On Wednesday, the franchise released a video that showed Magic Johnson and a group of fellow members of the Showtime Lakers teams on a video call revealing to Riley that he would be getting a statue.
Think of the Showtime Lakers and who pops into your head? Magic Johnson, of course. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s skyhook. Two franchise icons whose statues stand in front of the Lakers’ downtown arena.
The Lakers announced Monday that they have commissioned a statue to stand in Star Plaza immortalizing the coach who won four championships with the "Showtime" Lakers of the 1980s. Riley also won ...