Magic Johnson Makes Bombshell Statement On LeBron Ignoring Luke Walton Report

The Los Angeles Lakers keep making headlines, and the last one includes Magic Johnson, LeBron James and Luke Walton.

The Lakers lost two games in a row, and they are already hearing negative comments. The last one came from fans who checked Brian Windhorst’s report on LeBron James and the Lakers head coach. According to this report, LeBron is ignoring Walton’s calls from the bench. However, Lakers director of basketball operations came forward with a statement, and he actually disputes this report.

LeBron is a leader, but that does not mean he disrespects or ignores his head coaches. Magic Johnson said the guys have a particular system that they follow, calling Windhorst’s report “false.”

“We’re the Lakers. People are going to be talking about us.”

Here is the quote related to Windhorst’s report:

“The scouts also have noticed that when James is running the point, he rarely looks toward the bench to receive playcalls from coach Luke Walton. Even when he has seen them, the scouts say, he ignores them and runs the play he prefers. Walton has adjusted, and now when James is running the show, Walton will typically just let him call the game. This probably shouldn’t be considered a slight — it’s just James being James.”

But, the entire article was not written to put down Los Angeles or Luke Walton. It is just a way to inform basketball fans and offer some numbers, suggesting that the Lakers are much better when King James runs point guard. That’s all.

The bad part comes when people start taking excerpts from articles and twist them into a completely different story. A dark one.

Magic Johnson is right about this one. People have always talked about his team, and that’s actually good. The Lakers have a lot to offer, they have great players and awesome front office.