On Tuesday evening, Magic Johnson called an impromptu press conference to announce that he was stepping down as president of basketball operations for the Los Angeles Lakers. No one saw it coming — not even the team’s star player LeBron James, who met with Johnson this past weekend, according to ESPN.
It’s for that reason that James was reportedly one of the many people that were shocked to find out that Johnson was stepping away from the Lakers:
LeBron James was stunned to learn of Magic Johnson’s decision to step down as the Los Angeles Lakers’ president of basketball operations, a source with knowledge of James’ thinking told ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne on Wednesday.