Lakers Owner Hospitalized with Cancer
By Dawn Megli
Thursday, February 14, 2013 | 5:38 p.m. PST
The Lakers have won 10 NBA titles since Buss bought the team in 1979.
Multiple team personnel accompanied the 79-year-old to the intensive care unit, the Los Angeles Times reported. Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar visited him while other players wished him well over the phone.
As owner, Buss has presided over ten NBA titles. He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010, according to Sports Illustrated.
Buss has owned the Lakers since 1979.
