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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Magic Johnson (left) caught Charles Barkley's ire with his comments on Mike D'Antoni. (Theo Wager/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni resigned Wednesday after a 27-55 season, the most losses in franchise history. Predictably, some Los Angeles fans celebrated the news, but one high-profile supporter was particularly jubilant.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"Happy days are here again!\" Hall of Famer and former Lakers point guard Magic Johnson tweeted. \"Mike D'Antoni resigns as the Lakers coach. I couldn't be happier!\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Magic's joyous tone over D'Antoni's losing his job seemed off-putting. TNT analyst Charles Barkley challenged Magic's actions Wednesday night on &lt;em&gt;Inside the NBA&lt;/em&gt; (via &lt;em&gt;USA Today&lt;/em&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CMagic Johnson\u2019s bigger than that. Magic Johnson\u2019s bigger than that. Listen, Mike D\u2019Antoni is a good coach. They didn\u2019t give him a lot to work with. But Magic Johnson, he\u2019s bigger than that.\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CThe Lakers weren\u2019t going to win with Phil Jackson, either, Ernie (Johnson). They don\u2019t have good players. \u2026 We know Phil Jackson\u2019s arguably the greatest coach ever. The Lakers don\u2019t have players, Ernie. They\u2019re not a good team. Kobe Bryant is one of the 10 greatest players ever. He\u2019s never going to be what he was. They don\u2019t have good players. I\u2019m not sure if Phil Jackson really wanted that job. The Lakers stink, and they\u2019re going to stink.\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JENKINS: With D'Antoni gone, Lakers should aim for Steve Kerr&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Regardless of D'Antoni's highly scrutinized performance in Los Angeles, Barkley raises some valid points. The Lakers were decimated by injuries this season, with Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash combining to appear in just 21 games, and D'Antoni was not dealt any favors with the construction of the roster, even if Bryant and Nash had been available.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Johnson's giddy reaction wasn't surprising, given his past criticism of D'Antoni and the Lakers' decision to hire the former Nuggets, Suns and Knicks coach in November 2012.\u00A0However, as a former part-owner of the club and perhaps its most prominent face, Johnson was criticized for his brash celebration of D'Antoni's exit. As Barkley said, Magic is \"bigger than that.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now that D'Antoni is out, Johnson surely will have a few opinions about potential replacements.\n&lt;strong&gt;ROUNDTABLE: Who should be the next owner of the Clippers?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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