Magic Johnson Turned Down Job Offers From Warriors, Pistons, Knicks

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Wed Sep 13, 2017 3:56 pm

Magic Johnson received several job offers to work for a team before taking the Los Angeles Lakers' job in 2017.

“I turned down three jobs. My good friends Peter [Guber] and Joe [Lacob], they bought the Golden State Warriors. They came to me, ‘I want you to be an owner, a partner with us.’ I said ‘No, I’m a Laker.’ My friend bought the Detroit Pistons, Tom Gores, and a Michigan State Guy. ‘Come on home It’d be a great story.’ ‘I can’t, I’m a Laker.’ I could’ve owned other teams,” Johnson said.

Johnson is also believed to have turned down multiple opportunities to run the New York Knicks.

Via ESPN (via Drew Garrison/Silver Screen & Roll

tiderulz · Post #2 » by **tiderulz** » Wed Sep 13, 2017 4:31 pm

we get it, you were in demand.

couchie · Post #3 » by **couchie** » Wed Sep 13, 2017 6:29 pm

glad you didn't come to the warriors. Jacob is enough. Don't need people in the front office bigger than the team.

xJumpManx · Post #4 » by **xJumpManx** » Wed Sep 13, 2017 7:43 pm

The Pistons meeting went something like this.

Pistons: We would like you to work for the Pistons, Magic.

Magic: One incurable disease is enough thank you.

BKlutch · Post #5 » by **BKlutch** » Wed Sep 13, 2017 7:47 pm

Magic didn't want to work for Dolan. What a shock.

dice · Post #6 » by **dice** » Wed Sep 13, 2017 8:31 pm

BKlutch wrote:Magic didn't want to work for Dolan. What a shock.

dolan wanted a big name that doesn't necessarily know anything about building a winner. what a shock

ChokeFasncists · Post #7 » by **ChokeFasncists** » Wed Sep 13, 2017 8:42 pm

No surprise there

Treehouse F · Post #8 » by **Treehouse F** » Wed Sep 13, 2017 8:50 pm

Could be wrong. And I'm willing to be held morbidly responsible

Asking you to invest your money...quite the opposite of being offered a job/having an organization invest money in YOU.

I believe less of what Magic says, the more he name drops. Its cost us money last time...stop it

malgus · Post #9 » by **malgus** » Wed Sep 13, 2017 9:11 pm

Magic Johnson also turned down job offers from the Bush League, darts conglomerate and National Water Polo Association.

Bakuto · Post #10 » by **Bakuto** » Wed Sep 13, 2017 9:12 pm

xJumpManx wrote:The Pistons meeting went something like this.

Pistons: We would like you to work for the Pistons, Magic.

Magic: One incurable disease is enough thank you.

Unnecessary hate.

delsol650 · Post #11 » by **delsol650** » Wed Sep 13, 2017 10:53 pm

What's the point of talking about this? Your the GM of the Lakers, did you want a cookie or a pat on the back or something?

Thank god you didn't get the Dubs GM or we probably wouldn't have gotten 2 championships in 3 years and 3 straight finals appearances.

E86 · Post #12 » by **E86** » Fri Sep 15, 2017 6:35 am

Phil Jackson was still the president of the Knicks when Magic Johnson was hired to run the Lakers. I don't understand why the Knicks are mentioned in this news story at all, it's just a sentence on the bottom of an article that speculates he turned down an offer. Looks like realgm follows the ESPN tradition of mentioning the Knicks for no reason for clicks.