It is the years 2018-19 in the National Basketball Association (NBA) - The Regular Season

Wow magic stepped down!

hahahahahahahahahahahahahah

apparently he is telling the press this without having told anyone else in the organization

this is the greatest thing that has happened

Nobody and I mean nobody had a sense Magic was gonna do this today.

— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) April 10, 2019

Lakers coaching staff fully expected to be fired in hours after the final game of the season. They had believed they were gone for months. Now? Magic quits in public, saying he's too scared to tell Jeanie Buss face-to-face. What an embarrassing episode for a historic franchise.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 10, 2019

this is pretty insane

this story is so good that people like bobby marks are just throwing down

A friendly reminder that no players in the NBA have a no trade clause.

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) April 10, 2019

what is happening

it's fuckin literary out there

End of the day, Magic Johnson claims he has too much love for Jeanie Buss to hurt someone she loves in Luke Walton. A high-stakes basketball version of the Gift of the Magi. Stunning.

— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) April 10, 2019

the next lakers executive needs to be able to do the sensible thing and #tradebron

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Fam. pic.twitter.com/egTn44H3vW

— Bonta Hill (@BontaHill) April 10, 2019

my dream now is to get to a point where i quit a job because i want to just be a figurehead but instead i have actual responsibilities.

What a disaster

Why anyone would ever want to deal with fucking dumb ass magic johnson is beyond me. I never wanted dude anywhere near this team.

Blazers play LA tonight. This kind of shit can make a team react in weird ways. But... BEAT LA!

He clearly thought he could just take that job and all the stars would align without having to do anything but be himself.

it seems like he was just unclear on the actual responsibilities? it was like they told him he would be a brand ambassador and then all of a sudden he's drafting players and whatnot.

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back to doing what he does best

the buss family and the lakers management are giving the knicks management some competition for the nba title.

Jamal Crawford going for 50 #whynot

"I want to go back to having fun. I want to go back being who I was before taking on this job." --magic

just an incredible nba season for feelings, unprecedented, were living through history

"I was happier when I wasn't president [of the Lakers]," Johnson said.

"I'm a free bird, and I can't be handcuffed," he said. "This is a good day."

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26482680/magic-stepping-lakers-president

feel like were actually hitting a general inflection point with men getting in touch with our feelings and im not sure society is ready tbh

what the fu

"I thought about Dwyane Wade retiring [Wednesday], and I can't even tweet that out or be there,'' Johnson said. "Serena Williams called me a week ago and said, 'Will you mentor me and be on my advisory board?' And I said, 'Yeah, I'm going to do that.'

when ur sad because u cant tweet

what a w for the tampering rules

what a legend

he was a great player! since then? he was a great player!

magic securing his legacy

this is tite as hell dirk gets respect

Look at this crew who showed up for Dirk pic.twitter.com/qMxtTHwOmv

— Dirk Nowobzki (@WorldWideWob) April 10, 2019

so i guess he's retiring??

yup

makes sense what with the being able to walk much worse than the average person

yuk yuk

Larry Bird: “I was 15 when Dirk came in the league and now I’m 62!"

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) April 10, 2019

aw

"This was my last home game."

Dirk Nowitzki teared up officially announcing his retirement 👏 pic.twitter.com/olv6dhjqiR

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 10, 2019

21 seasons all with one team. Not going to happen again any time soon.

end of okc and hou was rad also russ remains the embodiment of madness

what's the argument right now that the lakers haven't become the west coast knicks?

given how addicted to drama lebron is this really is the perfect situation for him

LA also suits his interest in becoming a media conglomerate.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3wtejvW4AE8IB9.jpg

beautiful

o hey thats john legend and chrissy teigen

Yup

fucking amazing results to wake up to after the nuggets loss — portland wins and houston loses on buzzer beaters

Pretty crazy nba night! Like the 10th weirdest thing that happened was brow wearing a “that’s all folks” shirt.

"I want to go back to having fun. I want to go back being who I was before taking on this job." --magic

magic OTM, having a job sucks imo

magic is the hero we need for many reasons

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