The Los Angeles Lakers are heading into a crucial season after losing Dwight Howard and while executive vice president of business development Jeanie Buss thinks he father could have convinced Dwight to stay, she says the team will honor him this year in a ceremony.
According to the Orange County Register, Buss said that her father would be honored in January on the 28th against the Indiana Pacers at the Staples Center. Buss did not reveal any guests or a schedule of what would go down, but only that a ceremony would be happening at the game. Buss passed away in February 2013 and was essential to the team becoming the famous franchise it is today.
Buss helped make the team into a glamorous franchise for stars and added the Lakers girls, courtside seats as well as many other things that teams see as standard today. His daughter Jeanie has close ties to the team as executive vice president of business development, and he also is engaged to former Lakers coach Phil Jackson.