Walton didn't make comments about Johnson's resignation following the Lakers' loss to the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center on Tuesday. "I had more fun when I was able to be the big brother and an ambassador to everybody".
Johnson says that Simmons reached out to him for advice on how to be a big point guard in the National Basketball Association and immediately it was considered as tampering and there was a lot of drama around the situation.
"I [couldn't] do that [as the Lakers president]", Johnson told reporters.
The five-time National Basketball Association champion has come under increasing pressure this year as the Lakers missed out on the post-season, despite signing LeBron James. I'm going to go back to that lovely life. "That's not who I am.' And then I don't want to put [Buss] in the middle of us, you know, even though she said, 'Hey, do what you want to do.' I know she has great love for him and great love for me".
Smith said Pelinka and Lakers owner Jeanie Buss both reached out to him and denied that Johnson wanted Pelinka gone, but he said that is what he and several other National Basketball Association reporters have been told.
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The way he thinks about football is the same way I think about football, so it's easy to understand football", Hazard said. On an evening of few positives for the London Stadium outfit, he was definitely one of them, as many acknowledged.
"I will always defer to Magic", Buss said. He was drafted by the Lakers with the 32nd pick in the 2003 and played in Los Angeles for over eight seasons, winning two championships.
"There is no greater Los Angeles Laker than Earvin Johnson", it said. A lot of my agent friends had called, but Jeanie has to make all the calls, that's not calls for me to make.
"I thought about Dwyane Wade retiring tomorrow and I can't even tweet about it".
"No anxiety. But call me later tonight and the answer might be different", Walton said. The Lakers have not made the playoffs since 2013. Both the Clippers and Lakers are in position to add a superstar (or two) this summer with notable players like Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard, Kemba Walker, Kyrie Irving and Jimmy Butler all available. He was also asked if he believes Rob Pelinka is the right general manager for the franchise. A person familiar with Buss' thinking said Johnson's decision did not guarantee Walton's job was safe.
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