ESPN's Zach Lowe and Brian Windhorst blasted the Lakers for trying to run a 'family organization' in 2019 and only hiring people with Lakers ties.
Nobody on the Lakers knew Magic Johnson was going to resign, even as he met with people on the team in recent days
Windhorst said that while Lakers owner Jeanie Buss is well-liked and respected around the NBA, she has presided over the worst run in team history. "When Jeannie Buss took over from her brother, she hired one of her father's best friends in Magic Johnson, she hired Kobe Bryant's agent in Rob Pelinka, and Luke Walton was hired as the coach, who was basically the surrogate son of Phil Jackson, who was her fiance and boyfriend for 15 years. That is no way to run an organization. And while everybody respects Jeannie, everybody genuinely likes Jeannie, she has presided over the six worst years in the history of the franchise.
"When they talk about a methodical approach [to hiring a new president], what they need to do is go out outside the Lakers family — it can't be a Lakers legend, it can't be Kobe Bryant's agent — it needs to be somebody who comes in and completely reshapes the culture of how they communicate and how they make decisions, because it is totally broken, and last night is a perfect example.
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