Lakers News: Jeanie Buss, Magic Johnson See Eye-To-Eye On Building Roster Around Luke...

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Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss made sweeping changes to the team’s front office earlier than some expected, casting out general manager Mitch Kupchak and vice president of basketball operations Jim Buss. Jeanie replaced her brother with her longtime personal friend and Lakers legend Magic Johnson, naming the previous advisor as the team’s new president of basketball operations. That was followed by the hiring of Rob Pelinka as general manager. In a recent appearance on “The Full 48 Podcast,” Jeanie told Howard Beck that once she brought in Johnson, she was happy to learn they shared the same view on how to build the Lakers moving forward: “When Magic got involved last year, we sat down

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