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The Lakers and the Jeanie Buss Question

On Monday morning in New York City, Magic Johnson appeared on ESPN’s First Take and spent roughly an hour talking candidly about everyone from GM Rob Pelinka to COO Tim Harris to departed Lakers like Brook Lopez, Julius Randle and Ivica Zubac. Monday afternoon in L.A., Pelinka formally introduced new head coach Frank Vogel and spent most of the press conference fielding questions about the chaos that has consumed this team over the past few months. At one point Magic said, “Listen, you can't run a corporation like this.” Later, in L.A., Pelinka said, “I think people can look at this as an opportunity to win a championship possibly next year.