Magic Johnson faced two periods of criticism when he was a player for the Los Angeles Lakers in his Hall of Fame career. The first period was when Johnson railroaded Paul Westhead out of a job as head coach of the Lakers his second year in the NBA fresh off a championship run that turned off his teammates and fans alike.
The second period was back in 1984. Lakers fans remember, right? The NBA Finals loss to the Boston Celtics when he was more famously known as “Tragic Johnson”. Magic Johnson faced a ton of heat in those days and there weren’t any social media back then.