With Magic Johnson stunning the basketball world by stepping down as President of Basketball Operations Tuesday night, it was easy to speculate that more changes would be on their way. You simply do not have a shakeup in the leadership of your organization in that way without more fallout occurring. Well, it didn’t take long. Head Athletic Trainer Marco Nuñez has been let go, per ESPN’s Dave McMenamin:
As Dave notes, Nuñez had been with the organization for a decade, first as assistant trainer before being elevated to the head job after Gary Vitti retired in 2016.