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Magic aka President of Basketball Operations, Mitch fired
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:13 pm
by Ckay
BREAKING: MAGIC JOHNSON NEW PRESIDENT OF THE LAKERS
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:14 pm
by DS17
Magic aka President of Basketball Operations
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:14 pm
by Laker_Kid
welp. no surprise there.
rejoice. jim is gone! sad to see mitch though.
all eyes on Magic and Jeanie now and what their first moves will be.
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Re: Magic aka President of Basketball Operations
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:15 pm
by xBlackMamba
Jim is finally gone! Is this a dream? Somebody pinch me!
Re: BREAKING: MAGIC JOHNSON NEW PRESIDENT OF THE LAKERS
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:17 pm
by Crooked-I
Los Angeles Lakers Governor Jeanie Buss announced today that the team has named Earvin "Magic" Johnson as President of Basketball Operations. In addition, General Manager Mitch Kupchak has been relieved of his duties, effective immediately. Furthermore, Jim Buss will no longer hold his role as Lakers Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations.
"Today I took a series of actions I believe will return the Lakers to the heights Dr. Jerry Buss demanded and our fans rightly expect," Jeanie Buss said. "Effective immediately, Earvin Johnson will be in charge of all basketball operations and will report directly to me. Our search for a new General Manager to work with Earvin and Coach Luke Walton is well underway and we hope to announce a new General Manager in short order. Together, Earvin, Luke and our new General Manager will establish the foundation for the next generation of Los Angeles Lakers greatness."
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH DANG
Re: BREAKING: MAGIC JOHNSON NEW PRESIDENT OF THE LAKERS
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:18 pm
by ak7
Thank god, get these bums outta here that wouldn't trade Brandon Ingram for a superstar.
Re: Magic aka President of Basketball Operations
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:18 pm
by MikeTheKid
Was not giving up Ingram in the Boogie Cousins trade the straw that broke the camels back?
Re: Magic aka President of Basketball Operations
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:18 pm
by RamonSessions7
Nothing pointing towards magic being better or even equal to Jim/mitch. For all the flack they got, they waited until we got some young pieces before blowing cap on vets (even if they were terrible signings), didn't draft okafor, etc.
Re: BREAKING: MAGIC JOHNSON NEW PRESIDENT OF THE LAKERS
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:19 pm
by Gus McCrae
Insert any type of dancing gif
Re: BREAKING: MAGIC JOHNSON NEW PRESIDENT OF THE LAKERS
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:20 pm
by MrWaffles
I TOLD YOU THIS WOULD HAPPEN
Re: BREAKING: MAGIC JOHNSON NEW PRESIDENT OF THE LAKERS
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:21 pm
by XtremeDunkz
This can only improve you guys. It can't get worse.I can't believe Ingram is what stopped you guys from getting Cousins.
Re: BREAKING: MAGIC JOHNSON NEW PRESIDENT OF THE LAKERS
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:22 pm
by DNP-Old
MrWaffles wrote:I TOLD YOU THIS WOULD HAPPEN
So did many posters. Don't hurt your arm patting yourself on the back...
Re: BREAKING: MAGIC JOHNSON NEW PRESIDENT OF THE LAKERS
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:23 pm
by dockingsched
Re: BREAKING: MAGIC JOHNSON NEW PRESIDENT OF THE LAKERS
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:26 pm
by Ckay
What the hell Jeanie is doing! John Black was awesome.
Re: BREAKING: MAGIC JOHNSON NEW PRESIDENT OF THE LAKERS
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:29 pm
by myersia
I think these decisions were made a while ago by Jeannie.
Re: BREAKING: MAGIC JOHNSON NEW PRESIDENT OF THE LAKERS
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:29 pm
by DS17
Ckay wrote:What the hell Jeanie is doing! John Black was awesome.
hahaha
Re: BREAKING: MAGIC JOHNSON NEW PRESIDENT OF THE LAKERS
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:30 pm
by Karmaloop
myersia wrote:I think these decisions were made a while ago by Jeannie.
Agreed. The only thing off seems to be the timing of this all.
Re: BREAKING: MAGIC JOHNSON NEW PRESIDENT OF THE LAKERS
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:31 pm
by dockingsched
myersia wrote:I think these decisions were made a while ago by Jeannie.
Decision was made at the latest the day Jeanie and magic had their public outing, but likely even before that. That they had to put out so much media interviews by magic and hit pieces by Jeanie and wait this long is inexcusable. You're 2 days before the deadline, why go through the song and dance they went through for the past couple of weeks?
Re: BREAKING: MAGIC JOHNSON NEW PRESIDENT OF THE LAKERS
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:32 pm
by RamonSessions7
dockingsched wrote:Well that's sucks:
Not to sound ignorant, but what did John Black do that us fans would've noticed?
Re: BREAKING: MAGIC JOHNSON NEW PRESIDENT OF THE LAKERS
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:32 pm
by DS17
dockingsched wrote:myersia wrote:I think these decisions were made a while ago by Jeannie.
Decision was made at the latest the day Jeanie and magic had their public outing, but likely even before that. That they had to put out so much media interviews by magic and hit pieces by Jeanie and wait this long is inexcusable. You're 2 days before the deadline, why go through the song and dance they went through for the past couple of weeks?
maybe the ingram situation really ticked em off