Official boycott Magic Johnson Thread

LaxT · Star Player Joined: 23 Sep 2002 Posts: 2536

Why not boycott Jeanie Buss? Her tenure as controlling owner since 2013 has been miserable. Yet the media has been kind and kept her free from accountability.

mhan00 · Retired Number Joined: 13 Apr 2001 Posts: 32059

LaxT · Star Player Joined: 23 Sep 2002 Posts: 2536

Laker_Dynasty_01 · Star Player Joined: 06 Jun 2001 Posts: 1703

Jim really put us in a hole with the MozDeng signings after the Nash trade. Clarkson was an asinine re-up as well.

And also, Jim's hiring MDA instead of Phil, after letting Mike Brown force the Princeton on us before doubling back towards the polar opposite in MDA.

Having said that, I never want to see or hear anything from Earvin again. Go buy a share of the Pistons and leave us alone.

dabask11 · Star Player Joined: 27 Dec 2012 Posts: 1989

Magic officially the worst FO of all time.

Traded for cap space that ended up being danny green

But most importantly didn't sign jerry west and now he's made the clippers more relevant than the lakers.

indyrckstar · Sixth Man Joined: 25 Jun 2010 Posts: 79

KingKobe20 · Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 4:26 am Post subject:

Magic needs to just keep his mouth shut. Stop being too damn friendly to sports media. Spilling too many damn beans.

I'll admit I was a Big Magic Apoligist on this board but after his departure from the front office in a interview on Live NBATV it became just flat out disgraceful.
At that moment I truly felt he was trying to sabotage Jeanie and Jesse into selling him the team. Which I still somewhat hope happens one day....

Then I had a conspiracy theory that maybe he left the office to be a Ghost President so he can recruit without fear of getting anymore tampering charges.
An fwiw he did land us Lebron. Which doesn't give too much merit due to Lebron's LA love long before he signed as a Laker but I feel Magic still deserves some of that credit.

Outside of that Magic's big mouth probably didn't make us lose Kawhi. There's a strong possibility the Lakers where never truly under Kawhi's radar EVER. Even before his so called phone conversations with Magic.

pio2u · Retired Number Joined: 26 Dec 2012 Posts: 54573

It was basically a "two-team race." Leonard knew all along what he wanted to do. They used the Lakers for leverage.
There was not much Magic, our FO or anyone else could do to stop that train from leaving the station. I've moved on.
"All is fair in love & war."

deal · Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 5:33 am Post subject:

The waiting game turned out to be the Clips negotiating for PG. While KL
handcuffed the Raptors and Lakers from consolidating their teams...
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lakurluv · Star Player Joined: 17 May 2010 Posts: 2529

I can never say thing bad about Magic in regards to the Lakers or his basketball career/post-career.

I think it was unfortunate whatever took place, but from the standpoint of being a professional, he could have handled it a different way.

Although I get his celebrity and how he felt somewhat disrespected in whatever took place so he felt he could do whatever he wanted...

Rather that had anything to do with Kawhi or not, who knows. I doubt it, Kawhi has followed the same path he's gone down since HS-College-NBA, nothing has changed except his game and he's continued to get better.

I'm not at all MAD about him not being on the Lakers, because at the end of the day he's a competitor and I'm sure wants to compete against the best.

I'm not happy that he went to the Clippers only because the Clippers have been chopping on the Lakers heels for ages and its actually time they get to moving... I hope they move to Seattle closer to Microsoft! That makes sense right???

There's only room enough in LA for one team and you can best believe the Lakers will continue to prove that!!!

ringfinger · Retired Number Joined: 08 Oct 2013 Posts: 29418

Another act of entitlement masking as a boycott.

pio2u · Retired Number Joined: 26 Dec 2012 Posts: 54573

deal · Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 5:36 am Post subject:

Magic should have a new TV show; "Magic Gossip" LOL, he's a
natural.
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BigBallerBrand · Star Player Joined: 23 Dec 2008 Posts: 5790 Location: LA

I bet he will go on ESPN and blame Rob for not getting KL. Magic will probably claim he did his part to convince kL but that Rob couldn’t get it done
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ForumBlueFrank · Franchise Player Joined: 08 Nov 2006 Posts: 12889

governator · Retired Number Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 25086

Kawhi wasn't coming to the Lakers, Magic or not, we learned that now. We got played hard, simple as that

wolfpaclaker · Retired Number Joined: 29 May 2002 Posts: 58336

Guys.
Magic is the main reason Lebron signed.
Kawhi wanted to talk to Magic to get feedback. Players all respect Magic. He is an asset especially in the role he is now, where he just tries to sell the Lakers off as a great place to play.

Kawhi never wanted to be a Laker, he always wanted Clippers. It is obvious now with the timeline. He was waiting for that second star to be aquired. Before FA even began, in late June, I was hearing reports that Kawhi was trying to team up with KD. Why do you think that is? What about the Jimmy Butler team up attempt? None of these were as a Laker. All as Clippers. Not as a Raptor either, as Raptors didn't even try to trade for a second star.

Kawhi doesn't want to play second fiddle to Lebron. Which is fine. I could careless about him. I had my reservations to begin with about whether he, Lebron and AD on the same team could be handled by a coach like Vogel (and the staff that Vogel has).

This is setting up be a great battle of LA. Kawhi/George vs Lebron/Davis.

foshowtime · Star Player Joined: 08 Nov 2012 Posts: 4448

numero-ocho · Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 7:08 am Post subject:

I've been critical of him since he embarrassed us but I'm not sure how you "boycott" him. He's gonna speak when he feels like it and the media will be more than happy to give him a platform.

Since his favorite topic, other than himself, is the Lakers we're going to talk about it.
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foshowtime · Star Player Joined: 08 Nov 2012 Posts: 4448

acer77 · Star Player Joined: 16 Jun 2017 Posts: 1037

Woj just said Kawhi would've been a Laker today if the Clippers hadn't been able to land PG. All that was possible thanks to Jerry West trading Griffin and Harris and acquiring all those draft picks. The Logo is a certifiable genius.