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After tweeting that he would remain silent if he didn't "have anything nice to say," Magic Johnson said what was on his mind anyway.
Johnson doesn't think Mike D'Antoni is the right coach for the Los Angeles Lakers and can't understand how the franchise passed on bringing back Hall of Fame coach Phil Jackson.
And Johnson doesn't believe in Lakers executive vice president Jim Buss.
"I love Dr. (Jerry) Buss. I don't believe in Jim Buss," Johnson said on ESPN's "NBA Countdown" on Wednesday night. "He's made two critical mistakes already. To me, they made two critical mistakes.
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