It was only a matter of time before the real story behind Magic Johnson’s sudden resignation came to light. No story can be buried forever, but that will be especially true when it comes to these Lakers and someone like Magic who, and this is said with no shade, has not met a camera he does not like.
So, after nearly 6 weeks of speculation about what prompted Magic to step away from the Lakers, we finally got the story right from Magic’s mouth when he appeared on ESPN’s First Take and laid it all out bare for full consumption:
I have many thoughts here, but I think the simplest one is that the Lakers remain a mess.