Share this: LaVar Ball isn’t the first parent to put his children in the spotlight. Magic Johnson, the Los Angeles Lakers president of basketball operations, told ESPN Radio Los Angeles on Wednesday, he has “no problem” with Ball’s antics and doesn’t expect them to affect his son Lonzo’s NBA career, according to Bleacher Report’s Mike Chiari. Johnson even compared LaVar Ball to Kris Jenner, the matriarch of the Kardashian family (of reality television fame). “Look, the Kardashians, we didn’t say that the mom was bad, and she made them a lot of money, right?” Johnson said. “She’s bragged on her daughters, and I think it’s the same here. He’s (Ball) just saying, ‘Hey, my son is great,’ and there’s nothing bad with that.” Lonzo
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Magic Johnson’s Gloriously Terrible NBA, Lakers Tweets Never Get Old
Share this: If Magic Johnson’s tenure as Lakers president of basketball operations is anything like his Twitter feed, Los Angeles will be in for a wild ride. The Lakers’ front office underwent a major shakeup Tuesday with the firing of general manager Mitch Kupchak and vice president of basketball operations Jim Buss, as well as Johnson’s promotion just two days before the NBA trade deadline. And since the Internet never forgets, the big news sent Twitter users into a frenzy uncovering some of Johnson’s hilariously awkward old tweets. Here’s just a sampling of the gold that people found. The Bucks just acquired the next Jason Kidd in Michael Carter-Williams. — Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) February 20, 2015 There simply are way too many of them to post in one article,