OT: Magic to run the Lakers. Kupchak, Jim Buss out.... NOW
February 21st, 2017 at 1:57 PM ^
I've heard some of Magic's personnel and staff ideas and think he is way over his head here. But as someone who can't stand the Lakers I have no problem watching them fail.
February 21st, 2017 at 2:06 PM ^
Can't be any worse than Phil Jackson and the Knicks or the Kings.
Stauskas. Stauskas. Stauskas.
lol
There are also rumors of Jerry West returning to the Lakers from the Warriors, which would be a very good thing.
February 21st, 2017 at 2:42 PM ^
That guy's pile (enviable, I must say) and lifestyle are the collective aspiration of many a Sparty. What a cheeseball!
February 21st, 2017 at 2:42 PM ^
He totally doesn't look like a guy trying to buy low/sell high.
February 21st, 2017 at 3:25 PM ^
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February 21st, 2017 at 4:07 PM ^
bought a company I used to work for. Within two years he had stripped the company bare, Gordon Gekko style, and thousands of good, hard working people were left unemployed in his wake.
Fuck Tom Gores.
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/rumors-rumbling-tom-gores-might-buy-tigers#…
February 21st, 2017 at 6:00 PM ^
"there is a great crime."
February 21st, 2017 at 4:19 PM ^
to say that you don't like the billionarie than it is to say that you do. I think he's done a great job with the team so far considering where they stood when he acquired them.
February 21st, 2017 at 4:41 PM ^
Doesn't he own multiple businesses included part of the Dodgers?
February 21st, 2017 at 1:59 PM ^
Talk of former UM bball player and current NBA agent Rob Pelinka joining the front office apparently.
February 21st, 2017 at 2:06 PM ^
It says that in the article.
February 21st, 2017 at 1:59 PM ^
Michael Jordan is doing a great job.
February 21st, 2017 at 2:08 PM ^
If 24-38 with an All Star caliber player at the most important position is a great job, you and I have different expectations for team quality.
February 21st, 2017 at 2:15 PM ^
February 21st, 2017 at 4:36 PM ^
I hear it comes across really well in text.
February 21st, 2017 at 11:54 PM ^
There you go, you got the hang of it!
February 21st, 2017 at 2:03 PM ^
Great players don't necessarily make for great GMs. They don't necessarily make for just good ones, either. Does he have any kind of front office experience?
I'm sure all Lakers fans are excited about bringing a hometown hero in to run the organization, but if he has no experience running or managing a team, why will he all of a sudden know how to do it when he's handed the keys to one of the most prominent, if not the most prominent franchises in the league?
February 21st, 2017 at 2:19 PM ^
What could possibly go wrong?
February 21st, 2017 at 2:59 PM ^
February 21st, 2017 at 4:38 PM ^
February 21st, 2017 at 5:57 PM ^
you never saw the Chevy Chase Show.
February 21st, 2017 at 2:06 PM ^
He has vast experience running a business. Not one but many. Something many players don't have.
While he hasn't run a basketball team, he does know how they operate.
I wouldn't be so quick to think he won't do well.
I think he has a good eye for talent and will do a much better job than those he is taking over for.
February 21st, 2017 at 2:14 PM ^
I'm not definitively saying he's going to suck or that he won't do well. Just thought it was an interesting pick considering he has no experience in an NBA front office. Granted, whatever the Lakers are doing now hasn't been working and they may need a fresh start, but I just won't be surprised if they continue to flounder.
February 21st, 2017 at 2:07 PM ^
Larry Bird and Jerry West held their own just fine. Why not give Magic a shot? Can't get any worse.
February 21st, 2017 at 2:03 PM ^
NBA has been making some headlines as of late. First with the Kings shooting themselves in the foot with Cousins and now the Lakers.
February 22nd, 2017 at 4:20 AM ^
February 21st, 2017 at 2:05 PM ^
Proofreading at major sites has gotten horrible:
"Lakers chef operation officer Tim Harris will immediately search for Black's replacment..."
February 21st, 2017 at 2:06 PM ^
Devil's advocate to the whole "former players can't do it" groupthink but Jerry West has done alright for himself as a GM. Larry Bird also hasn't been terrible. If Lebron wasn't around that Pacers team would've at least made a Finals.
February 21st, 2017 at 2:27 PM ^
February 21st, 2017 at 2:36 PM ^
Who knows how Magic will do (cannot do any worse than Buss/Kupchak) but getting marquee free agents will make or break him. 3 of the big 4 clippers are free agents this year. I wonder, if they had gotten Chris Paul, would they even be in this mess.....
We'll all know in 2-3 years...
February 21st, 2017 at 2:36 PM ^
February 21st, 2017 at 2:43 PM ^
as he was a talk show host, this will be a booming success!
February 21st, 2017 at 2:46 PM ^
For those you not yet familiar with working with a consultant as Magic was let me give you some advice from years of experience. Once your company brings one in and they are evaluating you - get your resume buffed up cause you're gonna need it. SOON.
There hasnt been one consultant engagement in the history of corporate America that didnt end with the following summary report:
1. Your company is an utter disaster. It's as screwed up as anything we've ever seen. It's a wonder you guys can still make payroll.
2. The guy in charge of the department you asked us to review? Why that's the the most screwed up employee in a sea of screwed up employee. X means well and is a nice guy and all but MAN is he over his head and holding you guys back.
3. As luck would have it, our firm (or in the case of Magic-himself) just so happens to have the precise skillsets you need to extrecate yourself from the craphole you find yourself in. For the mere sum of (about double whatever the company was paying the guy they're about to get murdered) we can pull you out of the ditch. It wont be easy and it will take a long time but with perserverance (and about 5 times what you would've paid somebody internally) we can do it!
I knew those dudes were toast the miniute they announced they had brought Magic in as a consultant to review their basketball operations.
February 21st, 2017 at 2:58 PM ^
This is so true on all levels.
February 21st, 2017 at 4:50 PM ^
A consultant is someone who borrows your watch and then tells you what time it is.
A clever one is one who figures out a way to sell it back to you.
February 21st, 2017 at 6:38 PM ^
February 21st, 2017 at 2:48 PM ^
I saw Kupchak eating lunch once at an El Pollo Loco. Seeing that guy try to squeeze into a booth reminded me of this:
February 21st, 2017 at 2:52 PM ^
Sincerely hope he is successful. Magic is awesome.
February 21st, 2017 at 3:31 PM ^
Honestly if it just stops all the "xyz top 5 player going to the Lakers?" rumors every offseason and trade deadline I'll be happy.
February 21st, 2017 at 4:41 PM ^
That will never happen - agents leak Laker trade rumors all the time, real or fake, as a shot across the bow towards their clients' teams because it's a guaranteed ESPN headline.
February 21st, 2017 at 3:01 PM ^
We have been patient enough. Jim will be fine as an owner.
February 21st, 2017 at 3:13 PM ^
Harbaugh to Lakers, bank it. ESPN lead story tonight.
February 21st, 2017 at 3:41 PM ^
How does a co-owner get fired from his front office job?