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Traina Thoughts: Magic Johnson Quits Lakers' Job To Tweet More And Twitter's Reaction Was Top Notch

1. Tuesday night was a good night on Twitter dot com.

Not only did Magic Johnson resign from his job as president of basketball operations without telling his boss, he cited his desire to tweet more freely as a reason for walking away from his gig with the Lakers.

That last part is what I want to focus on today. One of the greatest athletes of all time, a five-time NBA champion, three-time MVP and 12-time All-Star, has quit his job, at age 59, so he can pound out 240-character missives on his iPhone to share with the world.