Jeanie Buss reiterated this week that Jim Buss is on a timeline to turnaround the Los Angeles Lakers.

Jim Buss is president of basketball operations for the Lakers and Jeanie Buss has previously said the team needs to make a deep run in the playoffs within three years (2017) or he would be out of that position.

"Yeah, absolutely," Buss said. "This is my job. I'm part-owner of the team, but I'm also the president. The Buss family is the majority owner but we have other partners as well who are also shareholders, and I have an obligation to them. Would I make those changes? Yes. My brother understands that we have to continue to strive for greatness, and I think he would be the first one to feel that he would need to step down if he can't get us to that point."

Jeanie Buss said the basketball operations staff has total control over its decisions and that she has "empowered" the staff to make those decisions.

"I don't interfere in the decisions that they make regarding players," she said.