This has definitely been one of the worst weeks that Lakers fans have experienced. First, Magic Johnson stepped down as President of Basketball Operations and now, the team and Head Coach Luke Walton have agreed to part ways.
Per Shams Charania of The Athletic, one of the things that really gave Johnson a headache was dealing with Lonzo Ball’s injury. Ball reportedy planned to have “unauthorized” ankle surgery. It was a go from Ball’s dad LaVar and Big Baller Brand scammer Alan Foster who had stole $1.5 million from Ball. This surgery was going to take place in Ohio. The same doctor would’ve been the same one who worked with his brother LiAngelo.
When LA found out about this surgery, they shut this down quickly. If he went through with it, his contract would’ve voided. Johnson was soon able to calm the situation down and bring Ball back to LA. Tania Ganguli of the Los Angeles Times has said that surgery is still unclear at this point.
The Lakers are making it really hard on themselves at this point to attract high-profile free agents. We’ll see how they try to turn things around this offseason. Flip the pages for Twitter reactions to Ball trying to get this unauthorized surgery.