Cyder
Justin
100% spot on.
As a Lakers fan, I have seen both extremes in the past 5 or so years. When Dr. Buss was alive, the Lakers were never without a plan which is why they had all of the success they had under his ownership. The difference between Dr. Buss and the Knicks owner is that Dr. Buss was smart enough to know what he didn't know, hired the right people and got out of their way.
Then Short Buss took over, thought he was the smartest guy in the room, actually got rid of some of the people his Dad had hired and his plan basically consisted of: "Free agents will line up to sign with us because we're the Lakers and Hollywood is here".
Now, with Jeanie, Magic and Pelinka, the Lakers have gone a good ways towards cleaning up the mess Short Buss left and actually seem to have a viable plan.
Dr Buss knew what he had in Jerry West and didn't let his ego (Jerry Jones, I'm looking at you) get in the way of a superior executive running the day to day and evaluating talent.