Joey, left, and Jesse Buss (in black hat) attend a 2022 news conference in El Segundo introducing Darvin Ham as the Lakers’ new coach. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)An investment firm owned by the two youngest sons of late Lakers owner Jerry Buss has bought into the new ownership group of the San Diego Padres.Buss Sports Capital, which was started in September by Jesse and Joey Buss, joins a Padres ownership group that includes husband-and-wife controlling owners José E. Feliciano and Kwanza Jones. Although neither the team nor the firm supplied financial details of the deal, multiple media outlets are reporting that the Buss brothers’ stake in the Padres is around 5%.“We are honored to join Kwanza and José and have the opportunity to contribute to the future of a team that Jesse and I have loved since we were kids growing up in San Diego,” Joey Buss, 41, said in a statement. “Sports have always been a part of our family’s story, and great organizations have a unique ability to bring people together and create a lasting sense of community. …“The Padres are on the cusp of something special, and through Buss Sports Capital, we look forward to bringing our experience and perspective to the ownership group and doing our part to build on the strong foundation already in place.”Read more:Shaikin: Amid Dodgers’ uncertainty, Padres’ new owners promise to ‘win it all!’Like their four older siblings, Jesse and Joey Buss took part in the family business of running the Lakers. When the Buss family sold the controlling stake to Mark Walter for $10 billion last year, team governor Jeanie Buss told ESPN, the siblings were told their roles with the team wouldn’t change for five years. In November, however, Jesse and Joey Buss, as well as the rest of their siblings except for Jeanie, were let go by the Lakers. At the time of their dismissal, Jesse had been the team’s assistant general manager and Joey was vice president of research and development.Read more:Inside the Buss family’s long, painful history of sibling rivalries running the LakersEarlier this month, Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger agreed to buy the majority ownership of the Lakers from Walter for $12.5 billion. Soon after, ESPN reported that the Buss siblings had agreed to sell their remaining 17.8% stake in the team to Kushner and Iger. Jeanie Buss, however, sent a letter through her lawyer to attorneys representing some of her brothers stating that any votes to sell the family’s remaining stake should be considered void without the approval of all six siblings.The Padres are the first major acquisition for the brothers’ investment firm.Read more:Mark Walter flipped the Lakers for a record price. Did Bob Iger and Josh Kushner overpay?“Joey and I had the privilege of learning from our father and then spending nearly two decades building our own careers in professional basketball operations,” Jesse Buss, 38, said. “We saw firsthand what it takes to build a champions
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