Week3 post 2

When Magic stepped down as the Lakers president most of the basketball world was shocked as I was, because this was position that looked well for magic. This article written by Kurt Helin discussed about Magic leaving the Lakers front office. Magic Johnson being one of the greatest to play the game love this organization. The video of Magic’s press conference showed a side of magic that maybe it wasn’t his choice and they were forcing him out. I remember when the Laker brought him back to the Lakers organization and the fan base was going crazy because he was the ‘key’ to landing Lebron James, we all had high expectations. The first move that went downhill for Johnson was trading young promising Allstar D’Angelo Russell to the Brooklyn Nets. At the time this was a smart move because this was key to having the money to getting Lebron down the road. After trading Russell, they would need a Point guard and they lucky they had the number two pick in the 2017 and ended picking big name baller named Lonzo ball. See this is where they went wrong trading someone that could play with LeBron for brand new point guard. They didn’t need to get the super star because they already had a young core that had potential down the road. They were 2-3 years and couple drafts to build a Lakers playoff team. Instead what had happened was trading or losing most of their young core and not even making the playoff this year with LeBron. Although LeBron was injured this year for like 18 games or so. I believe if he was playing, they could have made the playoffs, but I doubt they would have got out the first round. They had all the names to make a run but not the right spots for those people also the Lakers were missing a bench. Their bench threat had gone down just to bring one superstar and build around him. What magic Johnson had done was instead of building a team around LeBron, he built a team for him. You see what LeBron could do on the court is just unfair to defenders. He can break down the defense to get the teammates a good shot also a good chance of winning. Lebron is that player that makes his teammates better so instead of building a team, what magic should have done was get a bench and players that can perfect their role also getting one star or two down the road. He was so worried about acquiring Giannis Antetokounmpo and Anthony Davis he didn’t even have time to get the other parts.