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

Post #461 » by **Duke4life831** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:49 am

BodieB wrote:Good on Magic. That's why respect is due to the man.

I've lost respect for Magic in all of this. Clearly goes half ass into the job. Once it doesn't look like it's going to be an easy road he bails out without telling anyone. Jeanie Buss steps out and says she has full trust and confidence in him, then right away Magic calls for a press conference to step down without telling Jeanie. I don't respect that move at all.

BeatDaCavs420 · Post #462 » by **BeatDaCavs420** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:49 am

bondom34 wrote:

Read on Twitter

Ok April fools was 9 days ago Magic....RELAAAXXXX LMAOOOO :lol:

Tracymcgoaty · Post #463 » by **Tracymcgoaty** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:53 am

bargnanimvp wrote:
Tracymcgoaty wrote:
bargnanimvp wrote:I think it's naive to think part of it wouldn't also be the lebron situation, we had leaks recently of magic wanting to do things differently to how they played out but being forced by lebron into making moves. maybe it's not the key thing and lebron probably has nothing to do with magic leaving but you'd have to think he is part of magic's problems

This is what i think. Lebron had no problems dealing the core for AD which i was against.

Lebron gets blamed for trying to trade the core for a superstar. Plenty of fans were on board with it saying BI and ZO would never come close to AD's talent. It didn't happen so now it's up to Lebron to rebuild trust with his teammates.

Everything else is a Magic **** plenty of evidence that proves it before Lebron came.

well the rumors were also bron wanting rondo and lance and magic wanting more shooters around bron, fits with the other rumours bron wanted to do less ball handling in la.

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If agree with you that Lebron said he wanted to have less ballhandling duties..But i cant see Lebron picking out Rondo,Lance as the ones he was thinking of. There are plenty of players who can handle the ball and shoot the ball at an respectable level. But whatever we'll blame that on him aswell.

Still the majority of it is Magic being an absolute train wreck...There is no denying that.

Post #464 » by **dockingsched** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:53 am

Read on Twitter

This from a guy who routinely called for D’Antoni to be fired then tweeted this when MDA eventually stepped down

Read on Twitter

what a fraud

asas · Post #465 » by **asas** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:56 am

This makes me believe all the reports that Lebron hand-picked the roster like he always does. Looks like Magic wasn't very involved in his job.

Guest202 · Post #466 » by **Guest202** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:56 am

dakomish23 wrote:Doesn’t make any sense. Possible canary in the coal mine? Is Lebron about to dip???

Maybe or maybe he finally realized nobody really believed he was the smartest guy in the room (or all that smart in general). He was just a delusional figurehead — who thought he was a shot-caller. And tonight we clearly see he’s a shameless narcissist.

NyKnicks1714 · Post #467 » by **NyKnicks1714** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:57 am

Magic's best role in the NBA is being seen courtside and having Mark Jackson or Reggie Miller mention how great a player he was before they return to game action.

Tracymcgoaty · Post #468 » by **Tracymcgoaty** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:57 am

Duke4life831 wrote:
BodieB wrote:Good on Magic. That's why respect is due to the man.

I've lost respect for Magic in all of this. Clearly goes half ass into the job. Once it doesn't look like it's going to be an easy road he bails out without telling anyone. Jeanie Buss steps out and says she has full trust and confidence in him, then right away Magic calls for a press conference to step down without telling Jeanie. I don't respect that move at all.

Anybody who says what Magic did deserves respect..has absolutely no idea what respect is.

Antinomy · Post #469 » by **Antinomy** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:58 am

Good move by Magic tbh. Gets to step down before becoming a martyr for Lebron & goes back to being his own man.

I can imagine it being hard for a career entrepreneur to suddenly be accountable to a boss again.

mg · Post #470 » by mg » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:59 am

asas wrote:This makes me believe all the reports that Lebron hand-picked the roster like he always does. Looks like Magic wasn't very involved in his job.

I agree Lebron picked that roster or at the very least made some strong suggestions on who he wanted to play with.
I remember last season while still with the Cavs he was constantly harping about needing more ballhandlers.

jason bourne · Post #471 » by **jason bourne** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:59 am

Fail

He was fined for the largest tampering ever, made some questionable deals, and was negotiating in public for AD and ruined the morale of his young players. Even the way he resigned was a fail. He didn't have the courtesy and decency to let the owner know beforehand after she gave him a vote of confidence.

sule · Post #472 » by **sule** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:59 am

So now the Lakers are gonna need a few days/weeks to sort this mess out.

Then they'll have to hire a President of Basketball Operations.

Then he'll have to hire a GM.

And that guy will have to hire a new coach.

And this will be during the playoffs, when competing teams won't want their guys interviewing for jobs. So they'll have maybe a couple weeks before free agency begins for a new front office to put together a strategy for one of the biggest and best free agency pools ever, after their biggest selling point was "come play for Magic and learn the Lakers ways from him".

And on top of all that, they'll have to prepare for the draft, which will likely be a top 10 pick, so they can't just mess around. And besides LeBron, half the team is probably not coming back after their 1-year deals are over, and the other, younger half are probably disgruntled after being thrown under the bus by LeBron and Klutch.

Those are some murky waters to be paddling through.

Dupp · Post #473 » by **Dupp** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 4:02 am

Lol “ steps down”

NyKnicks1714 · Post #474 » by **NyKnicks1714** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 4:03 am

If I'm the Lakers I throw all the money I can at David Griffin to fill that position, then hire Juwan Howard as HC. These seem like no-brainers to me.

Jazz9 · Post #475 » by **Jazz9** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 4:04 am

"I have too much respect and love for Jeanie and the Lakers organization to treat them with common courtesy"

GildedState · Post #476 » by **GildedState** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 4:06 am

dockingsched wrote:

Read on Twitter

This from a guy who routinely called for D’Antoni to be fired then tweeted this when MDA eventually stepped down

Read on Twitter

what a fraud

More like a tool who always concede to the general opinion at the time

Post #477 » by **zimpy27** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 4:09 am

PHANTOMPHOENIX wrote:
Capn'O wrote:How is Shawn F Matian connected to the franchise?

His tweets are LIT right now.

Can someone answer this? I don't know if he is BSing or has inside information.

He's nobody.

nedleeds · Post #478 » by **nedleeds** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 4:16 am

That's 10 hours of his week he'll get back.

PhilBlackson · Post #479 » by **PhilBlackson** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 4:18 am

Kind of a weak way for Magic to end it tbh.

N8isScofield · Post #480 » by **N8isScofield** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 4:23 am

Damn. Dude has survived HIV for damn near 30 years but couldn't survive 1 year of LeBron.