{"id":2923,"date":"2024-09-22T06:30:36","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T06:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=2923"},"modified":"2024-09-22T06:30:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T06:30:36","slug":"rob-pelinka-called-magic-johnson-after-lakers-won-nba-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=2923","title":{"rendered":"Rob Pelinka Called Magic Johnson After Lakers Won NBA Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in April 2019,\u00a0Magic Johnson\u00a0shocked the\u00a0Lakers\u00a0franchise by abruptly\u00a0stepping down, later claiming he was \u201cbetrayed\u201d by Lakers general manager\u00a0Rob Pelinka.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the accusations, Pelinka says he and Magic maintained a strong relationship after Johnson\u2019s departure. And so, after the Lakers\u00a0won the championship\u00a0on Sunday, Pelinka decided to call Johnson (<strong>starting at 7:15 in the video below<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u201cI still have such gratitude for the two seasons I got to work with Earvin. And he\u2019s definitely a part of tonight with his vision and working side by side. He\u2019s an unbelievable person, and we have a great, incredibly strong relationship. He was one of the first calls tonight. Had a great talk with him.<\/em>\u201c<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lakers GM Rob Pelinka thanks Kobe Bryant after winning the NBA title | 2020 NBA Finals\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lKr0QofEt5w?start=435&amp;feature=oembed\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Pelinka added that\u00a0Kobe Bryant\u00a0told him never to get caught up in the criticism or praise\u2014and instead, \u201cbe about the work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Pelinka\u2019s hard work ended up paying off. \u201cAll the other stuff really doesn\u2019t mean anything when you\u2019re holding the trophy,\u201d Pelinka told reporters after the game.<\/p>\n<p>Following their conversation, Magic\u00a0tweeted that Pelinka\u2019s call \u201cmeans the world to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know he\u2019s in the middle of celebrating with all of the Lakers players, coaches, and Jeanie Buss he didn\u2019t have to,\u201d Johnson wrote.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=slaman10&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1315491360921714688&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.slamonline.com%2Fnews%2Fnba%2Frob-pelinka-called-magic-johnson-lakers-title%2F&amp;sessionId=e3ca8b68677e97fc19c8874eb531c4de48034673&amp;siteScreenName=SLAMonline&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1315491360921714688\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in April 2019,\u00a0Magic Johnson\u00a0shocked the\u00a0Lakers\u00a0franchise by abruptly\u00a0stepping down, later claiming he was \u201cbetrayed\u201d by Lakers general manager\u00a0Rob Pelinka. 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