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So, the Los Angeles Lakers have been busy. On Tuesday, team governor Jeanie Buss announced that Lakers legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson was taking over as president of basketball operations. General manager Mitch Kupchak was fired after 17 years on the job. Jim Buss, Jeanie's brother, was also canned as executive vice president of basketball operations. Longtime NBA agent Rob Pelinka—who represented Kobe Bryant, James Harden, Eric Gordon and others—was brought on as the new general manager hours later, as first reported by The Vertical's Adrian Wojnarowski:  Follow Adrian Wojnarowski   ✔ @WojVerticalNBA Lakers are finalizing a multi-year agreement with agent Rob Pelinka as general manager, league sources tell  @ TheVertical . He'll start soon. 4:36 AM - 22 Feb 2017     2,464 2,464 Retweets     2,263 2,263 likes With Thursday's 3 p.m. ET deadli...