Magic Johnson Quit His Lakers Job On National TV And Gave Us The Greatest Collection Of Memes Of All Time

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Magic Johnson Quits On Live TV

Magic Johnson has been the President Of Basketball Operations for the Los Angeles Lakers for the last few years, but that time is over. The legendary Laker called an impromptu press conference on Tuesday night that no one saw coming: he quit. Live on TV. Then he proceeded to speak for 40 whole minutes off the cuff. He didn’t even tell his boss that he was quitting before having the press conference!

That’s some RNS right there. That’s how you quit a Subway, not the Lakers. His comments have sparked some of the most hilarious jokes and memes on the ‘net. Poor Magic. Peep the comedy.

Most WTF minute of a press conference EVER? 🙃

Magic Johnson smh … pic.twitter.com/Dj5aOVxE6m

— René Bugner (Rainbowcave) (@RNBWCV) April 10, 2019

Magic Johnson in this Lakers rebuild pic.twitter.com/AcjunOdyCs

— Lauri ILoveMarkkanen (@VJVemu) April 10, 2019

Magic Johnson coming back to the Staples center as an analyst
pic.twitter.com/DGKJpZwrSt

— JeauxVaughn 🤘🏾 (@Joveezyy) April 10, 2019

Hey Magic Johnson: why did you abandon the Lakers in the middle of the rebuild? pic.twitter.com/LIXkmPNxUG

— NOTSportsCenter (@NOTSportsCenter) April 10, 2019

Lakers: we still got 4 years to improve
Magic Johnson: pic.twitter.com/PDECSJppFO

— Bryam (@Bryamvibez) April 10, 2019

Magic Johnson really quit his executive job so he could tweet more. A legend.

— Lindsey Adler (@lindseyadler) April 10, 2019

Magic Johnson to Jeanie Buss pic.twitter.com/zGpLPpjXWU

— Cowboy Kof (@KofieYeboah) April 10, 2019

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Magic Johnson rejoining NBA twitter for the playoffs pic.twitter.com/eF15ZCpLLf

— Bruh Report (@BruhReport) April 10, 2019

Summary of Magic Johnson with the Lakers pic.twitter.com/gSgPOaIPQc

— christian (@StrictlyNaz) April 10, 2019

Magic Johnson’s tenure in Los Angeles pic.twitter.com/z2FopoDPPi

— tyler donchez (@tylerdonchez) April 10, 2019

Magic Johnson has stepped down.

Lebron at this very moment. pic.twitter.com/3WlHQJYQgE

— Fearless/Lessfear (@Quotemeorelse) April 10, 2019

Jeanie Buss: this year was an embarrassment to the Lakers—what are we gonna do to fix it?

Magic Johnson: pic.twitter.com/p5mQAuSKEf

— Tyler Conway (@jtylerconway) April 10, 2019