NBA insiders are eyeing improvements from the Los Angeles Lakers' management and their spending habits following the team's reported sale by the Buss family.

The Los Angeles Lakers are the talk of the NBA world, as they are being sold for an astronomical price of $10 billion to Mark Walters.

This is the real takeaway from the sale. The days of an NBA team as a family-run operation — especially where the team is the primary source of income, as it was for the Buss children — are gone. Big-time professional sports are now an investment for the ultra-wealthy.