Shams: Magic Johnson steps down as Lakers President of Basketball Operations

Tracymcgoaty · Post #421 » by **Tracymcgoaty** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:15 am

LakerLegend wrote:
Jazz9 wrote:
XtremeDunkz wrote:Sorry but this is disgusting to listen to. Especially how chill he is about it.

Read on Twitter

Zero respect for what he calls a great organization
Zero accountability

He's just soooo glad he's out of the mess he created

There's more going on here than Magic is letting on. Something must have happened in that meeting with LeBron.

Lebron made him an offer he couldn't refuse..

Cue the Godfather theme.

azcatz11 · Post #422 » by **azcatz11** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:16 am

Daaaamn. I know I'm probably repeating previous posts but his self confidence is pretty interesting. You can probably write a case study on this in not giving AF. He clearly loves Jeanie and was terrified to tell her to her face which is all the more interesting to me.

Post #423 » by **Cactus Jack** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:17 am

XtremeDunkz wrote:Sorry but this is disgusting to listen to. Especially how chill he is about it.

Read on Twitter

That's so unbelievably unprofessional. The media is going to roast him. Quite frankly, he deserves it. Wow.

clyde21 · Post #424 » by **clyde21** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:18 am

Jazz9 wrote:
XtremeDunkz wrote:Sorry but this is disgusting to listen to. Especially how chill he is about it.

Read on Twitter

Zero respect for what he calls a great organization
Zero accountability

He's just soooo glad he's out of the mess he created

worst part is the media already spinning it saying 'he loves Jeannie too much to tell her to her face'...WTF?

MagicBagley18 · Post #425 » by **MagicBagley18** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:18 am

OdomFan wrote:Still a Laker for life. He gave it a shot then stepped away respectfully.

Def a laker for life and always will be....not sure quitting publicly to the media before informing your boss and not giving your co-worker a ringing endorsement is a respectful exit tho

TheGOATRises007 · Post #426 » by **TheGOATRises007** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:19 am

Lebron's decision to join the Lakers from a basketball point of view looks worse and worse with each passing day.

JoseRizal · Post #427 » by **JoseRizal** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:19 am

What I needed was a leader... ‘coz I can’t lead myself - Magic Man

Now, LeBron will be the first ever playing GM in the NBA... :lol:

Mister Ze · Post #428 » by **Mister Ze** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:20 am

Flash17 wrote:
Master Ze wrote:
Flash17 wrote:
A boss is an idiot for believing in her employees? You’re a moron.

Clearly you don’t know what you’re talking about . To say she has faith in him and to see him step down means she never fully spoke with him about his own commitment did she ?

Stay in school

Clearly you’ve never worked a real job or held an executive role in a company. Stay being a peasant.

Jeanie Buss went on record saying she believes in Magic yet he quits immediately after . From the ownership perspective does it look like she had a good grasp on what Magics future plan was ? Hell no.

You learned something today

TheBallsDeeper · Post #429 » by **TheBallsDeeper** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:20 am

Jazz9 wrote:
XtremeDunkz wrote:Sorry but this is disgusting to listen to. Especially how chill he is about it.

Read on Twitter

Zero respect for what he calls a great organization
Zero accountability

He's just soooo glad he's out of the mess he created

I don't think I have seen anything this unprofessional, in sport or 20 years working in large corporate organisations.
For a senior manager to resign without telling his boss and colleagues, it's not just a strange, it seems that something may be seriously wrong with him mentally.

An Unbiased Fan · Post #430 » by **An Unbiased Fan** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:21 am

Eddy_JukeZ wrote:Lebron's decision to join the Lakers from a basketball point of view looks worse and worse with each passing day.

Lebron is a big part of what's going on with LA.

Tracymcgoaty · Post #431 » by **Tracymcgoaty** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:21 am

MagicBagley18 wrote:
OdomFan wrote:Still a Laker for life. He gave it a shot then stepped away respectfully.

Def a laker for life and always will be....not sure quitting publicly to the media before informing your boss and not giving your co-worker a ringing endorsement is a respectful exit tho

What Magic did was so far removed from being respectful it's not even close. What would have been respectful is when he had the meeting with Jeanie he told her he wanted to resign that this wasn't for him. He wasn't up for the task. Jeanie went out to the media and said MAgic has stepped down for personal reasons or whatever. And maybe a personal note from Magic talking about how much he loves this franchise and that would be all. What we got instead was a reality tv show starring Magic Johnson.

clyde21 · Post #432 » by **clyde21** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:22 am

azcatz11 wrote:Daaaamn. I know I'm probably repeating previous posts but his self confidence is pretty interesting. You can probably write a case study on this in not giving AF. He clearly loves Jeanie and was terrified to tell her to her face which is all the more interesting to me.

i mean, that's what happens when you're worth more money than the owner/boss.

jc23 · Post #433 » by **jc23** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:22 am

Game of zones has a ton of material this year.

sule · Post #434 » by **sule** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:23 am

JoeBarryCaroll wrote:
NBAFan93 wrote:
coldfish wrote:PhilJax - Jeannie . . the reunion.

Come on. Let’s all be honest. Phil as GM would be just too good to pass up. Soooo much entertainment value.

lol.

Cleveland better not trade them their pick and Sexton for LeBron...that’s all I’m saying.

Pretty sure that Lebron is dead to Dan Gilbert and vice versa. They will play nice in public and Lebron may come back for a feel good, PR retirement wearing a Cleveland uniform but I highly doubt Lebron ever plays another meaningful basketball minute for Cleveland.

LeBron's also yet to play a meaningful minute of basketball for the Lakers too :lol:

MagicBagley18 · Post #435 » by **MagicBagley18** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:23 am

Tracymcgoaty wrote:
MagicBagley18 wrote:
OdomFan wrote:Still a Laker for life. He gave it a shot then stepped away respectfully.

Def a laker for life and always will be....not sure quitting publicly to the media before informing your boss and not giving your co-worker a ringing endorsement is a respectful exit tho

What Magic did was so far removed from being respectful it's not even close. What would have been respectful is when he had the meeting with Jeanie he told her he wanted to resign that this wasn't for him. He wasn't up for the task. Jeanie went out to the media and said MAgic has stepped down for personal reasons or whatever. And maybe a personal note from Magic talking about how much he loves this franchise and that would be all. What we got instead was a reality tv show starring Magic Johnson.

Haha I agree...just Didn’t wanna go back and forth

HEKTOR · Post #436 » by **HEKTOR** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:24 am

"Trust and loyalty" - yeah, good one Magic. Those aren't just words you can throw around - if you were trustworthy and loyal, you'd say it to the person that you're trustworthy and loyal to. What a jackass.
I see the media going easy on him too but I hope they don't, he doesn't deserve it.

Jazz9 · Post #437 » by **Jazz9** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:24 am

Even if he wanted to take the coward's way out, he should have just said I quit and that's it.
But no he went on to destroy his image and credibility by his damn self.

Pachinko_ · Post #438 » by **Pachinko_** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:25 am

I don't know how much of this is applicable to Magic specifically, but hearing him talk about how nice is his life without this crap makes me think what a huge shock to the system it must be for all these guys when they get an actual real job LOL
Even if to all of us it's just a fun job that is probably the dream of every middle aged American.

There's the fun part where you watch a lot of basketball and know all the secrets, but surely there must also be a part you have to look at powerpoints with numbers, sit in long meetings with lawyers, pick up your phone after hours etc, you know, stuff most of us do every day. Must've totally freaked him out LOL

ChiCitySPORTS#1 · Post #439 » by **ChiCitySPORTS#1** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:27 am

Man...that’s why you don’t do impromptu press conferences like that - you’ll sound like an idiot if you’re unprepared.

mg · Post #440 » by mg » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:27 am

Magic, klutch, Lebron, Pelinka all tried to cheat the system and steal AD. The Lakers had this coming...