As owner Jeanie Buss and general manager Rob Pelinka prepare to run the Los Angeles Lakers, reports of what led to Magic Johnson’s shocking resignation continue to pop up.
Recently, Ric Bucher of Bleacher Report believed the reason Johnson resigned is due to Buss and Pelinka criticizing his performance in an email exchange that he was blind CCed on.
However, this was never confirmed due to the pure outrageous nature of the report.
While it remains unclear what ultimately led to Johnson’s resignation, this report has been ‘adamantly denied,’ according to Bill Oram and Sam Amick of The Athletic:
The real reasons for Magic’s departure remain somewhat murky, but a source with knowledge of the situation adamantly denied the report indicating that Jeanie had mistakenly shared e-mails with Johnson that were critical of his job performance.