Magic Johnson 🎉 Congrats Stephen Curry on winning his second PBWA Magic Johnson Award honoring a player and mentions his mom in the passing.

Curry adds another accolade to his long list of accomplishments. Congrats to him

Link to the Tweet:

Will update this as a running list of quotes from Harrison Faigen's Twitter.

1. Magic Johnson just said on First Take that part of the reason he left is that Rob Pelinka was saying things behind his back in the office, implying that he was behind the "Magic isn't working hard enough" rumors (not a direct quote from Magic, just specifying with rumors).

2. When asked to specify about those rumors, if it was just Pelinka or others, he said "No, just Rob."

3. Magic Johnson said that Tim Harris was one of the people stopping him from firing Luke Walton, which he didn't like because he thought he had the power to make decisions.

4. Magic said that multiple agents called him when he got the job and that Pelinka was brought in with him to tell him that he needed to "watch out for" Rob.

5. Magic said that he never asked or tried to fire Pelinka. He just wanted to bring in his own coach. He said at that time he hadn't decided which coach he'd want, but he said that recently he wanted Tyronn Lue because he thought he'd be a great fit.

6. More Magic on Pelinka: "If you want to elevate yourself, I'm all for that... But there's a way to get that, and it's not talking about the person that's above you."

7. Magic said he was happy that Kurt Rambis is back, because he wanted more basketball people in the organization.

8. "I don't know how much he's involved, but he needs to be more involved, because he's an intelligent man in terms of basketball." Magic, on Kobe Bryant

9. More Magic on First take: "If you're going to talk 'betrayal,' that's only with Rob... I didn't like that Tim Harris was too involved in basketball. He's supposed to run the Laker business, but he was trying to come over to our side. Jeanie's gotta stop that."

10. Magic then said that he thought Lue was a "better" choice than Frank Vogel (who the Lakers are introducing today), but says he's going to support Vogel regardless.

11. This won't be the biggest thing Magic said, but he defended taking Lonzo No. 2 when discussing the moves he made as Lakers president of basketball operations: "I know you (Stephen A.) are still against it, but we can debate that, because I think he's an outstanding all-around point guard."

From Showtime Forum's Twitter:

1. Magic Johnson on being reportedly CC'd in emails: "I don't know if emails were sent. I didn't see any emails. I only heard about the emails after Ric (Bucher) said that... I don't know about the emails but if it's true those are the things that bother me."

2. Magic Johnson on whether Jeanie Buss should sell the Lakers: "If she decides to sell, I’ll be knocking on her door."

3. Magic Johnson on Anthony Davis trade negotiations: "I told Dell Demps, 'Let's negotiate in private. What we offer, let's keep it between us.' Dell didn't do that. So, that's how it got out."

4. Magic Johnson on letting Julius Randle and Brook Lopez walk: "The only one we could re-sign was Brook Lopez. I made a mistake."

5. Magic Johnson on which max free agent he wants with the Lakers: "Kawhi and Kyrie are the two guys."

I heard some guy on the news talk shit about the stock I love so much, so I decided to use my weaponized autism to look into the company he represents and try to understand their motives for talking shit. Spoiler: We found some shit.

Let's connect some dots:

Anthony Chukumba works for Loop Capital.

Loop capital has an alias called JLC Infrastructures

JLC has a form D/A for $342,121,212 from 8 partners, listing Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as "Sales Compensation" and "Earvin Johnson" listed as "Managing Partner of the Investment Advisor"

MJE-Loop Capital Partners LLC is also listed.

Turns out Earvin Johnson is THE Magic Johnson. MJE = Magic Johnson Enterprises. I guess JLC = Johnson Loop Capital.

After Googling various terms with JLC and the like, I found:

Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc

Which lists Gamestop as a competitor. And has previous Gamestop board of directors (The ones RC kicked out) listed as board of directors.

• James “J.K.” Symancyk, 48, brings more than 25 years of executive leadership and operational experience in the retail and consumer products industries. He has served as President and CEO of PetSmart, Inc. since 2018. Mr. Symancyk previously served as President and CEO of Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc., a retail and ecommerce sporting goods chain, from 2015 to 2018. Prior to that, he held leadership roles of increasingly responsibility at Meijer, Inc., a regional supercenter chain store, including as President; COO; and EVP, Merchandising & Marketing. He began his career at Sam’s Club, where he served as Divisional Merchandise Manager, among other roles. His current board memberships include Petsmart and Chewy, Inc., and previously Academy Sports & Outdoors. Mr. Symancyk holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Arkansas.  Mr. Symancyk has been appointed a member of the Compensation Committee.

• William (Bill) S. Simon has served as a member of the board of managers of New Academy Holding Company, LLC since September 2016 and as a member of the board of directors of Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. since June 2020. Mr. Simon has also served on the board of directors of Darden Restaurants Inc. since July 2012, Chico’s FAS, Inc. since July 2016 and GameStop Corp. since March 2020. He served on the board of directors of Agrium Inc. from February 2016 to May 2017 and on the board of directors of Anixter International Inc. from March 2019 to June 2020. Mr. Simon was the President and CEO of Walmart U.S. from 2010 to 2014, and previously was appointed the COO of Walmart U.S. in 2007. Prior to joining Walmart, Mr. Simon held several senior positions at Brinker International, Diageo, Cadbury-Schweppes, PepsiCo and

source:

As per the above sec filing:

Competitive Positioning

For purposes of comparing our executive compensation against the competitive market, the Compensation Committee reviews and considers the compensation levels and practices of a group of comparable retail companies. In December 2018, the Compensation Committee, with the input of data and analysis from Meridian and the executive management team for compensation (i.e., our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Human Resources Officer and Vice President of Compensation and Benefits), developed and approved the following compensation peer group for purposes of understanding the competitive market:

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

GameStop Corp.

Ascena Retail Group, Inc.

Genesco Inc.

AutoZone, Inc.

GNC Holdings, Inc.

Burlington Stores, Inc.

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.

Caleres, Inc.

Tailored Brands, Inc.

Carter’s, Inc.

The Michaels Companies, Inc.

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

Tractor Supply Company

DSW Inc.

Urban Outfitters, Inc.

Foot Locker, Inc.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

The companies in this compensation peer group were selected using the following criteria:

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Similar revenue size – 0.4x to 2.5x our last four fiscal quarters’ revenue as of the third quarter of 2018;

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Companies primarily in the retail business; and

•

Similar business model and/or product.

This compensation peer group was used by the Compensation Committee during 2019 as a reference for understanding the compensation practices of companies in our industry sector and compensation peer group.

To analyze the compensation practices of the companies in our compensation peer group, Meridian gathered data for the peer group companies from public filings (primarily proxy statements). This market data was then used as a reference point for the Compensation Committee to assess our current compensation levels in the course of its deliberations on compensation forms and amounts.

The Compensation Committee reviews our compensation peer group at least annually and makes adjustments to its composition as necessary or appropriate, taking into account changes in both our business and the businesses of the companies in the compensation peer group.

In December 2019, the Compensation Committee, with the input of data and analysis from Meridian, approved the same compensation peer group for 2020 as described above.

Idk this seems like a MAJOR conflict of interest to me. And perhaps that's why RC kicked those two off the board.

Looking at the stock itself:

We see ALL the big players are LONG on this stock. Both the SHF and our "loving whales".

Citadel, Sussssquahana, Jane Street, BOFA, Morgan Stanley, Goldman, and for some reason Blackrock and Vanguard.

Zoomed in for easier mobile viewing:

MAJOR conflicts of interest arising here.

I'm not saying this one stock is the MAIN reason for the shorts on GME, that would be silly.

But what I am saying is that it's finally a direct link and connection for a conflict of interest to put sleeper agents on GME's board and run it into the ground and RC probably knew this when he cleaned house.

Why BR and Vanguard are on the list, idk.

But this isn't even the good part. It's just a treat that was found on the way to the destination.

Remember, we're trying to understand WHY Anthony Chukumba of Loop Capital has so much hatred for GME.

Back on that track:

Remember: Loop Capital is also JLC.

Back to this:

Credit Suisse listed as Sales Compensation.

As of 11/12/2019, they've sold $342,121,212 worth of what ever this pooled investment fund is. Hiding under the 1940 Investment Company Act to not disclose fuck else about it.

At the bottom it says "The total amount of Sales Commissions and Finders Fees paid in connection with this offering will be determined at the final closing"

This means we have no idea how much money has been paid to Credit Suisse and won't know until the final closing of this offering. And SINCE IT'S AN INDEFINITE OFFERING, we will never know.

Nice way to hide some shit.

There's 8 investors as of 2019. They haven't filed shit since then on this. I wonder who these 8 investors are?

Here's an ADV filed July 2021

Here's a list of 10 investors. It's more than likely that our 8 on the previous form are of these 10 on this form.

And some other easier to read thing pointing to basically the same info:

First let's look at the Credit Suisse connection:

Credit Suisse is receiving an unknown amount of money from Loop Capital on a form D/A using the 1940 Investment Company Act to report as little as possible (nothing) about the transactions.

Credit Suisse also has 540k puts against GME.

Loop Capital says GME is worth $10 according to Anthony Chukumba who says to "Sell first, ask questions later"..

Draw what you will from this.

But among the investors in this fund owned by Loop Capital and Magic Johnson, a name stands out.

Presidio.

Pressssssiiidddiiiiiooooooooo

What does Presidio mean?

A.... fortified military settlement you say?

So...... Presidio basically means a fortified military base. Or a.... a CITADEL.

Well this could just be a coincidence right? Anyone could call their fund Presidio. For this to be an actual connection, Citadel would have to have some fund called Pres......wait....

Here's the dots so far:

LOOP CAPITAL MARKETS = JLC INFRASTRUCTURES = (Magic Johnson Enterprises) MJE LOOP CAPITAL = PRESIDIO = CITADEL.

Ergo

Loop Capital = Citadel.

And that is why Anthony Chukumba says to "Sell first, ask questions later" and that "GME is worth $10". Because Loop Capital = Citadel.

Thank you and goodnight.

While researching all this, someone sent me:

Which basically ties everything I just said together.

Someone tweet this to Domo.

TL;DR Loop Capital and Magic Johnson pays Credit Suisse an unknown amount of money from a 343+ million dollar fund, which has Presidio as an investor. Presidio means a fortress. As does Citadel. Citadel has a Presidio fund with 150 million dollars. Loop Capital = Citadel.

Citadel is long on Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc along with all the other SHF, and potentially had sleeper agents from ASO on GME's board of directors to run it into the ground, which RC probably knew because he kicked those guys off the board.

Edit:

Presidio Capital Holdings, LLC has no website, no data to find. They are a private fund with no filings.

The ONLY mention of them we can find is on the D/A form for the JLC filing listed in the post, and also this page:

They have listed an agent address as:

251 LITTLE FALLS DRIVE, WILMINGTON, New Castle, DE, 19808

Note this page on Citadel:

Listing the same address.

I submit to the Ape court the above edited evidence and consider the case closed.

Edit 2:

Can someone confirm this with a video?

Edit 3:

Ape sent me a msg saying he thought it was mad money but it was actually "The Exchange"

Clip here:

CNBC shilling this shit hard tho.

Edit 4:

Cramer shilling for ASO

Edit 5:

Could this be what DFV meant by this?

and this

Edit 6:

A beautiful ape sent me a message.

"More ties back to Citadel, eg Magic + Guggenheim Financial + Chicago Fundamental + Citadel"

"Former McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson and Guggenheim Managing Partner Andrew Rosenfield are among the 10 or so people backing the effort so far"

***"***Chicago Fundamental co-founders Levoyd Robinson and Brad Couri grew up on opposite ends of Chicago and became close over two decades working together at First Chicago Bank and hedge fund Citadel before founding their firm in 2005. Now it has $1 billion under management."

Edit 7:

I completely forgot to post this. I had this open in one of the 100 tabs that were open at once. But a kind gentle ape has just sent me a msg which reminded me saying:

Did you know that Loop Capital participates in PFOF for order flow and routes customer orders through Citadel? ()

Steph was phenomenal throughout the playoffs and the WCF. His leadership throughout this year has been impressive, and it all leads to the Warriors' 6th finals in 8 years.

his averages: 24/7/7 on 59 TS% in 5 games

He becomes just the 14th superstar ever to lead his team 6 or more NBA finals (after Russell, Kareem, LeBron, Magic, West, Havlicek, Kobe, MJ, Shaq, Wilt, Cousy, Duncan, Elgin)

34 pts 21 rbds 10 asts 4blks right now, his team sucks doe, game not over , overtime right now.

EDIT : He finished with 38/25/9 they took one ast away.

You have a chance to pick between Prime Magic and Prime Bird to be your Franchise player in today's Nba.

For fairness, they will have access to all modern medicine, technology, science, etc

Which Player will you want more as your Superstar?

The 6'9 Best PG all time (at least for most) in Magic

Or

The 6'9 Second best SF all time (at least for most) in Larry?

Explain your reasoning.

Do you want showtime Magic Passes and playmaking? Or you prefer Larry's Shooting and all around game more?

In the last 3 years prior to his HIV retirement he had some of the highest offensive advanced stats of his career. He won MVP 2 out of the 3 years and was MVP runner up the other year. and made the Finals twice. He averaged the best 3 year BPM and offensive BPM of his career. He had the best 3 year TS% of his career. He averaged his highest percentage from the free throw line at 90% which was among the highest in the league. He started taking 3 pointers at 3 attempts a game (top 10 in the league) at 34%. It looks like he was aging like Lebron or Steph where their offensive game got even more refined and skillful as they got older despite being slightly less athletic.

Did Magic retire at the peak of his offensive skill at 1992?