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L.A. LAKERS Fire Mitch Kupchak, Remove Jim Buss MAGIC JOHNSON IN CHARGE
tmz ^ | 2/21/17 | tmz

Posted on 02/21/2017 10:52:02 AM PST by RummyChick

MASSIVE SHAKE-UP with the L.A. Lakers ... Jeanie Buss just FIRED General Manager Mitch Kupchak and booted her brother, Jim Buss, from his role as Exec. Vice President of Basketball Operations. Magic Johnson is the new President of Basketball Operations. YOU HEAR THAT? MAGIC JOHNSON IS CALLING THE SHOTS!!!! Jeanie -- the Governor of the Lakers -- explains, "Today I took a series of actions I believe will return the Lakers to the heights Dr. Jerry Buss demanded and our fans rightly expect." "Effective immediately, Earvin Johnson will be in charge of all basketball operations and will report directly to me. Our search for a new General Manager to work with Earvin and Coach Luke Walton is well underway and we hope to announce a new General Manager in short order." "Together, Earvin, Luke and our new General Manager will establish the foundation for the next generation of Los Angeles Lakers greatness."


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Is this guy really HIV+ . It's been a miracle that it doesn't seem to effect him after this amount of time.
1 posted on 02/21/2017 10:52:03 AM PST by RummyChick
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Interesting blindgossip about someone involved with the Lakers

http://blindgossip.com/?p=83624


2 posted on 02/21/2017 10:53:24 AM PST by RummyChick
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How long until Phil Jackson is coaching the Lakers again?


3 posted on 02/21/2017 10:53:26 AM PST by dfwgator
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Miss Buss has a big ownership share than her brother?


4 posted on 02/21/2017 10:54:47 AM PST by C19fan
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The other Johnson daughter


5 posted on 02/21/2017 10:55:28 AM PST by RummyChick
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Magic intends to rely on Kobe Bryant to guide the rebuilding of the Lakers. Which will be a big job because word is most current Lakers aren’t fans of Bryant.


6 posted on 02/21/2017 10:56:21 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2693926-magic-johnson-will-have-a-damning-case-against-jim-buss-and-mitch-kupchak

MAGIC JOHNSON WILL HAVE A DAMNING CASE AGAINST JIM BUSS AND MITCH KUPCHAK


7 posted on 02/21/2017 10:56:47 AM PST by RummyChick
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Rumor has it Obama applied for the Towel Boy job.

I think he’d like that.


8 posted on 02/21/2017 10:57:11 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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Apparently, Magic’s daughter already has a tawdry reputation.


9 posted on 02/21/2017 10:57:20 AM PST by lee martell
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The challenge facing Jeanie, 51, and her 53-year-old brother Jim — along with four other Buss siblings who share a 66 percent controlling interest in the Lakers — is not merely to see the world as their father did but to act on that vision with equal success.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/lakers-owners-jeanie-jim-buss-604909


10 posted on 02/21/2017 10:58:10 AM PST by RummyChick
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I have never believed that he was HIV+. I thought at the time that the AIDS crowd needed a famous diseased person to further their cause because Rock Hudson was not enough. It would mean that the medical team surrounding him were in on it.

Someone needs to secretly give him another test to expose the hoax.

11 posted on 02/21/2017 10:58:37 AM PST by Slyfox (Where's Reagan when we need him? Look in the mirror - the spirit of The Gipper lives within you.)
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FOX Sports Radio host Colin Cowherd—who knows the management of the Lakers fairly well—is going to have a field day on today’s radio show if this story is true.


12 posted on 02/21/2017 10:58:49 AM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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The adopted one is pretty


13 posted on 02/21/2017 11:00:01 AM PST by RummyChick
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No big league free agents wanted to play under Jim Buss..he has a bad rep in the NBA..before Kobe retired people blamed Kobe for not attracting big name stars to come here to LA, but that quickly changed to blaming Jim Buss..years ago when Phil Jackson wanted to come here, Jerry Buss didnt want him here..then Kobe tore his Achilles and well, the rest as they say is history


14 posted on 02/21/2017 11:04:07 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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I’ll never forget the day (though I can’t recall the calendar date) Magic announced he was HIV+.

I was working on an early Fox TV show, buried in the depths of a multiple-bay editing frenzy with worker bees under severe time and money pressure running around like mad. It was like an anthill. Suddenly the whole place came to a dead stop.


15 posted on 02/21/2017 11:06:02 AM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them!)
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Mitch Kupchack should have been gone long ago...


16 posted on 02/21/2017 11:09:13 AM PST by Hotlanta Mike ('You can avoid reality, but you can't avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
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How long until Phil Jackson is coaching sitting on the sideline of the Lakers again?

Fixed it. Most overrated coach.

17 posted on 02/21/2017 11:26:10 AM PST by Hyman Roth
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Johnson has been on the meds that suppress the disease but it is still dormant in him because of the meds. It never goes away.....it simply sleeps.


18 posted on 02/21/2017 11:47:31 AM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Note to all foreigners: Please.....GET OUT and STAY OUT!)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I’ll say it right now: Earvin “Magic” Johnson has the star power and charisma to start attracting free agents. Russell Westbrook is the first name that comes to mind.


19 posted on 02/21/2017 11:54:11 AM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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wondering if that HIV tale was a FAIRY TALE STORY? so long ago?
20 posted on 02/21/2017 11:56:02 AM PST by haircutter
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