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In the good news for the Lakers, with Magic Johnson back in the loop, at least they’re going to resemble the Lakers.
For all the talk about Laker Family, a dire, just-like-everybody-else prospect was looming with a popular young coach in place and their young team struggling as young teams do, especially ones without budding superstars like Joel Embiid or Karl-Anthony Towns.
GM Mitch Kupchak would be scapegoated along with Jim Buss.
The Lakers would replace Mitch with some young hottie from some winning team. That could have meant only that Mr.