Jerry Buss and George Steinbrenner were winning owners -- and
the similarity ended there   Here's what I used to love about
covering an NBA Finals game at Jerry Buss' place.  Among the Los
Angeles Lakers pre-game notes and cold, hard statistics would be
a glittering list of the Hollywood types scheduled to be in
attendance that night. A starting lineup of stardom. Jack
Nicholson, et. al.  Showtime. Pat Riley directed it. Magic
Johnson led it. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored for it. Oscar winners
paid through their noses to watch it. But Buss owned it, lock,
stock and limos parked outside.  That's Dr. Jerry Buss, and we
can start right there with how unique this man was, because how
many other team owners can you name with a doctorate in
chemistry?  But there was more that set him apart. "The greatest
owner in the world," Magic Johnson called him in 2010 after the
Lakers finished off the Boston Celtics.  Greatest? That's a
tricky one. How do you measure, by sheer trophy tonnage? In that
case, it's a rout. His teams