Johnson recently explained why Los Angeles didn't even have Tatum in for a workout. Tatum, a Kobe Bryant fan, longed to play for the Lakers.

Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum etched his name into Celtics’ history while beating the Chicago Bulls 123-98 Saturday night. He became the first Celtics player to record a 40+ point triple-double (43 points, 16 rebounds, 10 assists) since Bird.

There seem to be two schools of thinking when it comes to the potential this season's Los Angeles Lakers have. Many have felt that they, at best, will struggle to reach the play-in tournament, but others feel they simply need a little help from the trade market to become very competitive.

Magic Johnson gave insight to some of the players that were almost Lakers during his time with Los Angeles' front office.

Jeff Wechsler, Jayson Tatum's agent, somewhat disagrees with Magic Johnson's story on why the Lakers didn't draft Tatum in 2017.

An old wound was reopened recently when Los Angeles Lakers Hall of Famer Magic Johnson guested on Fox's "Speak" talk show. Co-host Keyshawn Johnson was asking Earvin about what the Purple & Gold could do to become championship contenders this season when Keyshawn innocently threw DeMar DeRozan's name into the conversation.