The good thing about Magic Johnson leaving the Los Angeles Lakers' front office is that he has a lot of time on his hands to his bless our Twitter feeds with his gloriously generic "hot takes."
Earlier this week, the NBA great reminded everyone that he's loving the competitive balance in the current NBA and thought it was a good idea to round up his favorite players for Most Valuable Player this season. Check that — Twitter Magic rattled off 17 names as his MVP candidates.
Dude came up with a list longer than the Kia MVP Ladder:
Other than his questionable choices (Jayson Tatum, Ben Simmons, really?), Johnson not exactly getting the concept of front-runners is what caused his followers to clown the five-time champion. Former player and basketball analyst Kendrick Perkins didn't mince his words in calling out Magic.
You know something is wrong when parody social media accounts make more sense than an actual person. Unless a robot is handling Johnson's Twitter handle, it's hard not to poke fun at painfully uninsightful basketball insights.
Shortly after Zach LaVine dropped a career-high 49 points and 13 three-pointers, the Laker legend had him as his top pick for Most Improved Player, ahead of Brandon Ingram. This, despite the fact that the Chicago Bulls guard's scoring, rebounding, assists, and turnovers got worse than last season.
Never change, Magic.
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