Magic hopes to have open dialogue with Lakers in Philly this weekend.
Regardless of the Lakers’ very public makes an attempt to commerce their total roster for Anthony Davis, Magic Johnson and co. got here up empty-handed as Thursday’s commerce deadline expired.
Now, Magic is ready to meet the staff in Philadelphia this weekend so he can handle the messy state of affairs with the gamers.
In keeping with the Los Angeles Instances’ Broderick Turner, Johnson will “emphasize] that the NBA is a enterprise and that this franchise is about successful championships and doing all it could actually to perform that objective.”
Per the LA Times:
“Johnson will pay attention to each participant who needs to talk, hoping to have an open dialogue together with his staff to allow them to all transfer ahead collectively, one particular person stated.”
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Magic and Lakers GM Rob Pelinka had been reportedly prepared to ship out Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart, Ivica Zubac, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and two first-round picks in change for Anthony Davis, however the Pelicans stood their floor on the deadline.
The Lakers responded by defeating the Celtics in Boston on Thursday evening behind a triple-double efficiency from LeBron, 25 factors from Kuzma, and a Rajon Rondo game-winner on the buzzer.
In consequence Thursday evening’s thrilling 129-128 victory, the Lakers improved to 28-27 on the season which has them sitting in 10th place within the Western Convention behind the Sacramento Kings, and 1.5 video games again the eighth seeded Los Angeles Clippers. And with the Clippers buying and selling Tobias Harris to the Philadelphia 76ers, it is cheap to imagine they will slide within the standings because the playf push heats up.
Up subsequent for the Lakers is a nationally televised showdown towards the Sixers on Sunday. That recreation, airing on ABC, is scheduled to tipf at three:30pm ET.