Magic Johnson explains his abrupt Lakers departure and accuses the team's GM of 'backstabbing'
Magic Johnson spoke Monday about his decision to step away from the Lakers.
“I told her: ‘Listen, I can’t give up all my businesses. I make more money doing that than becoming president of the Lakers, so you know that I’m going to be in and out. Is that okay with you?'"Johnson said on ESPN’s “First Take.” “She said yes. I said, ‘Do I have the power to make decisions?’ because that was important for me to take the job, as well. She said, ‘You have the power to make the decisions.
“And then I start hearing: ‘Magic, you’re not working hard enough. Magic’s not in the office.’ So people around the Laker office were telling me Rob was saying things.”“Rob Pelinka,” Johnson responded. “And I didn’t like those things being said behind my back, that I wasn’t in the office enough. So I started getting calls from my friends outside of basketball saying those things now were said to them outside of basketball. Now [it’s] not just in the Laker office anymore.
Pelinka responded to Johnson later Monday during an introductory news conference for new Lakers coach Frank Vogel, calling Johnson “an unbelievable person to work with” who “fills the room with joy and vision.”
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