Magic Johnson Excited for Dwight Howard to Join Lakers, Applauds Mitch Kupchak, Jim Buss

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Aug 10, 2012

Lakers fans were not the only people pumped up about their team's trade for Dwight Howard. Even a former Lakers great, Magic Johnson, expressed his satisfaction with the blockbuster four-team deal that landed Howard in Los Angeles.

The Lakers franchise has a long history of great big men, from George Mikan to Wilt Chamberlain and from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to Shaquille O'Neal. Howard now joins that list in a move that prompted Johnson to applaud Lakers owner Jim Buss and general manager Mitch Kupchak.

Check out Johnson's full series of excited tweets below.

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Thumbnail via Facebook/Earvin 'Magic' Johnson

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