Could one broadcast channel and one streaming app for the Dodgers and Lakers become reality now that Mark Walter, the controlling owner of the Dodgers, is the new controlling owner of the Lakers?

Amidst a nonstop deluge of trade, draft and free-agency rumors, Slop SZN delivered a true bombshell on Wednesday: The Buss family is selling majority ownership of the Lakers to minority owner Mark Walter at a record-setting $10 billion valuation.

The tone was set for Walter’s tenure. Without the restrictions of a hard salary cap, the ownership group has supported a top-five payroll every season since 2013, leading the sport in spending in seven of those seasons. The Dodgers have also not missed the postseason since 2012. This is not a coincidence.