Magic Johnson cost the Lakers Kawhi….well most likely.
According to a report from the Athletic via Jovan Buha and Sam Amick, Magic Johnson’s leaking of his meeting with Kawhi sealed the deal for him to not suit up for the purple and gold.
Now if this is all true, there’s just a couple words that are needed to be said.
What did you expect.
This is the guy who went on national TV and sent a Lakers organization into a PR frenzy, and not in a good way. He was constantly making comments in the media about players, comments that he knew he would get fined for.
So I mean what can you be surprised about? All this shows is that the Lakers now know they missed out on a superstar because Magic couldn’t keep his mouth shut.
Oh well.
Flip the page to see the report claiming Magic made the Lakers lose out on Kawhi.
ALSO, Magic airing out the Lakers’ dirty laundry on First Take.
PLUS more analysis on Magic’s loud mouth costing the Lakers.