Lakers coach Luke Walton was surprised by the Lakers' front office reshuffling, he told USA Today's Sam Amick.
Walton said there was a meeting scheduled for him, former GM Mitch Kupchak, former executive vice president of basketball operations Jim Buss and Magic Johnson on the day Kupchak and Buss were fired.
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Here's Walton's telling of the moment he found out about the changes, as told to Amick.
"I was going to breakfast before the morning and then my phone started blowing up, so I came in.