Magic Johnson New Pres of BBall Ops - Mitch and Jim Officially Fired
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:19 pm    Post subject:

https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/834225392697307136

Until Rob is here, buckle up!
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:21 pm    Post subject:

https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/834225660994351104

Buckle the (bleep) up lmao
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:22 pm    Post subject:

justsomelakerfan wrote:
https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/834225392697307136

Until Rob is here, buckle up!


Expect more BREAKING NEWS
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:23 pm    Post subject:

If true, nice job on the trade Magic.

Now trade Young for a 1st rounder or at least a 2nd rounder and we're good.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:24 pm    Post subject:

Wait is Pelinka official? When does he start?
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:26 pm    Post subject:

justsomelakerfan wrote:
Wait is Pelinka official? When does he start?


Woj reported it, so I'm guessing it's official.
No one knows.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:26 pm    Post subject:

Magic working the phones like he used to run fast breaks. Showtime baby!
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:33 pm    Post subject:

I hope Magic is talking to Ryan West every step of the way, and Pelinka every fifteen minutes on a burner phone
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:37 pm    Post subject:

Figures I'm gone all day and major stuff goes down.

Not sure what to think of someone with no experience in charge of all this if it works out its great. If it doesn't I can't imagine how hard it would be to fire Magic.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:43 pm    Post subject:

I had always been patient with Mitch and Jim despite their nonsense. Despite some some recent disappointments, I was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt due to past success. Sadly, they were fired too late.

In my mind, they signed their death warrant with the Deng and Mozgov signings. Those moves were an absolute joke/embarrassment and remain completely unforgivable. Those signings alone are grounds for immediate termination. They put their own ego's and interests above what was best for the franchise and have severely hampered our flexibility going forward

I believe the move to Magic stops the bleeding, but those mistakes last summer cannot be undone.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:42 pm    Post subject:

What is nice is that Magic, nor whoever becomes our new GM, has any attachment to Mozgov or Deng. Unlike possibly Jim and Mitch, they will feel no obligation to try to give those two minutes to justify their contracts. From here on out, it will be all about development and cultivating assets. I wouldn't be surprised to see a dramatic drop in Deng's and Mozgov's minutes from here on out.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 9:07 pm    Post subject:

What happened to so many people saying that Jeanie couldn't fire Jim, because she needed family votes?
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 9:10 pm    Post subject:

Lee Jenkins kinda wrote a scathing quick article about the Magic hire.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 9:11 pm    Post subject:

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What happened to so many people saying that Jeanie couldn't fire Jim, because she needed family votes?


Clearly she got the votes. I was starting to get that idea as more and more articles kept quoting Jesse and Joey Buss as being promising talents in the Lakers' org. And it sounds like they're going to get some kind of promotions or larger roles.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 9:16 pm    Post subject:

justsomelakerfan wrote:
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What happened to so many people saying that Jeanie couldn't fire Jim, because she needed family votes?


Clearly she got the votes. I was starting to get that idea as more and more articles kept quoting Jesse and Joey Buss as being promising talents in the Lakers' org. And it sounds like they're going to get some kind of promotions or larger roles.


So that still happened.. ok.. happened quick as (bleep). bing, boom, outta here
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 9:19 pm    Post subject:

KeepItRealOrElse wrote:
justsomelakerfan wrote:
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What happened to so many people saying that Jeanie couldn't fire Jim, because she needed family votes?


Clearly she got the votes. I was starting to get that idea as more and more articles kept quoting Jesse and Joey Buss as being promising talents in the Lakers' org. And it sounds like they're going to get some kind of promotions or larger roles.


So that still happened.. ok.. happened quick as (bleep). bing, boom, outta here


That's my speculation though. I think she does have the final power to fire someone. So if she didn't get votes, she could do the more publicly vicious beheading...
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 9:25 pm    Post subject:

The title is great, problem is now Magic has to do the boring stuff like scouting players at colleges, summer leagues, etc. Will he have the patience to do it? Its one thing to go on the air and tell the current GM is horrible at their job its another to actually perform at a level to exceed them.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 9:43 pm    Post subject:

KeepItRealOrElse wrote:
What happened to so many people saying that Jeanie couldn't fire Jim, because she needed family votes?

There was a quote in another thread from Romona that said "Jim Buss had retained a lawyer but provisions governing the family trust very clearly gave Jeanie Buss the authority to make these moves."

After repeating that, I'd also guess that most of the rest of the kids have been behind this for years and Jeanie actually did have support for it - this has been a clusterf**k for 4-5 years now, and the rest of the kids have to be getting tired of it.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 1:12 am    Post subject:

KeepItRealOrElse wrote:
What happened to so many people saying that Jeanie couldn't fire Jim, because she needed family votes?


Well it is obvious she had the votes.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 3:01 am    Post subject:

Bummed to see Mitch go but I like the Pelinka hire. I'm more happy to see the the product of nepotism, Jim Buss gone. Now he can go back to heading other failed businesses that his shoddy resume is littered with. And he can take Chaz with him.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 3:17 am    Post subject:

Wasn't Mitch basically the cap guy? It is really scary to think Magic is making these decisions alone. He also seems to have a fixation on Clarkson being some super defender. He may miss out on deals by saying thinks like Clarkson is untouchable. Pelinka get in here quickly. Please give this man some support.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 4:58 am    Post subject:

Oh man, this doesn't ease my fears. Here are some talent evaluation nuggets from Magic.

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/magic-johnsons-old-tweets-reveal-some-pretty-questionable-player-evaluation-skills/
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 5:22 am    Post subject:

Runway8 wrote:
Oh man, this doesn't ease my fears. Here are some talent evaluation nuggets from Magic.

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/magic-johnsons-old-tweets-reveal-some-pretty-questionable-player-evaluation-skills/


He's already blown his first trade by getting a lower first round pick than possible, and getting stuck with Brewer. Opposing GMs are salivating at the prospect of trading with Magic.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 7:11 am    Post subject:

rwongega wrote:
Bummed to see Mitch go but I like the Pelinka hire. I'm more happy to see the the product of nepotism, Jim Buss gone. Now he can go back to heading other failed businesses that his shoddy resume is littered with. And he can take Chaz with him.

The whole franchise is fueled on nepotism, narcissism, and sibling rivalry. That doesn't change with Jim deposed.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 7:21 am    Post subject:

Baron Von Humongous wrote:
rwongega wrote:
Bummed to see Mitch go but I like the Pelinka hire. I'm more happy to see the the product of nepotism, Jim Buss gone. Now he can go back to heading other failed businesses that his shoddy resume is littered with. And he can take Chaz with him.

The whole franchise is fueled on nepotism, narcissism, and sibling rivalry. That doesn't change with Jim deposed.


Yes, they did not even interview qualified people for the Head of Basketball Operations or GM. They just gave those away according the the whims of a sabotaging owner.
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