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Bob Iger once found it hard to root for the Lakers. Now he owns them.

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The former Disney boss, together with Joshua Kushner, was among the suitors for an NBA team in Las Vegas. A last-minute pivot landed them the Lakers.

Former Disney CEO Bob Iger in Anaheim, Calif., in 2024.Jesse Grant / Getty Images for Disney file

Aug. 12, 2026, 8:27 PM EDT / Updated Aug. 12, 2026, 8:28 PM EDT

By Andrew Greif

NBA guard J.J. Redick could have opened the 2021 podcast he hosted by introducing his guest in any number of ways. As chief executive of Disney until he stepped down in 2020, Bob Iger had been the longtime leader of one of the world’s largest entertainment companies and one of the biggest players in all of Hollywood.

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