2018-19 Transaction Thread

[ojandpizza]

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Magic Johnson stepped down as Lakers president.


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[ojandpizza]

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And I wonder if that means “stepped down” or was given a choice.

“Since taking over as president of the Lakers, Magic Johnson never fully committed to the job. Often he was traveling and away from the team. His office hours were limited. He didn't do a lot of scouting. Running an NBA team takes a tremendous commitment of time and energy.” - Woj

This coming off reports saying Magic and Luke haven’t had a conversation in weeks. Reports of players rolling their eyes at him during the post trade deadline meeting. LeBron not liking that Magic said “we don’t want Cleveland all over again”, and the fact that his moves haven’t been all that great either aside from Bron who was coming anyway.


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Coaching staff about to be fired too

[ojandpizza]

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Coaching staff about to be fired too

With no Magic still? I thought he was really the only one who didn’t like Luke.


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[jeebs9]

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Coaching staff about to be fired too

Your know I think Luke did an ok job. I know he's getting the bad wrap here. But I think he still has a future in this league.

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[King_B_Mack]

2018-19 Transaction Thread

Dude apparently Magic didn’t even tell Jeanie

From Woj:

Lakers coaching staff fully expected to be fired in hours after the final game of the season. They had believed they were gone for months. Now? Magic quits in public, saying he's too scared to tell Jeanie Buss face-to-face. What an embarrassing episode for a historic franchise.

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[jeebs9]

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I know ya hate hearing what my wife said lol. But she's like LeBron is going to ask for a trade. And he's going to the Warriors

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[areobee401]

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Pat Riley to LA rumors already making the rounds on social media.

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Magic stepped down without telling Jeannie, Rob or anybody else and holds a press conference impromptu


Lavar Ball: Magic is not in charge, he's just a face


Jim Buss:



Real Lakers fans:

[jeebs9]

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Pat Riley to LA rumors already making the rounds on social media.

Already LMAO [emoji23][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji24]

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[ojandpizza]

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If everything Magic is saying is to be believed apparently a lot of this had to do with him not being able to mentor other players or communicate with players outside of the Lakers without being made out to look like the bad guy and hit with tampering.. He referenced being a mentor to Serena Williams, the Ben Simmons situation, and him not being able to go and attend D-Wade's last game. Said he had more fun as an ambassador who could freely do all of that stuff.

What a mess lol.

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Frye Festival Lakers

[jeebs9]

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If everything Magic is saying is to be believed apparently a lot of this had to do with him not being able to mentor other players or communicate with players outside of the Lakers without being made out to look like the bad guy and hit with tampering.. He referenced being a mentor to Serena Williams, the Ben Simmons situation, and him not being able to go and attend D-Wade's last game. Said he had more fun as an ambassador who could freely do all of that stuff.



What a mess lol.

I'm now hearing David Griffin should be hired lol.

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[ojandpizza]

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I'm now hearing David Griffin should be hired lol.

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Everyone that has an opening should be after him IMO.. Dude is a genius.

[OSUFan_88]

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LMFAO the Lakers are ****ed. People defended them because they all thought Magic had 2019 in the bag.

Now? Bron is stuck and he's stuck with young players he doesn't want to play with. Good luck with that drama machine.