{"id":813091,"date":"2026-08-16T09:03:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T09:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/813091\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T09:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T09:03:21","slug":"magic-johnson-says-lakers-fans-shouldnt-boo-lebron-james-in-christmas-day-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/813091\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic Johnson Says Lakers Fans Shouldn’t Boo LeBron James In Christmas Day Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Magic Johnson
\n Hey Laker Nation …
\n Cheer For LeBron On X-Mas Day!!!<\/p>\n

\n Published
\n August 16, 2026
\n 12:30 AM PDT\n <\/p>\n

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The Return of the King goes down on Christmas Day this NBA season … so how should Lakers fans treat LeBron James<\/a> after he bolted for the Sixers??<\/p>\n

If ya ask Magic Johnson<\/a>, he says hold the boos — show the four-time champion some love!!<\/p>\n

TMZ Sports<\/a> caught up with the Hall of Famer and Lakers legend outside “Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> Live” on Tuesday … and had to get his thoughts on the big matchup going down on December 25.<\/p>\n

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Magic feels like, with all James was able to accomplish for the Purple and Gold, it’s only right the fanbase thanks the guy with some applause … even though he’ll be in a visitor’s jersey for the nationally televised contest.<\/p>\n

It’ll be an interesting one, to say the least — not only is he going back to his old stomping grounds, but James will also be up against his own son, Bronny<\/a>, for the first time.<\/p>\n

Despite Magic’s wishes, we’re sure there will be some jeers … but it sounds like both sides were pretty cordial in the split, sharing kind words after James’ departure was confirmed<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Magic Johnson Hey Laker Nation … Cheer For LeBron On X-Mas Day!!! Published August 16, 2026 12:30 AM…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,6,67,66,83,2228],"class_list":["post-813091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-basketball","tag-nba","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-tmz-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117104384985024244","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=813091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}