KEY POINTS

  • The Orlando Magic throw shade towards the Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James
  • Lakers head coach Frank Vogel has been fired after three seasons with the team
  • Despite the lack of wins, this season has been a success for the Magic's future

The Los Angeles Lakers have been the butt of most jokes in the NBA this season, and the Orlando Magic have even gotten in on it as well.

A day after the regular season concluded, the Magic’s official account poked fun at the misfortune of LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers' disappointing season.

“I’m out for the season officially. See y’all in the fall,” they wrote, a clear reference to James’ April Fools tweet.

StatMuse decided to try and drop the Magic down a peg by comparing the wins of James’ personal playoff record to that of the entire Magic franchise, but Orlando’s social media team was not having any of it.

The NBA Twitter community was absolutely living for this exchange and the Magic may have just added an extra, albeit unofficial, win to their tumultuous 2021-22 season.

The Lakers fans raging in the comments must also be feeling some type of way about how their season turned out despite repeated promises of getting better.

Following their overtime victory over the Denver Nuggets that was fueled by rookie sensation Austin Reaves’ triple-double performance, it was announced that they were going to fire head coach Frank Vogel two seasons after winning their record-tying 17th NBA title.

NBA legend Charles Barkley decided to voice out his frustration at the Lakers organization for using Vogel and Russell Westbrook as scapegoats for their problems.

With Vogel out of the picture and Westbrook’s future completely uncertain, the Lakers will have a ton of holes to fix across the board as they prepare for next season.

Eight-time All-Star Anthony Davis missed 42 games this season due to injuries, a concerning development that may further hamper him as he enters his age 29 season.

As for the Magic, their future is the complete opposite of that of the Lakers as they look to have a supreme backcourt lineup with Cole Anthony, Jalen Suggs and rookie wing player Franz Wagner leading the way.

Wagner in particular has been a spectacular revelation for the Magic after being drafted with the eight overall pick and finished the season with averages of 15.2 points on 46.8% field goal shooting, 4.5 rebounds, and 2.9 assists in 79 games played.

As the NBA schedule rolls on into the postseason, the Lakers can do nothing but endure being the laughingstock of the league for now.

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