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Arash Marzaki: Jeanie Buss is ready to move past the drama and make the Lakers winners again

LOS ANGELES - Jeanie Buss was at a loss for words, which wasn't entirely unusual when it comes to her 40-year relationship with Magic Johnson.

When Johnson abruptly resigned as the Lakers' president of basketball operations before the final game of the regular season without telling anyone in the organization, Buss found out like everyone else.

She wasn't sure how to react after having a three-hour meeting with him about the team's future the night before without any indication he was considering leaving.

"I can't really anticipate what he thinks," Buss said Monday in her first public comments since

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