wildturkey
Well-Known Member
Magic spilled the beans today on First Take about what happened with him in LA. Not often you see FO go public like that about what went on
I'd take it all with a grain of salt. He's obviously spinning the events to clearly make himself look good. He's still the dude that straight up quit in one of the most unprofessional ways you can do it. And if he had such a good and trusting relationship with Jeanie as he's always claimed, there was nothing stopping him from going to her and stamping out these sparks before they catch flame. But he didn't. Given the information we have and what he said today my guess is what happened was this;
He didn't do shit as PBO, at least not in the sense of what PBO actually do (you know, work every day). He was largely absent doing other things but still thought he could dip in, say what he wants done, and it'll be fine. He wanted the glory, but none of the grunt work. But him being away naturally leaves a vacuum. In that vacuum, other people in the organization stepped in to make a play to get things done and things they want (Pelinka, The Rambis Family, other Buss kids, etc). Then when he'd dip back in and see these other people also having opinions, he thought people were trying to undermine him. Well, yes and no. They are trying to go around you but at the same time, if you were there doing your job, there wouldn't be a need for that. It's like I've said the whole time. The Lakers management is a shitshow. Jeanie Buss has no idea what she's doing. She's just letting her friends and people she knows do stuff for the sole reason of she likes them. What should have and needs to happen is she needs to gut the front office, rip it out from the roots, and install someone from OUTSIDE the Lakers to run the team.
Also, I listen to the Dan Lebatard Show and I got a big laugh out of Dan being vindicated. A few months back, he did a story saying Magic was largely absent in his role with the Lakers, not really putting in the work. They played Magic' interview today live on the show and Magic essentially admitted what Dan reported was true and then Dan told a story about Magic calling ESPN to try to kill the story as false. Dan was right the entire time, lol.