How Mark Walter Plans to Modernize the Lakers, and How Rob Pelinka Might React

Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers · May 21, 2026 · 36m

Perhaps the most significant difference between this offseason and the last half-decade of offseason isn't the pressure to improve -- although that's a pretty big factor -- it's the change in ownership.

It's the first where a member of the Buss family isn't a primary owner of the team. And under Mark Walter, there is an expectation that the way the team operates is going to change significantly. In a story for Yahoo on Wednesday, voices around the baseball and hoops worlds commented on the antiquated nature of the Lakers, and what it'll take to move them into the present day. Interestingly…