SANTA MONICA -- Lakers governor and controlling owner Jeanie Buss said she was stunned by Magic Johnson's shocking resignation but that she has full confidence in Rob Pelinka directing Los Angeles' basketball operations.
Speaking Monday for the first time since Johnson shocked the Lakers and then later accused Pelinka of backstabbing him, Buss said the Lakers "are in a really good place" and are "on the right path."
"There really wasn't anything to say," Buss said at the NBA Awards show of why she has remained quiet until now. "I think that when Magic decided that he didn't want to be with the organization any longer in an official capacity, that took me off guard.