MAGIC JOHNSON CONFIRMS LEBRON KILLED DEMAR TRADE IN OFFSEASON

Trevacious2 · Starting Rotation Joined: 14 Jun 2017 Posts: 195

Damn, it’s a good thing i was already down here on the floor.

troy · Star Player Joined: 30 Jan 2013 Posts: 3963

I heard the interview. How you respond to it will depend on whether or not you like Magic Johnson, as a person.

Like Lebron, there are two camps for Magic Johnson, those that like him and those that hate him. Those that hate him will ignore the message and attack the messager. They will be skeptical of the validity of Magic's opinions, as well as his motivation.

I will say that Magic, like most of us, is a passionate fan who too often speaks from frustration, which means he tends to exaggerate stuff to blow off steam. He also doesn't have much of a filter, as he essentially threw several people under the ol Greyhound today, including, of course, Lebron James.

That said, even if Lebron vetoed the DD trade in favor of RW, I still don't attribute that to our downfall this season. RW, although bad at times, isn't the main reason for why this Lakers team won't make the playoffs. Rob Pelinka failed to assemble enough players to compensate for injuries (AD) and poor performers (RW). He signed too many washed up, old players, he failed to sign any defensive stoppers, he failed to sign competent shooters, and he failed to sign hungry youth.

Yes, the Magic interview will make some headlines, but the fact the remains the same, regardless of whether Demar or Westbrook is on this team...Rob Pelinka failed to properly populate the team with enough impactful players.

levon · Star Player Joined: 11 Oct 2016 Posts: 5478

The only thing Magic, our former PoBO, confirmed was that he has no understanding of the salary cap

Inspector Gadget · Retired Number Joined: 18 Apr 2016 Posts: 38994

Magic might be annoying but the reality is LeBron does have to much control over the decisions this FO makes, makes me hope even more that LeBron gets traded this summer

danzag · Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2022 11:16 am Post subject:

Magic is full of (bleep).

oaktown_dimond · Star Player Joined: 16 Nov 2007 Posts: 1087

i mean, demar was still TRADED from the spurs on a sign and trade, right? maybe we did try, but were expectedly met with Pop saying "go suck an egg". he has so much irrational hate for the lakers, it's absurd.

lakersboy · Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2022 11:28 am Post subject:

CandyCanes · Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2022 11:33 am Post subject:

We probably still have spacing issues even with DeRozan.
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socalsp3 · Star Player Joined: 07 Jul 2016 Posts: 3144

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miggz23 · Star Player Joined: 29 Nov 2018 Posts: 3637

What does Magic means, if we just signed Derozan? Was Derozan really willing to sign for mle? Sign and trade would have hard capped the Lakers…

What he meant by just trading Kuzma for Hield? Salary does not even work…

Only thing this interview tells is that Magic is also not aware of salary cap.

MJST · Franchise Player Joined: 06 Jul 2014 Posts: 22584

yinoma2001 · Retired Number Joined: 19 Jun 2010 Posts: 114843

This is cap 🧢. Not that Magic said it but it really wasn’t possible unless DROZ would have taken the MMLE or Popovich joined the Lakers. Lots of agendas coming out now and I hope this doesn’t mean my favorite Laker all time is coming back to manage the FO.

levon · Star Player Joined: 11 Oct 2016 Posts: 5478

hey Magic, why didn't we pay Caruso?

governator · Franchise Player Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 20784

Stop, just stop, already hurt

anth2000 · Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2022 12:01 pm Post subject:

By the way, it's BS.
Sure, DeMar explored coming here, but that was it.
The Spurs would NOT have done a sign and trade for him with the Lakers.

That's it...

danzag · Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2022 12:02 pm Post subject:

DDR himself said that he wasn't willing to take a MLE deal.

Magic just loves the microphone and the cameras.

governator · Franchise Player Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 20784

MDI · Starting Rotation Joined: 09 Jan 2010 Posts: 550

Derozan would not work with the Lakers. In Chicago hes thriving because hes the number 1 option, he gets a ton of touches, they feature him on offense and have shooters and playmakers who match his skill set.

DeRozan would be another Westbrook like situation since he would be an after thought on offense as the team caters and Lebron and AD first. And Lebron controls the offense and gets most of the touches.

This wouldn't work here. Keep in mind Derozan has a rep for not being a clutch performer (until this year), he would get destroyed by tbr LA crowd just like Westbrook. The lights here are too big for him, he doesnt fit.

MJST · Franchise Player Joined: 06 Jul 2014 Posts: 22584

yinoma2001 · Retired Number Joined: 19 Jun 2010 Posts: 114843

I’ve been advocating for the Lakers to get DROZ since 2016. And I don’t believe one word from Magic about this.

carjoch831 · Starting Rotation Joined: 06 Jul 2019 Posts: 794

I don't think Magic knows how cap /CBA works

dabask11 · Star Player Joined: 27 Dec 2012 Posts: 1858

TMG · Star Player Joined: 02 Jan 2019 Posts: 3703

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This man is a liar and a shill for ownership. He should be ashamed of himself. Magic is a lot of what i would never want in a person. He's a coward. Fantastic player but an absolute coward.

Sit down Magic you are the last one to i'd want talking about this you buffoon.