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New York Mets: The Mets are the Lakers of the MLB

By Ben Fadden

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 20: New York Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen and New York Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon listen to manager Mickey Callaway speak during a press conference before the game between the New York Mets and the Washington Nationals at Citi Field on May 20, 2019 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 20: New York Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen and New York Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon listen to manager Mickey Callaway speak during a press conference before the game between the New York Mets and the Washington Nationals at Citi Field on May 20, 2019 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /
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Los Angeles Lakers (Magic Johnson and Rob Pelinka)

Late in the season, then President of Basketball Operations, Magic Johnson, stepped down as the teams head basketball man.

He mentioned that he didn’t like the “backstabbing” that was going around the front office, but he never gave an answer to who that was.

Well, the people got their answer when Magic went on ESPN’s First Take to tell the whole story of what exactly happened.

Oh, and by the way, it was the same day that the Lakers were introducing their new head coach Frank Vogel.

Los Angeles was unable to lure in Ty Lue to a three-year contract because his camp wanted more security which was a 5-year deal.

Magic told the world that the person backstabbing was General Manager Rob Pelinka.

“I start hearing, ‘Magic, you not working hard enough. Magic’s not in the office.’ So, people around the Lakers office was telling me Rob was saying things and I didn’t like those things being said behind my back that I wasn’t in the office enough and so on and on. So, I started getting calls from my friends outside of basketball saying those things now were said to them outside of basketball. Now, not just in the Lakers office anymore, now it’s in the media and so on.”

He said Pelinka was telling people that Magic was not in the office as much as he should be.

Pelinka has been under fire ever since.

While the Lakers were in great chaos, that occurred at the end of the season, but the Mets is happening right now during the season (next page).

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