There is no more compelling and wholly unimportant storyline for Lakers and NBA fans to follow than the saga of Magic Johnson’s tweets and how they’re formulated. With tweets that walk a fine line between parody and reality, each one feels like an artistic masterpiece, crafted to perfection before the “Send Tweet” button is pushed.
Somehow, though, the story is even wilder.
It’s long been reported that Johnson does not write his own tweets, using a ghostwriter to create his viral masterpieces. But it goes even further than that. On Friday’s episode of the “Pardon My Take” podcast, actor and Magic Johnson’s longtime friend Rob Lowe — not Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka — revealed some more details into the process of Magic’s tweets.