It’s been less than 24 hours since Magic Johnson offered to give everyone in Lakers locker room a big hug, and he’s already over being Mr. Nice Guy.
Before the Lakers tipped off against the Philadelphia 76ers for their matinee matchup on Sunday, Johnson spoke to reporters and aired out his grievances with everyone from New Orleans Pelicans manager Dell Demps to the players on his team.
For the first time since the NBA trade deadline on Thursday, Johnson indirectly addressed the well-reported trade negotiations between the Lakers and Pelicans, and said that he knew what he was getting into (via Dave McMenamin of ESPN):
”We knew that basically at the end of the day what happened, happened,” Johnson said before the Lakers played the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday.