Magic Johnson appeared excited over the information that Luka Doncic was headed to his beloved Lakers, however the NBA legend might have needed to decide on his phrases a bit higher.
Johnson appeared to take an unintentional jab at Doncic in a publish the place he gushed over the optimistic impression that the 25-year-old Slovenian may have with the Lakers on Sunday evening.
The a part of this publish that appeared a bit odd got here on the finish when he began discussing the “optimistic affect” LeBron James would have on Doncic.
“LeBron James shall be a optimistic affect on Luka, instructing him his championship mentality that features taking his conditioning significantly,” Johnson wrote within the social media publish on X.
The timing of the remark comes after it had been reported that the Mavericks had “main considerations” over Doncic’s capability to achieve his potential due to points they noticed along with his conditioning and way of life, in accordance with ESPN.
Even with the one-off remark by Johnson, the Lakers nice praised the transfer total in a collection of posts on X.
“I’ve been related to the NBA for 45 years and this Luka and AD commerce is the largest commerce I’ve seen between two superstars basically of their prime! With Luka, the Lakers are getting a 25 12 months outdated famous person; this can be a nice long-term transfer for the Lakers franchise after LeBron retires,” he wrote in a single publish.
“Luka Doncic will certainly make the Lakers a championship-contending staff. He’ll take strain off of LeBron due to his scoring capability and playmaking and can make each Laker higher!” Johnson wrote in the identical publish that included the remark about Doncic’s conditioning.
The Lakers despatched famous person massive man Anthony Davis to Dallas as a part of the three-team commerce.
In one other publish, he in contrast the addition of Doncic to the transfer the Dodgers made so as to add Japanese baseball sensation Shohei Ohtani. Los Angeles received the World Sequence in Ohant’s first season with the staff.
Doncic has been averaging 25.7 factors, 11.9 rebounds and a pair of.1 blocks in 42 video games this season.