Magic was in on it for sure, Ive believed that from the beginning..some of the things this gold digger asks Sterling on the tape sounds so scripted, he’s an idiot for not realizing it but this was a set up for the beginning. Magic has always wanted to buy an NBA team, he wanted the Lakers after Dr Buss died but the Buss family will NEVER sell..so he figured, Sterling is old, he already knows he’s a racist, let’s “Get him” so that he can get the team
Your scenario sounds pretty spot-on. After a dope-smoking session with plenty of $700-a bottle cognac, a plot was hatched to acquire an NBA franchise. The trick was finding which owner was most vulnerable. Even in a dope and booze induced haze, it would not be hard to figure that one.