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After angering Stratechery’s Daman Rangoola in private about his JOY over Wednesday’s Lakers team sale, I decided to allow his grievances to be aired in public. Or at least behind this paywall. Beyond being highly informed about the tech world, Daman is a Laker obsessive, with ties to people in the know. And so we discussed topics including but not limited to…

* Was I improperly throwing cold water on Laker fan excitement?

* What’s up with the trend of hyped ownership changes going poorly?

* Did Mark Cuban negotiate a bad team sale price?

* How can Daman compliment Jeanie and be so damned thrilled?

* Is Luka Doncic an OWNER KILLER???

* End of NBA mom and pop shops

* What should even get improved by the new Lakers?

* Is Rob Pelinka guaranteed to be fired?

* Why does the NBA allow the interruption of its Finals with this stuff?

* Should the NBA overtly take over the WNBA?