As if the Los Angeles Lakers don’t have enough on their plate, former president of basketball operations Magic Johnson hopped on First Take to shed light on his time running the team and the led to his eventual departure. In typical Magic form, he did not leave very much unsaid.
While Johnson was president of basketball operations, you didn’t exactly have to search far and wide to confirm rumors about his, er, inconsistent work ethic. Weeks would pass between his appearances at the team offices, and according to Johnson, Pelinka did all he could to benefit from that inconsistency.