Jeanie Buss Discussion: Following In Dad's Footsteps

The one thing I agreed with Magic about in his god awful interview was there are too many people with a voice in Jeannies war and she needs to sort that out.

 

It was seriously messed up how in order to defend himself for the terrible Zubac trade, his approach was just to trash Zubac and claim that Lebron and Lonzo were the only reason he was decent. Dude is an upcoming free agent and here Magic is attacking his livelihood just to defend his ego.

 

Is she even capable of doing that? I think that’s the real problem. Many have pointed out common sense things she needs to do, but the question is whether she has the balls to do it. Doesn’t seem like she does.

I just saw that.

 

Agree with this, he’s basically got a summer to save his job/reputation in my opinion.

 

well magic sure made that alot more difficult lol

 

Well, this will be the first off-season since 2016 where we don't have Magic, so now we can truly judge Rob/Jeanie/whoever by how we construct the roster and who we draft. I just hope they don't try and over-complicate it and make a reach pick at 4th. Keep it simple. Get Garland, Culver or Hunter at 4 and call it a fricking day. Don't try and reach pick someone that was projected to go 8th-14th (Reddish, Bol Bol, Huchimara, etc) because you will get crucified for that pick if it doesn't work out but nobody will bat an eye if you take one of those 3 at the 4th spot.

 

Livelihood? Dude is still in LA with his new wife sleeping in his own bed with full bird rights still available to him and the cLips. Had we renounced him this summer to make 2m more in space than there goes his player rights with it.

Zu's a nice kid, but my goodness is this transaction being made more than it really is. Doc Rivers once started an offensive inept Perk...but chose to bench and DNP Zu when the cLips were getting blasted by the dubs. Their large comebacks and their 2 wins came with Zu on the bench. Doc f***ed up his money, but that's Magic's fault too, right?

So Magic messing with his livelihood...HJ, I understand your position bro, but that's a bit too much.

 

Magic’s Zubac comments were a pretty direct result of the ESPN hit piece acting like we traded Kareem in his prime.

 

I’m not saying Magic was messing with his livelihood with the trade itself.

I’m talking about his interview yesterday.

Magic was dismissing the dude’s talents and publicly bashing him for a subpar playoff performance just to defend the trade and himself. You think that’s a good look for Zubac heading into free agency? His former team’s former president saying he was only ever effective because of Lebron and Lonzo. At the end of the day it’s probably not going to be a huge factor when teams decide what kind of offer they want to throw at Zubac, but it could be still be A factor. It was incredibly petty and classless of Magic.

I hope you’re just misunderstanding me and not actually defending Magic for what he said.

 

Right. Don’t forget Rob was the main culprit with the tampering.

But I guess the presser is an example of how he keeps managing to win over Jeanie Buss and crew as it seems to be making fans forget and smooth over his role in things.

 

I don’t recall such a hit piece. But there is a difference between explaining why the trade was blown out of proportion given the logistical unlikelihood of us retaining Zubac, and actually bashing Zubac personally to try to deflect the blame for what regardless of proportion was still a bad move.

 

Wasn’t a fan of Magic’s appearance. I do think that’s why he threw Zu under the bus though.

 

Magic is great at being Magic. Anything else, he has been a miserable failure. Sometimes in life, being really good at one thing is enough.

 

LOL what does that mean ... Doctor.

 

There's way too much smoke to make an accurate assessment of the situation, but what I know for certain is that Magic is a cancer to this franchise. I can't stand self-serving and petty human beings. He could go f*** himself for all I care.

I'd like to give Jeanie/Pelinka a fair shake and judge them after the summer.

 

But unfortunately you didn't stop it long enough, Mag.

LA Times Tania and Brad wrote a primer style piece on the Laker heirarchy. It's a must read to at least partially understand where we stand now. Magic is gone...has been gone. It's time to see what we're really dealing with in the new FO. We already somewhat know Rob, and I know enough to personally not expose my back to him, so lets get to know the Rambii.