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Last month Magic Johnson stunned the NBA world when he announced that he was abruptly resigning as the President Of Basketball Operations for the Lakers.
Magic Johnson shocks – well, everyone – and announces he’s stepping down as president of the Lakers. Says he’s not yet spoken to Jeanie Buss to tell her. Says he’s sick of tampering rules, he’s tired of the “backstabbing” & says he didn’t want to disappoint Jeanie by firing Luke. pic.twitter.com/m50VKQmmDR
— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) April 10, 2019
During tonight’s episode of “The Shop” LeBron revealed that he was just as stunned as everyone else when he learned about Magic’s resignation.
LeBron and Lonzo look back on the night Magic stepped down (NSFW)#TheShopHBO
(via @uninterrupted)pic.twitter.com/U0xXGOczbo
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 5, 2019
https://twitter.com/hmfaigen/status/1125068568071028737
Between my stretching session my right hand told me that Magic was resigning..I told him to get the fuck out of my face you’re bullshitting. I go check my phone, I look at it, that shit happened.
LeBron went on to talk about one of the main reasons he joined the Lakers was because of Magic which made the whole resignation so much more confusing to him.
Personally for me, I came here to be a part of the Lakers organization having a conversation with Magic so it was just weird for him to be like I’m outta here and not even have like a “Hey Bron, kiss my ass, I’m gone”…It wasn’t even that
Since resigning Magic has gone on record as saying that he’s in close contact with the team and was just recently spotted the other night having dinner with Lakers owner Jeanie Buss.
Tonight had a wonderful dinner catching up with @MagicJohnson #LakersForever #LakersForLife pic.twitter.com/gNvDCmmKVK
— Jeanie Buss (@JeanieBuss) May 3, 2019
The whole Magic Johnson saga has been strange and it’s interesting that players were just as stunned by his abrupt departure as fans were.