The Lakers’ rivalry with the Celtics apparently extends method additional than the hardwood — as Byron Scott was all smiles on Thursday realizing the sale of L.A.’s NBA franchise this week topped Boston’s by almost $4 billion!!!

The previous Lakers participant and head coach was thrilled to see Jeanie Buss get $10 billion for her beloved group on Wednesday … fortunately gloating that it bested Boston’s $6.1 billion sale in March.

“That is all that issues,” Scott stated of the value distinction with an enormous grin. “We topped them. We topped them! We beat them by $3.9 billion!”

Scott, after all, is aware of the rivalry maybe higher than anybody on the planet — he performed for the Lakers for 11 years, then coached them for a handful in the course of the 2010s as nicely. And, clearly, he is taking any edge over Boston he can get.

All jokes apart, Scott did say he was “extraordinarily comfortable” for the Buss household, whom he is identified for many years. He did admit, although, Jeanie’s determination to promote did shock him a bit.

“Everyone knows on the finish of the day it’s a enterprise,” he stated. “And enterprise is at all times in enterprise to attempt to earn a living. However I feel the Buss household has performed it proper for thus a few years, led by Dr. Jerry Buss, who, in my thoughts, remains to be to today the most effective proprietor I’ve ever seen in skilled sports activities.”