Jeanie Buss and Los Angeles Lakers Legends Talk Kobe Bryant and the Franchise's 'Legacy' (Exclusive)

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Los Angeles Lakers — including the recent lauded HBO series  — but now, Lakers president Jeanie Buss and several legends of the basketball dynasty are telling the story in their own words, in a new Hulu docuseries, .«I enjoyed hearing players talk about their experience as Lakers,» Buss reflected on the docuseries when she and some of the players featured sat down with ET this week. «Some of the players we traded away [talked about] what that felt like-- and it made it very personal and very human.

Those were things that I had never heard before.»The series, like Buss' legacy with the team, begins with her father, Jerry Buss, who purchased the Lakers in 1979 and immediately invigorated the franchise with the drafting of Earvin «Magic» Johnson and a 1980 NBA Finals win over the Philadelphia 76ers.

He also boosted the social side of the Los Angeles basketball scene, with the creation of his own nightlife hotspot, The Forum Club, and the court-side appeal of the infamous Laker Girls.«That's who he was,» said Antoine Fuqua, who directed the series. «He was a charming, handsome man.

He enjoyed life, he enjoyed people. You can't tell the story without showing who he was… it was a different era, right? He lived his life honestly, pretty open, and we all wish we could do that.»«He was the first to integrate entertainment and sports,» added Norm Nixon, who was on the Lakers when Buss purchased the team. «We ended up being a championship team and our style of play was entertaining, so the Forum just became the place… He was an owner that was not necessarily hands-on with the decisions — he allowed his people to do their job — but hands-on with us, as far as having a relationship, and I think that was a great part of his ownership.