Magic Johnson quit on the Lakers, there is no way around that.
Once he was gone, the Lakers didn’t have the drama associated with him around and was able to make the moves they wanted to make.
When was the last time you heard about talking bad about Rob Pelinka, now that Magic isn’t around?
So, I think it is pretty lame Magic is trying to take credit now. Here is what he had to say to LA Times.
“No regrets, I’m not a regretful guy,” he says. “The only thing I would have done different would be to sit down with Jeanie [Buss] and let her know I was leaving, sit down with LeBron [James] and let him know … otherwise, I wouldn’t have changed anything. I still would have walked away.”
Would you still have ripped Pelinka so much on your way out the door?
”Things happened, forgive and forget. I’ve moved past that, so did Rob,” Johnson says. “Rob and I made up, we’re good, we still talk.”
”This team would not be in the position it’s in without me,” he says.
An incredible arrogant thing for Magic to say and it is crazy he can’t seem to apologize for what he did.
Lakers play the Bucks tonight in what is being considered an NBA Finals preview.
Flip the page for the interview where he quit and didn’t tell anyone.