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The Lakers Sale Wasn’t a Trade. It Was A Title
Mark Walter bought the Lakers for $10 billion. Ten months later, he sold them for $12.5 billion. The math is clean. The story underneath it isn’t. The Number Everyone’s Repeating $2.5 billion. That’s the headline gain, and it’s real. Walter closed on a controlling stake in the Lakers on October 30, 2025, at a $10…