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Magic Johnson was never all in, so now he's all gone
LA Times ^
| April 9, 2019
| Bill Plaschke
Posted on 04/10/2019 4:05:08 AM PDT by C19fan
There was no warning. There were no rumors. There was nothing to indicate what was about to happen when Magic Johnson jovially stepped in front of the media early Tuesday evening in a Staples Center hallway.
He nudged me, grinned, and said, "Bill is here, we have to have a press conference." Then his smile disappeared, his laughter died, and he quit.
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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: basketball; nba
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We all know who really runs the Lakers and it was not Magic.
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posted on
04/10/2019 4:05:08 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
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posted on
04/10/2019 4:06:22 AM PDT
by
dp0622
(The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
To: dp0622
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posted on
04/10/2019 4:13:20 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: C19fan
Don’t like the whispers, politics, and backstabbing of professional basketball????
Paul Westhead would probably think otherwise.
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posted on
04/10/2019 4:14:31 AM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Ruth Bader Ginsburg doctor is a taxidermist.)
To: C19fan
The Lakers lost when they signed the Cancer...LaBron James.
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posted on
04/10/2019 4:46:03 AM PDT
by
ConservaTeen
(WFLA's Jack Harris: Brooklyn is missing their village idiot. Right you are, Jack.)
To: C19fan
The first Mrs. Lurkin referred to him as “Ear Vin”
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posted on
04/10/2019 4:46:15 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: C19fan
I lost all interest...ALL interest...in the NBA when Bird,Parrish,McHale and DJ left the Celtics.
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posted on
04/10/2019 5:02:54 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
To: C19fan
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posted on
04/10/2019 5:04:19 AM PDT
by
Leep
(It's.. (W)all or nothing..!)
To: Gay State Conservative
Bird,Parrish,McHale and DJ Them was some handsome boys, wasn't they (and you left out Danny Ainge)? :-)
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posted on
04/10/2019 5:09:48 AM PDT
by
Hardastarboard
(Three most annoying words on the internet - "Watch the video")
To: Gay State Conservative
I think the NBA lost a ton of us when those legends left.
Good ol’ days...
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posted on
04/10/2019 5:14:29 AM PDT
by
Roman_War_Criminal
(Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
To: Hardastarboard
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posted on
04/10/2019 5:15:56 AM PDT
by
Roman_War_Criminal
(Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
To: Gay State Conservative
I lost interest I the NBA also, but it wasn’t because all those Celtic legends left, it was because players like Kareem, Wilt, Magic, West, Baylor and a few other great Lakers left. Those days when the Celtic and the Laker Greats played each other for all the Marbles are gone forever.
To: C19fan
I never understood why Magic decided to become the President of the Lakers. Maybe it was an ego thing... It wasn’t the money or power... he sold his small ownership share years ago. Magic was wildly successful after his NBA career ended. Estimates of his net worth is north of $500 million. I’m glad he made the decision to return to what made him happy. It is a noble thing to aspire to do what makes us happy. Truth be told, I was raised a Celtic but Magic was a most worthy adversary every year...
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posted on
04/10/2019 5:26:32 AM PDT
by
John123
(US$ - I owe you nothing. Euro - Who owes you nothing.)
To: Gay State Conservative
The NBA left me...only hockey is interesting now, and go Lightning...Stanley Cup...
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posted on
04/10/2019 5:37:35 AM PDT
by
Deplorable American1776
(Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
To: Deplorable American1776
Boston,as the world knows,is the City of Champions (except,perhaps,for Princess Liawatha).Lord Stanley’s Cup will find a new home at the Boston Garden (aka: TD Garden) in about 8 weeks!
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posted on
04/10/2019 5:53:39 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
To: Gay State Conservative
I lost all interest after Walt Frazier, Bill Russell, Chamberlain, Earl Monroe, Pete Maravich, etc
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posted on
04/10/2019 6:12:39 AM PDT
by
bravo whiskey
(Never bring a liberal gun law to a gun fight.)
To: C19fan
The virus caught up with him?
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posted on
04/10/2019 6:17:33 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: C19fan
I just don’t watch thugball.
When that Latrell Sprewell was NOT imprisoned for choking his coach during practice in 1997, was not even benched, I stopped caring about this game. It became thugball.
I’ll watch some college basketball but even there they don’t call travelling and they have monkeys hanging from the rim. Thug behavior, not basketball.
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posted on
04/10/2019 6:39:26 AM PDT
by
John O
(God Save America (Please))
To: Old Retired Army Guy
The Lakers vs Celtics vs Pistons vs Bulls were the best of NBA ever, I think never to be replaced
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posted on
04/10/2019 7:30:05 AM PDT
by
Blue Collar Christian
(I'm a nationalist.I'm white.Does that mean I'm racist?)
To: Hardastarboard
Bill Russell, John Havlicek, Don Nelson, Jo Jo White, Kevin Garnett....
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posted on
04/10/2019 8:08:42 AM PDT
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
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