April 10, 20196 yr https://www.google.com/amp/www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26482680/magic-stepping-lakers-president%3fplatform=amp
April 10, 20196 yr 20 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said: They need a guy who is a true Big Baller to take his place. Lavar will speak this into existence.
April 10, 20196 yr Hilarious. I unironically hope the Clippers take over LA for the next 30 years. Just as long as they dont win a 'ship
April 10, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, UTDD said: Wow, what a mess the Lakers are right now. Would you say they.....have aids?
April 10, 20196 yr Has there ever been a bigger attention whore than Magic? He does an hour-long press conference on this before he has even told his boss, on the night that Dirk and Wade are playing their last home games. LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!
April 10, 20196 yr 13 hours ago, Surly Bevo said: Battling HIV is tough work That is what it looked like to me watching his press conference. I think the disease has progressed, he looked sick and sad, like he had been given really bad news. Edited April 10, 20196 yr by HtownHorn
April 10, 20196 yr 13 hours ago, UTDD said: Wow, what a mess the Lakers are right now. 13 hours ago, Zavala said: Hilarious. I unironically hope the Clippers take over LA for the next 30 years. Just as long as they dont win a 'ship I’d love to see the Clippers win a title just to increase “Lakers fan’s” misery.
April 10, 20196 yr Earv is a complete buffoon. Lazy, unprofessional and zero persistence. Guy quits as soon as he comes up against any form of resistance - nba coach, tv host, now nba exec -- shit gets the slightest bit difficult and he leaves. Looks like a mess in the moment, but this is the best possible outcome for the Lakers organization. Plus they'll still have access to his wildly insightful Twitter takes.
April 10, 20196 yr I have reserved comment on this as my focus was on the UCLA HC situation. But I think this is a really good thing. I have no doubt that Magic's heart has always been in the right place with this, but he just doesn't have the experience or the makeup to do this job. We need a long-standing seasoned pro to run the front office. Pelinka had no experience prior to this either. To put this franchise in the hands of newbies was a major mistake. Bring in Griffin, blow Pelinka out (he has his share of enemies in the league) and let the pros do what they do.
April 10, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, TommyGufano said: Guy quits as soon as he comes up against any form of resistance - nba coach, tv host, now nba exec -- shit gets the slightest bit difficult and he leaves. Would have been nice if one of the reporters had brought this up in the press conference, but they were too busy lobbing softballs and laughing.
April 10, 20196 yr If only there had previously been someone in the Lakers' front office who knew how to actually run a franchise. Someone like, I don't know, Jerry West.
April 10, 20196 yr Didn’t he say he would leave in 2 years if they were striking out on free agents? I know Lebron went there but he was probably going to LA regardless. Magic hasn’t really done anything except tamper with signed players. I don’t think this should be a surprise to anyone based on what he said when he took the job. Edited April 10, 20196 yr by Jhawk
April 10, 20196 yr Earv is a complete buffoon. Lazy, unprofessional and zero persistence. Guy quits as soon as he comes up against any form of resistance - nba coach, tv host, now nba exec -- shit gets the slightest bit difficult and he leaves. Looks like a mess in the moment, but this is the best possible outcome for the Lakers organization. Plus they'll still have access to his wildly insightful Twitter takes.You may be right when it comes to basketball endeavors but he has been excellent in the business world. He started his movie theater chain, owned more than 100 Starbucks, several Burger Kings and 24 Fitness franchises. The vast majority of these in “urban” locales. Reportedly worth around $650 million.
April 10, 20196 yr Last guy that "slams" Magic Johnson got AIDS. So beware Sterling, you don't look like you can handle so much as a sniffle.
May 20, 20196 yr Dude, make it stop! I can’t take this pleasure anymore! Just kidding. This just keeps getting better and better. I can’t wait for the inevitable “Lebron wants out” rumors.
May 20, 20196 yr Also, I hope everyone finds it as hilarious as me that Anthony Davis wants to leave the Pelicans and join this shit show.
May 20, 20196 yr 49 minutes ago, Kermit said: Also, I hope everyone finds it as hilarious as me that Anthony Davis wants to leave the Pelicans and join this shit show. Ingrown unibrow affecting his thinking.
May 20, 20196 yr I'm not sure how the Lakers could have hired a guy with a worse reputation than Rob Pelinka. He's known for two things: (1) being Kobe's agent and (2) the Carlos Boozer / Cleveland bullshit handshake fiasco. People in the league still have major hard feelings over that. Nobody trusts him. Half the GMs in the league won't take his phone calls, allegedly. I find it the least surprising thing ever that he did Magic that way. What a joke.
May 20, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, Kermit said: Dude, make it stop! I can’t take this pleasure anymore! Just kidding. This just keeps getting better and better. I can’t wait for the inevitable “Lebron wants out” rumors. Honestly, I would be OK with trading him. I don't see this team doing anything of significance in terms of free agency, and trading everything away to get AD would end disastrously. The haul you could get for LeBron from a team that is close would be immense, I would figure. It would mean a few more years of wandering the desert, but in this town it's championship or bust, and I don't see championship happening.
May 20, 20196 yr Everything is fine. Word on the street is that insisting on having Jason Kidd on the staff was to make them the favorites to land Giannis in 2021.* Book it! *I'm not shitting you, that's what people are talking about out here.
May 20, 20196 yr 27 minutes ago, aggie08 said: Everything is fine. Word on the street is that insisting on having Jason Kidd on the staff was to make them the favorites to land Giannis in 2021.* Book it! *I'm not shitting you, that's what people are talking about out here. good grief
May 20, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, aggie08 said: Magic has never had much problem kicking guys on their way out, has he? Seems like it. What a mess out in Los Angeles. I'd rate Jerry Buss as maybe one the best owners the NBA has ever had, and now the organization looks fairly dysfunctional. I tend to believe personally that it is probably true that Pelinka is an opportunistic scumbag and took advantage of his situation to try and take out Magic, but I also tend to believe that some of what he was saying (work ethic about Magic) was also true.
May 21, 20196 yr Jennie Buss needs to get her shit in order. also she's damn hot and I appreciate her posing for playboy
May 21, 20196 yr Anyone that ever saw magic on his talk show knows he's not the brightest tool in the shed. I honestly thought he was there at the Lakers just as a public figure to trot out on TV and try to attract free agents. I had no idea he had any actual basketball or business related duties.
May 21, 20196 yr 3 minutes ago, dingleberryswitzer said: Anyone that ever saw magic on his talk show knows he's not the brightest tool in the shed. I honestly thought he was there at the Lakers just as a public figure to trot out on TV and try to attract free agents. I had no idea he had any actual basketball or business related duties. and that's the beauty of it.
May 21, 20196 yr 37 minutes ago, dingleberryswitzer said: Anyone that ever saw magic on his talk show knows he's not the brightest tool in the shed. I honestly thought he was there at the Lakers just as a public figure to trot out on TV and try to attract free agents. I had no idea he had any actual basketball or business related duties. Exactly. No sympathy at all for him. Yeah, it seems like Rob is a mega douche, but Magic was the President of Basketball Operations for the Lakers...of course dudes want your job. And if you're not putting in the work and resting on being able to say, "I'm Magic Johnson," you're gonna get got. His defenders repeat over and over again what a great people person he is, how his smile lights up every room...but you never hear the words "professional" or "classy."
May 21, 20196 yr Lakers being a complete shit show? Magic going on ESPN and trashing everyone? Jeanie is the dumbass we all knew that she was? You hired fucking Kobe's agent to be your GM and he's still there???
May 21, 20196 yr Anyone that ever saw magic on his talk show knows he's not the brightest tool in the shed. I honestly thought he was there at the Lakers just as a public figure to trot out on TV and try to attract free agents. I had no idea he had any actual basketball or business related duties. Magic didn’t know he had those duties either.
May 21, 20196 yr 12 hours ago, dingleberryswitzer said: Anyone that ever saw magic on his talk show knows he's not the brightest tool in the shed. I honestly thought he was there at the Lakers just as a public figure to trot out on TV and try to attract free agents. I had no idea he had any actual basketball or business related duties. He apparently didn't even know he had an office.
May 21, 20196 yr So from what I gather, Magic wanted to do an incredibly difficult and demanding full-time job on a part-time basis (Jeanie Buss said yeah no problem!) and yet retain all the power and decision-making responsibilities. And when Pelinka started going around saying, “hey what the fuck? we’re letting the guy who works 25 hours a week make head coaching decisions??” - Magic felt backstabbed and betrayed.
May 22, 20196 yr On 5/20/2019 at 11:22 AM, Mitch Cumsteen said: I'm not sure how the Lakers could have hired a guy with a worse reputation than Rob Pelinka. He's known for two things: (1) being Kobe's agent and (2) the Carlos Boozer / Cleveland bullshit handshake fiasco. People in the league still have major hard feelings over that. Nobody trusts him. Half the GMs in the league won't take his phone calls, allegedly. I find it the least surprising thing ever that he did Magic that way. What a joke. Yep. The issue is ownership. The Buss kids have or are proving they're clueless. They hire Pelinka because he's Kobe's boy. They hire Magic because he's Lakers royalty. They listen to Kurt Rambis and his wife because Jeannie likes to get mimosas with her. Yet, the power structure is convoluted and complicated...... yet, Jerry West (the smartest guy in the basketball room for 3 decades) isn't called and quietly is extended by the Clippers. smh. 19 hours ago, CurlyDumps said: So from what I gather, Magic wanted to do an incredibly difficult and demanding full-time job on a part-time basis (Jeanie Buss said yeah no problem!) and yet retain all the power and decision-making responsibilities. And when Pelinka started going around saying, “hey what the fuck? we’re letting the guy who works 25 hours a week make head coaching decisions??” - Magic felt backstabbed and betrayed. Ugly Rob Lowe is an idiot though.... so you have a part-timer who knows basketball and a full timer who everyone hates and doesn't know much basketball. It's the best of both worlds!
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