Just destroying Rob Pelinka for calling out Magic’s half ass approach to being a Lakers executive.



Guess who had this right months ago...

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Rob Pelinka will be fine(no AIDS)

Also, the Lakers have Frank Vogel’s introductory press conference later today.

Should be fun.

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Magic doesn’t have aids anymore either.

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I'd give him a shoutout if he just further wrecked their free agency prospects.

I'm wondering if everyone at the table will have banged Jeannie Buss at least once?

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Actually, I don't believe he ever had AIDS ... he was just HIV Positive, but not all-out AIDS. I might be wrong, but I'm not gonna research it right now.

That said, Magic talks a lot of shit for a guy who married a woman called 'Cookie'.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

It really sounds like Magic didn’t want to, or couldn’t because of his other businesses, give the Lakers a serious effort at his job, but then wanted unchecked power when it came to firing Luke.

Idk, maybe that’s what other NBA executives do, but I doubt it.

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It really is nuts.

And Stephen A Smith is a shameless cheerleader for Magic.

Can’t wait for Michael Wilbon’s take.

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will Stephen A Smith have people from the Lakers on? Windbag Magic said Reid (sp) wanted to keep Walton as a coach and Magic wanted him gone,,,guess what Magic gone....Walton gone

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

I don’t think Magic has any credibility left.

He’s one of those people who got so famous he lost touch with reality.

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Wilbon? .... Wilbon ... where have I heard that name before ? Is he the guy that’s from Chicago and went to Northwestern ?

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Also, wasn’t there a beef with Simmons and Magic that led to Johnson leaving ESPN?

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My favorite part of the show was Kellerman trying to manufacture a feud with Kobe out of nothing. So you're saying you think Pelinka was stabbing you in the back on orders of Kobe?

Magic wants to buy the Lakers.

Kobe wants to buy the Lakers.

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How dare you leave out of his bio that he went to St Ignatius

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Informed sports opinions:

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Kornheiser said the interview indicated either that Johnson was massively incompetent at his job or that he was thwarted at every turn from doing what he wanted. Wilbon naturally said he believed the latter was more likely, even though Magic himself admitted that he wasn't in fact thwarted from the following bad moves: trading Russell (for "Shaggy P"), trading Zubac, letting Randle go, or letting Lopez go.

If I'm a Laker fan, that's the one silver lining I try to take from this interview. All of the awful front office moves were apparently Magic's call rather than Pelinka's.

And that he last had an interesting thought in 1997.

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Magic Johnson has clearly been aimless since his first retirement. I know he gets credit for making some smart investments, but he has also: returned as a player multiple times, briefly coached then quickly quit, tried to have his own talk show, and then was briefly a pretty terrible general manager.

Just because he was a great player doesn't mean he knows anything about coaching or being an executive. Isn't it usually the most gifted athletes who make the worst coaches and GMs?

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

I’m sure Wilson chose the latter.

I wonder if this level of hubris by Magic is the same thing that is preventing Charlotte from actually being a relevant NBA franchise.

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A lot of the blame has to go to Jeanie Buss as well.

She’s the one that agreed to let Magic take a full time job on part time hours.

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Take a look via the interwebs at Magic and Cookie's "Son"....he's a sweetheart!

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I've heard from people who with ties to Michigan State that it's fairly common knowledge that Magic enjoyed the company of men so to speak. His son certainly does.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Cool.

Great info.

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I've read excerpts from some book on the lakers during the showtime era. Magic seemed overly interested in getting his guys laid at his parties and checking in on them to make sure everyone enjoyed themselves.

He and Isiah also had a very affectionate relationship and were very catty towards Jordan.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Keep in mind that he is also the jerk that believes attending pool parties is also gay.

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I heard Jordan was super on the down low.

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His son may be gay, but not as gay as the craft beer threads here...