BREAKING: Lakers Name Magic Johnson President Of Basketball Operations
- Updated: February 21, 2017
According to Adrian Wojnarowski of the Vertical, the Los Angeles Lakers have named Magic Johnson president of basketball operations.
Lakers make Magic Johnson President of Basketball Operations, fire GM Mitch Kupchak and Jim Buss, team says.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) February 21, 2017
The Lakers confirmed the news via Twitter.
GM Mitch Kupchak has been relieved of his duties and Jim Buss will no longer be EVP of Basketball Operations. 2/2
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) February 21, 2017
For the Lakers the time as come to move on from Kupchak and Buss running basketball operations. The team as seen some of their darkest times in franchise history over the last few years and owner Jeanie Buss felt like the time was now.
Johnson was brought on as a advisory role a few weeks ago and made it known that he was interested in taking over the basketball operations duty.
Los Angeles is far from ready to compete for a championship but they do have a lot of promise in rookie head coach Luke Walton and young prospects D’Angelo Russell, Julius Randle, and Brandon Ingram.
As more information surfaces on the Lakers and their news we will keep you up to date.
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