Is there anything Magic Johnson can’t do? The Los Angeles Lakers legend has done well since taking over as president of basketball operations in February. In short order, he traded Lou Williams to the Houston Rockets for a first-round pick and in a separate move sent Marcelo Huertas to the Rockets for Tyler Ennis, who showed some promise during the last few weeks of the season. Now, it appears that Johnson is also at least partially responsible for the impressive late-season play of rookie Brandon Ingram.
The Lakers draft the young, wiry Ingram out of Duke last summer, knowing that he would be a bit of a project due to his lack of strength.