LeBron James Finally Reveals His Thoughts About Magic Johnson’s Exit

LeBron James came to Los Angeles thanks to Magic Johnson. The team will enter the next season without Magic, and LeBron shared his thoughts on the resignation.

This was the first time LeBron came forward with comments on Johnson’s timing.

“It was just weird for [Johnson] to just be like . . . ‘Nah, I’m out of here,’ ” LeBron said during an episode of “The Shop,” Saturday night. “And not even have [a heads-up] like: ‘Hey, Bron . . . kiss my a–. I’m out of here.’ I would have been okay with that. Like: ‘Hey, Bron, it’s Magic. Kiss my a–; I’m gone.’ It wasn’t even that.”

Johnson had an impromptu news conference at Staples Center before the Lakers final game of the regular season.

LeBron said he heard the news from Randy Mims.

“What do you mean [stepped down]?” LeBron recalls telling Mims. “Like, from out of his car? I’m like: ‘Man, get the f— out of my face. You’re bulls—ting me.’ ”

King James shared the news with Lonzo Ball, and the rest is history.

“We were like, ‘Damn, right now?’ It was literally 70 minutes on the clock before [tip-off],” LeBron said. “[The team] is getting ready for a game. And you decide to do that right here, right now? I feel like there’s a time and place for things, and I believe that you knew you were going to make that decision. So why would you do it here? And why would you do it now?”

The Lakers star remembers the details about his conversation with Johnson.

“I came here to be a part of the Lakers organization [after] having a conversation with Magic,” LeBron added. “[He was] really kind of breaking it down and saying how we were going to make this ‘Showtime’ again. I wanted to be a part of that process.

“We all knew that it was going to be kind of tough. But I was okay with the process. At year 16, you aren’t really supposed to be worried about no d— process. Especially for me, because I’m in championship mode all the time.”

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