Jury still out on how this is all going to work out for the Lakers in the long run.
One thing is very clear and that is Magic is going to be running the entire operation before too long.
“Working to call the shots, because it only works that way,’’ Johnson told USA TODAY Sports when asked what he hopes his role with the franchise will be. “Right now I’m advising. I get that. But at the end of the day, then we all got to come together and somebody’s got to say, ‘I’m making the final call,’ all right? And who’s that going to be?
“Look, Jim knows where we are, Jeanie knows where we are, as a franchise, and so some decisions have to be made,’’ Johnson said, adding that he thinks his role will be determined by the end of the season. “I may only be in this role for a short term, I may be here for a long time. We’ll just have to wait and see what happens. I can’t tell you that right now.’’
We know Johnson is a great businessman and ambassador, but personnel decisions and things like that can be a bit more tricky.
We will have to wait and see how it works out.