Jerry West’s Son Ryan Carries Lakers’ Past into the Future as Key Scout for LA

LOS ANGELES — A lot has been said about the family business lately.

The Los Angeles Lakers are a family business in more ways than that one, though.

That understanding, along with an unwavering in-house pride in the Lakers brand, washes over you if you sit in the small office shared by two of the sons with famous last names doing an awful lot of grunt work. In the even smaller office next door is Bill Bertka, 86, in his 33rd consecutive year with the Lakers.

Whether you're a Buss, a West or a Bertka, it is a very real thing to be part of the Lakers family.

With the team about to post its single worst...

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