The Los Angeles Lakers are the talk of the NBA world, as they are being sold for an astronomical price of $10 billion to Mark Walters.

Now that the Buss family is selling a majority share of the Lakers, it could be bad news for the rest of the NBA.

This is the real takeaway from the sale. The days of an NBA team as a family-run operation — especially where the team is the primary source of income, as it was for the Buss children — are gone. Big-time professional sports are now an investment for the ultra-wealthy.