Everything we know so far about shocking sale of Los Angeles Lakers: Why now? Potential impacts?

Nobody saw this coming.When the Buss family sold their majority stake in the Lakers 14 months ago — ending 46 years of being a family-run business — it didn't come out of nowhere.

There had been speculation for years that as the deep pockets needed to run a competitive major American sports franchise grew, the Buss family had no choice but to consider this option, and Dodger owner Mark Walter already owned 27% of the team (and had first right of refusal on any sale).Now, just 14 months later, Walter is flipping the Lakers and selling them to Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger at a valuation of $12.5 billion.

The suddenness of the sale caught the league off guard and leads to a lot of questions.

Here's what we know so far.NBC Sports had been told that Kushner and Iger were seriously involved in the bidding for a potential expansion team in Las Vegas (though not necessarily the frontrunner).

That massive expense — an expansion fee expected to be at least $7 billion but likely higher —…

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