Magic Johnson has only held an official front office role with the Los Angeles Lakers for a little over a year, but he has already made quite the impression on controlling owner Jeanie Buss.
Buss hired Johnson, who she has known since he was drafted No. 1 overall in the 1979 NBA Drat, in an advisory role last February. A few weeks later, Johnson was promoted to president of basketball operations after Buss made the bold move to overhaul the front office by ousting her brother, Jim Buss, along with general manager Mitch Kupchak in the middle of the regular season.