Well Johnson, who was Lakers’ president of basketball operations at the time, recently spoke on that in an appearance on Sirius XM NBA Radio. Magic said the Lakers did look at Tatum, but already had many young forwards on the roster, adding that Tatum’s agent didn’t want him to workout for L.A. for that same reason:

"His agent also didn't want us to work him out, because he didn't want him to end up with the Lakers." The post Magic Johnson says Jayson Tatum’s agent didn’t want him to work out for Lakers appeared first on Boston.