Magic Johnson Returns To Lakers As Advisor

...other organizations are looking at the Lakers and thinking it's in flux, disarray.

 

So far we know Magic largely endorsed B0ron as a coach here, has said his first call would be to Kobe for a position, and now he says HE recommended Isaiah to the Knicks. I'm scared...

 

Yeah. I mean, it was a nice 30 year run. I was around back in the Threatt, Lynch Peeler days. That felt different. There was never this feeling of hopelessness. This is different. Unless Ingram turns out to be a superstar (which I find unlikely) and/or we keep our pick and Fultz becomes a superstar, I see no way we dig out of this. Our front office is in complete disarray and the owners are the problem. Bad GMs and coaches can be fired. Owners can't get fired. Asked the Clippers.

 

I started watching the year we got Van Exel. It did feel different. In Nick's 2nd year he was averaging 17 and 8 assists, Eddie Jones was a rookie and averaging 14 and 2, and Vlade was also doing his thing averaging 16 and 10 boards, as well as Ceballos putting up 22 and 8, we were a playoff team. We weren't a title team, but we were good and very much still respectable.

 

Back then we had West and Jerry Buss at the helm...cache and respect.

 

I haven't been listening to John as much as I used to be able to. I would say Magic likely on Monday will figure out if the team needs to fire both of them. I'm not sure that means Magic has final say though, I think he's just Jeanie's attack dog right now.

 

I do too.

I wish Jeanie would just make it official and get her brother out and put Magic in if that's the play. The timing of this is horrible by the way. Right before the deadline? We're doing this a week before we may need to make a major move? Fantastic. Seems sort of like when Jeanie had her Mouthpiece put out a hit article on Jim right before Free Agency.

A buddy of mine suggested that maybe Jeanie overplayed her hand just as bad as her brother did. Maybe she's not as capable of kicking Jim out as she thought she was so she's having Magic drag him through the mud in an attempt to flush him out in embarrassment?

 

...agree that this potential management overhaul couldn't have come at a bad time. As noted in other posts, potential trade partners will attempt to lowball us given the unsettled situation at the moment. Where the positive could be is this off-season's free agency period with Johnson along with Kupchak's replacement (?) will be there to conduct meetings. I assume whoever it is will be more up to the times with presentations.

 

Promote from within... I would assume Ryan West will be retained and given bigger responsibilities on top of whatever he has now. ElginTheGreat noted how the franchise will need that individual to navigate the contracts, salary cap implications and what not so decisions are made efficiently and financially as well. It could be the young West...