She said the heartbreak must end now, and the basketball operations folks must be the ones to end it. “This last year was extremely disappointing … it was hugely disappointing,” she said. “I feel like we let down Laker fans, and don’t want to do that again, and we’ve got to get it right.” There is a dizzying number of people contained in that “we.” “I’m a collaborator, that’s my nature, as opposed to a sole decision maker,” said Buss.