If your friends are anything like mine, you probably got a lot of messages on Tuesday about how the Lakers are an embarrassment, and Magic Johnson should be ashamed of how he conducted himself by hanging Jeanie Buss out to dry.
And yes, perhaps Johnson’s stunning resignation wasn’t the finest hour in this organization’s history. But compared to some of the other episodes that the Lakers have been through, it didn’t feel entirely out of character for this franchise. Los Angeles is all about entertainment, and Magic was just supplying the latest dose of it.