[Charania] Magic steps down as President of Basketball Operations (*Walton gone)

[SparzWizard]

Everything is lining up for LeBron James.

LeBron James the starting SF for the Los Angeles Lakers
LeBron James the head coach
LeBron James the General Manager.

Soon, LeBron James will become the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers. Just ask Cleveland!

[hwangjini_1]

he came and done his damage ....screwed up the Lakers .....and in short order !

has not  talked,to,his coach Luke in 6 weeks ....what a great GM

what a jerk .

he has screwed up the Lakers worse than ever .....now he wants to run before the roof caves in ....he sees Lebron is finished .....roster is screwed up ....one mistake after another.

so, you are saying thank you to him??

[SparzWizard]

Hopefully, big-named free agent stars can see that the Lakers are a dysfunctional organization and do not go to them.

At least consider the Clippers.

[nickagneta]

Hope we can get a "Thank you Magic" chant going during the game 1 at the Garden this weekend. We should show our appreciation for his screwing up the Lakers so bad.

[CptZoogs]

Now it’s giving me more of a “Network” vibe...

[hwangjini_1]

it is hard to convey just how much i am enjoying this entire fiasco.

the lakers franchise is now going through what may be the most embarrassing moment in its entire history. magic johnson has completely failed and dragged the lakers down with him.

he apparently is as bad at quitting his job as he was at doing his job.

life. is. good.

[slamtheking]

Lakers were a bigger disaster for Magic than his talk show.   

[SHAQATTACK]

LA had it coming

there has to be some smart , trust worthy people in every organization .

TOO many foxes in the hen house.   

The owner is too blame , she thought she knew more than people who had run the Lakers for 15 years .  So she threw out the honest people insert low life .   She is a ding bat .   

[liam]

That's what happens when you through out Jerry West. The Clippers seem to be doing well!

[csfansince60s]

The Fakers dumpster fire is not ALL on Magic.

Jeannie Buss MADE Magic take Ball. Otherwise AD is already a Faker traded for Tatum and Magic stays.

LeToxic and Rich Paul think they are the great puppet masters. Their meddling destroyed the Fakers young players confidence and any chemistry that had developed early on and hence put a stake into the Fakers season.

No doubt Magic has screwed up numerous times (DeAngelo Russell and Julius Randle, Zubac along with Rondo and Stevenson and Beasley prime examples, but are the latter 3 all on Magic, or does LeToxic/ RPaul share some of that?).

But it’s not all on him.

When the dust settles, we may find that Magic didn’t feel that he was in control of his own destiny or the franchise’s.

[Surferdad]

Didn’t have the gonads to fire the coach.  Guess what?  That’s part of the job. It’s not just kicking your heels up on a desk and going out to fancy restaurants. Crocodille tears, IMO. 

[Ogaju]

At what point does the NBA step in. The Lakers is a cornerstone organization for the NBA, it is a billion dollar enterprise. Why would you have Magic Johnson and Jeanie Buss running a billion dollar organization. This was NEVER going to work.

It is tiring to see people disrespect folks that have paid their dues to acquire expertise at certain jobs and to just think they can do those jobs because they were good at other things. Why did Magic think he could run a basketball franchise? He had no clue what the rules were or anything about salary cap or how to build a team. That is why his strategy was to just get name players. He reminds me of the idiot owner of the Redskins who thought he could just buy players like Bruce Smith, Deion Sanders, etc to win a championship. About 20 years have  gone by and he is still searching for his assets when it comes to winning football.

At what point does the NBA step in to save the Lakers from a fumbling ownership.

[MattyIce]

At what point does the NBA step in. The Lakers is a cornerstone organization for the NBA, it is a billion dollar enterprise. Why would you have Magic Johnson and Jeanie Buss running a billion dollar organization. This was NEVER going to work.

It is tiring to see people disrespect folks that have paid their dues to acquire expertise at certain jobs and to just think they can do those jobs because they were good at other things. Why did Magic think he could run a basketball franchise? He had no clue what the rules were or anything about salary cap or how to build a team. That is why his strategy was to just get name players. He reminds me of the idiot owner of the Redskins who thought he could just buy players like Bruce Smith, Deion Sanders, etc to win a championship. About 20 years have  gone by and he is still searching for his assets when it comes to winning football.

At what point does the NBA step in to save the Lakers from a fumbling ownership.

who cares?!?!

[Ogaju]

At what point does the NBA step in. The Lakers is a cornerstone organization for the NBA, it is a billion dollar enterprise. Why would you have Magic Johnson and Jeanie Buss running a billion dollar organization. This was NEVER going to work.

It is tiring to see people disrespect folks that have paid their dues to acquire expertise at certain jobs and to just think they can do those jobs because they were good at other things. Why did Magic think he could run a basketball franchise? He had no clue what the rules were or anything about salary cap or how to build a team. That is why his strategy was to just get name players. He reminds me of the idiot owner of the Redskins who thought he could just buy players like Bruce Smith, Deion Sanders, etc to win a championship. About 20 years have  gone by and he is still searching for his assets when it comes to winning football.

At what point does the NBA step in to save the Lakers from a fumbling ownership.

who cares?!?!

no one cares for now.

[nickagneta]

At what point does the NBA step in. The Lakers is a cornerstone organization for the NBA, it is a billion dollar enterprise. Why would you have Magic Johnson and Jeanie Buss running a billion dollar organization. This was NEVER going to work.

It is tiring to see people disrespect folks that have paid their dues to acquire expertise at certain jobs and to just think they can do those jobs because they were good at other things. Why did Magic think he could run a basketball franchise? He had no clue what the rules were or anything about salary cap or how to build a team. That is why his strategy was to just get name players. He reminds me of the idiot owner of the Redskins who thought he could just buy players like Bruce Smith, Deion Sanders, etc to win a championship. About 20 years have  gone by and he is still searching for his assets when it comes to winning football.

At what point does the NBA step in to save the Lakers from a fumbling ownership.

Unless the owners are openly racist, the NBA will never step in to save an NBA franchise from poor ownership or management. If the NBA hasn't stepped in to save the Knicks horrid ownership and management, they aren't going to step in to save any other franchise.

And they shouldn't.

The Celtics are great because of excellent ownership, management and coaching. The Spurs are the same. The Warriors as well. They got that way through intelligence, a great work ethic, the ability to identify great coaching and playing talent and the ability to create a great environment so that the coaching and playing talent can succeed.

Any team can do that if they have a smart owner, a good owner. The league has no reason to protect franchises from clueless owners or management teams.