, simply for the sake of the team’s development.

Jeanie Buss's net worth is close to a billion as the controlling owner and president of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers. She took on the role in 2013.