The first episode of “Winning Time” on HBO was very promising. The new 10-episode series, which is billed as an insider’s view of the 1980s Lakers dynasty and NBA Finals appearances, already should have viewers looking forward to the second installment. While the series does add in some fictional twists, there are a lot of supposed truths that are featured, …
Written by: Wilson Williams It’s been a tough year for the Los Angeles Lakers family. Over a year ago, after signing LeBron James; the iconic Magic Johnson decided to step down on disagreement to fire Luke Walton and save his friendship with Jeanie Buss. The Lakers would later recover after a lot of media criticism of being a dysfunctional organization. …
Ervin “Magic Johnson”, one of the best players in NBA history, and probably the best nickname of all time. It’s time to remember everything that Magic did and represents for Los Angeles and the Lakers. Magic was the face of “Showtime”, not only a nickname for the Laker team from 1980 to 1991, but “Showtime” represented a style of playing. …
Magic Johnson stepped down from President of Basketball Operations of the Los Angeles Lakers before the final game of the season. The announcement surprised everyone including Lakers players and Media members around the organization. The most shocking information of the announcement was that Magic didn’t tell team owner Jeanie Buss, of his decision to step down. Magic stated that he …
When Magic Johnson became President of Basketball Operations for the Los Angeles Lakers, it seemed that the Lakers losing seasons was coming to an end. Magic Johnson drafted Lonzo Ball with the number 2 overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft. Magic also traded D’Angelo Russell and Timofey Mozgov to the Brooklyn Nets to get rid of a bad contract …
