Magic Johnson, the Lakers' former president of basketball operations, gave two interesting reasons for why the team didn't draft Jayson Tatum in 2017.

Jayson Tatum admitted it was “kind of devastating” that the Los Angeles Lakers never attended one of the star’s workouts ahead of of the 2017 NBA Draft. But ex-Lakers exec Magic Johnson revealed it wasn’t on the Lakers for not attending one of Tatum’s workouts.

"His agent also didn't want us to work him out, because he didn't want him to end up with the Lakers." The post Magic Johnson says Jayson Tatum’s agent didn’t want him to work out for Lakers appeared first on Boston.

Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson explained the real reason the franchise didn’t take current Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum in NBA Draft 2017. Jayson Tatum grew up idolizing Kobe Bryant and dreaming of wearing the iconic Los Angeles Lakers jersey.

Back in the mid to late-2010s when the Los Angeles Lakers found themselves near the top of the draft, the scouting department and front office did an excellent job of identifying and drafting great talent.

Five-time Boston Celtics All-Star power forward Jayson Tatum has an inside track for MVP consideration this year while guiding the reigning champions to an impressive 21-5 season start, good for the league's second-best record behind only the 23-4 Cleveland Cavaliers.

Magic Johnson has been successful at many things in his life, both on and off the court. Serving as the president of basketball operations for the Lakers was not one of them. His time in charge of the purple and gold was highlighted by landing LeBron James,