Jesse Buss addressed the Los Angeles Lakers' decision to fire him and his brother, Joey, from their positions in the front office, saying he wasn't caught off guard by the move.
The Lakers also dismissed most of their scouting staff Thursday, following a decade in which the Buss brothers served as team scouts.
Jesse revealed that there had been a disconnection between himself and the Lakers' primary stakeholders, his sister and longtime owner Jeanie Buss, and president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka.