BACKSTORY: Magic Johnson Quit the Lakers Because of Email Criticism

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Source: Courtesy / Tony Scott

Magic Johnson resigned as President of Basketball Operations for the L.A. Lakers earlier this month after being told of criticism from owner Jeanie Buss and general manager Rob Pelinka. Fox Sports 1’s Ric Bucher (Bewker) spilled the tea, “My understanding is that there were some emails that were exchanged between Rob and Jeanie…about Magic and about what Magic was and wasn’t doing. They were critical emails. And somehow, someway, Jeanie, from what I understand, was CC’ing or blind CC’ing Magic on everything. That was sort of protocol. Standard issue. Somehow, the exchange between Rob and Jeanie ended up on that string of the blind CC’s that were going to Magic.”