Magic Out as Lakers President

Ha ha ha! He was a clown in that role.
 
Magic screwed that up but I am still a fan.

Lakers fans should ban the word free agency. It's been worse for LA than crack was.
Limiting your roster movement mightily so you can swing for the fences is a terrible plan for a franchise that didn't need to swing for the fences at all.
Every built in advantage and managed to screw that up anyways.

Should def take this time to build a strong culture and get Rich Paul all the way outta the front office.
LeBron at 34 is no longer a player worth handing over your franchise to Rich Paul for.
Was the most intriguing team to watch entering this season but became someone you feel sorry for.
 
darthseinfeld said:
I wonder if this saves Walton
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Nobody can win with the current Lakers. Walton is irrelevent. This is Lebron's team, and he's the one that has to go out and recruit free agents. And now that Magic is not a Laker, he can do way more to help LA attract better players.
 
atlantacowboy said:
Nobody can win with the current Lakers. Walton is irrelevent. This is Lebron's team, and he's the one that has to go out and recruit free agents. And now that Magic is not a Laker, he can do way more to help LA attract better players.
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rofl, what?
LBJ went to LA because of Magic.
LBJ hasn't recruited a star player in a long while and shine has been off his recruiting efforts. --Kyrie demanding a trade, Kawhi not wanting to play with him, PG13 choosing Russ and OKC.
LBJ is absolutely an all-time great but he is also a 35 year old ball dominant guy that picks his spots on defense now and will throw his entire team under the bus.
 
The Laker's Dream Team looks like the 2008 Eagles. Remember when they thought they had a dream team and it turned out to be a nightmare?
 
darthseinfeld said:
These Lakers were never considered a possible Dream Team. Most rational people had them fighting for a low seed in the West
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Fair enough. I'm more of a 76ers fan anyway, so I'm enjoying seeing the collapse in LA that I think pretty much all saw coming with Lebron going there.
 
ABQCOWBOY said:
Gotta admit, I didn't see this coming.
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I don't know why...
He quit quick when he was their coach and was floundering.
He dropped out of being a late night host as fast as a loose stool when the ratings were bottom of the barrel.
He has never been thought of as a great NBA mind, post-career, but more of a guy people will watch as an analyst.

As a player? One of the top 3.
His stuff afterwards?
Not so good. In any way, shape, or form. And I do know of him as a business man. I know of him from 3 different scenarios. I lol. If he wasn't "Magic" Johnson...
 
darthseinfeld said:
These Lakers were never considered a possible Dream Team. Most rational people had them fighting for a low seed in the West
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LAL fans have had them as a Dream Team every off-season for this entire decade.
They've literally presumed every big-name FA would sign there.

So it's all about perspective.
Realistically, most people had them a 4-7 seed. You can see that on the posts from pre-season or the NBA 2019 threads.
NO ONE was predicting they'd fail to make the playoffs as they were an improving team that was ready to challenge for a 7-8 seed BEFORE LBJ.

The front office incompetence was shocking as I detailed many times.
They lost pieces like Randle for NOTHING but cap space so they could sign Rondo and Stevenson??
Instead of trading a key piece of their young core to get better they instead cut it off at the knees but held it driving it's value down.
Right now BI is at an all-time low value coming off injury.
Lonzo is viewed as a "system" fit guy with Daddy issues.
The only guy who's value has really grown is Kuz.
So they gotta decide to either keep those dudes to give them up for 70 cents on the dollar.
Getting 70 cents on the dollar for a guy you tanked all year for is BRUTAL.
Missing the playoffs with a guy who has carried lottery teams to the playoffs on his back alone is even worse.

Magic and LAL fans have had the same problems. They think saying we are the Lakers is enough to win games and free agents. But it's simply not even close.
You gotta win little deals and add pieces that fit based on analytics(not sure to this day Magic has even heard of that).
You gotta build 2-3 windows at a time and stop relying on winning the off-season by signing a big fish.
Yes, it worked for GSW but that team was great BEFORE they won franchise free agents.
They built a system and culture that drew KD.
LAL needs to build a culture and pick a system.

The biggest thing LAL couldn't do was have Rich Paul become asst GM. That was always going to backfire big-time.
Anytime someone obtains power far above the norm their will be a harsh correction.
 
jterrell said:
LAL fans have had them as a Dream Team every off-season for this entire decade.
They've literally presumed every big-name FA would sign there.

So it's all about perspective.
Realistically, most people had them a 4-7 seed. You can see that on the posts from pre-season or the NBA 2019 threads.
NO ONE was predicting they'd fail to make the playoffs as they were an improving team that was ready to challenge for a 7-8 seed BEFORE LBJ.

The front office incompetence was shocking as I detailed many times.
They lost pieces like Randle for NOTHING but cap space so they could sign Rondo and Stevenson??
Instead of trading a key piece of their young core to get better they instead cut it off at the knees but held it driving it's value down.
Right now BI is at an all-time low value coming off injury.
Lonzo is viewed as a "system" fit guy with Daddy issues.
The only guy who's value has really grown is Kuz.
So they gotta decide to either keep those dudes to give them up for 70 cents on the dollar.
Getting 70 cents on the dollar for a guy you tanked all year for is BRUTAL.
Missing the playoffs with a guy who has carried lottery teams to the playoffs on his back alone is even worse.

Magic and LAL fans have had the same problems. They think saying we are the Lakers is enough to win games and free agents. But it's simply not even close.
You gotta win little deals and add pieces that fit based on analytics(not sure to this day Magic has even heard of that).
You gotta build 2-3 windows at a time and stop relying on winning the off-season by signing a big fish.
Yes, it worked for GSW but that team was great BEFORE they won franchise free agents.
They built a system and culture that drew KD.
LAL needs to build a culture and pick a system.

The biggest thing LAL couldn't do was have Rich Paul become asst GM. That was always going to backfire big-time.
Anytime someone obtains power far above the norm their will be a harsh correction.
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I will be pissed if they do something smart like hire Becky Hammon, or Ettore Messina and surround them with top notch assistants.
Just go ahead and hire Ty Lue already! Let's keep that smile on my face... yes?
 
jterrell said:
LAL fans have had them as a Dream Team every off-season for this entire decade.
They've literally presumed every big-name FA would sign there.

So it's all about perspective.
Realistically, most people had them a 4-7 seed. You can see that on the posts from pre-season or the NBA 2019 threads.
NO ONE was predicting they'd fail to make the playoffs as they were an improving team that was ready to challenge for a 7-8 seed BEFORE LBJ.

The front office incompetence was shocking as I detailed many times.
They lost pieces like Randle for NOTHING but cap space so they could sign Rondo and Stevenson??
Instead of trading a key piece of their young core to get better they instead cut it off at the knees but held it driving it's value down.
Right now BI is at an all-time low value coming off injury.
Lonzo is viewed as a "system" fit guy with Daddy issues.
The only guy who's value has really grown is Kuz.
So they gotta decide to either keep those dudes to give them up for 70 cents on the dollar.
Getting 70 cents on the dollar for a guy you tanked all year for is BRUTAL.
Missing the playoffs with a guy who has carried lottery teams to the playoffs on his back alone is even worse.

Magic and LAL fans have had the same problems. They think saying we are the Lakers is enough to win games and free agents. But it's simply not even close.
You gotta win little deals and add pieces that fit based on analytics(not sure to this day Magic has even heard of that).
You gotta build 2-3 windows at a time and stop relying on winning the off-season by signing a big fish.
Yes, it worked for GSW but that team was great BEFORE they won franchise free agents.
They built a system and culture that drew KD.
LAL needs to build a culture and pick a system.

The biggest thing LAL couldn't do was have Rich Paul become asst GM. That was always going to backfire big-time.
Anytime someone obtains power far above the norm their will be a harsh correction.
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Even worse is if they get super-smart and steal Chip Engelland into any position.
That man is 100% pure basketball gold.
 
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