Jeanie Buss is confident in the future of the Lakers after selling the majority stake in the team for $10 billion and striking the largest sale ever of a U.S. pro sports franchise.

Lakers fans Thursday were adjusting to a future without full Buss family control after Jeanie Buss confirmed the storied NBA team’s record-setting $10 billion sale to businessman Mark Walter. Buss released a statement Wednesday announcing the sale of majority ownership to Walter,

The Buss family has owned the Lakers since 1979, when the late Dr. Jerry Buss purchased them from previous owner Jack Kent Cooke. Dr. Buss' daughter, Jeanie Buss, who has been their governor for many years, issued a statement on the transaction on Wednesday.