Magic Johnson unveiled his plan for a Lakers coup

Good morning. Let’s basketball.

It’s been exactly a week since the Lakers’ Jeanie Buss announced she hired Magic Johnson as an adviser. Many of us believed that to be the beginning of the end for Jim Buss and Mitch Kupchak, despite everyone’s assurances Magic would just be an additional voice.

Lo! Magic told USA Today this week that he wants to call the shots. (Via the great SS&R, who breaks down the comments.) This is unlikely to make the current front office feel comfortable, even though Magic acknowledges he’s currently an adviser and has plenty to learn about the salary cap.

One week. It took ONE WEEK. I think you know exactly which GIF I have to queue up now, don’t you?

HOU 107, CHA 95
PHI 112, ORL 111
CLE 109, OKC 118
UTA 105, DAL 112 (OT)
BOS 120, POR 111

Celebrity Game rosters! We have the father-son duo of Master P and Lil’ Romeo, we have a kid from Stranger Things, we have Mark Cuban, we have Jason Williams and Oscar-freaking Schmidt, we have Baron Davis and Candace-freaking Parker. I’m excited.

T.J. McConnell is almost definitely the most clutch player in the league, perhaps ever.

Also crazy clutch: Dirk Nowitzki.

Would you believe the Charles Oakley story dominated NBA conversations on Thursday?

Well done, Knicks! The franchise called Oakley a liar (this after telling the world they hope he gets the help he needs). Here’s the backstory on the feud between Oakley and James Dolan.

Zito Madu insists that one should never, ever fight Oakley except for one situation. And in the wake of yet another bizarre, cryptic Phil Jackson tweet, Seth Rosenthal begs for the Knicks to try being boring for a change. Jason Concepcion wonders where Knicks fans can turn for refuge.

Ben Cohen on James Harden’s secret superpower: deceleration.

The NBA apparently didn’t like that hilarious C.J. McCollum-Chandler Parsons Twitter battle a couple of weeks back, so it is reminding players and teams to chill out with the Twitter fingers. Advice we could all stand to take.

An athlete defended Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank’s defense of President Trump: Kent Bazemore, who immediately becomes the most popular player in some parts of Georgia and the least popular player where the Hawks actually play.

Jabari Parker tore his ACL ... again.

Fun Chris Ballard story on a 15-year-old maybe-prodigy from Arizona.

Isiah Thomas is now a major champagne importer in Michigan.

LeBron botched two dunks in one game.

Jayson Williams tells a story about his first day in prison.

That is a disgusting act by Joe Bruin.

This is President Obama dunking on opponents and stunting on them in NBA 2K17.

The big game of the weekend is Kevin Durant’s return to Oklahoma City on Saturday (8:30 p.m. ET, ABC). It’s ... going to be something.

And finally: The Inside the NBA crew implores you not to buy the product it is advertising in uproarious fashion.

Be excellent to each other.