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AT 5:00 P.M.
PAT: MAGIC JOHNSON BOLD
STATEMENT HEADING TO NBA FREE
AGENCY.
JEFF: AND CONSTRUCTION OF L.A.
STADIUM HITS ANOTHER MILESTONE.
PAT: JIM HILL WITH THE BIG NEWS.
JIM: AMAZING WITH FOOTBALL,
STADIUM IS GROWING, ANOTHER BIG
GROWTH FOR IT TODAY, TO DEBUT
FOR 2020 SEASON, 4 MILLION MAN
HOURS HAVE BEEN PUT TO HELPING
BUILD THE NEW STADIUM, THE HOME
FOR CHARGERS AND RAMS IN
INGLEWOOD.
TODAY, A VITAL PIECE OF STADIUM
OF THE PUT IN PLACE, SIGNED BY
THOUSANDS OF WORKERS, WHO
HELPING BUILD IT, THEY INSTALLED
HIGHEST STEEL BEAM OF THE
STRUCTURE WEIGHING MORE THAN
12,000 POUNDS, MEASURES 42
FIGHT
FEET.
MARKING A BIG STEP TO COMPLETING
THE STADIUM.
I THINK ABOUT STAN SITTING IN
THE CONFERENCE ROOM, SAYING WE
CAN DO THIS.
GETTING TO THIS POINT, THINK
ABOUT HOW STAN TRANSFORMED THE
CITY FOR BETTER.
JIM: GIVES YOU GOOSE BUMPS.
ALWAYS, YOU SEE THEM SHAKING
HANDS, THAT LAST PIECE, THINKING
WE ALL PLAYED A ROLE IN THIS
CITY GETTING BETTER.
YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS
MEANS FOR CITY OF LOS ANGELES
AND A BRAND-NEW STATE OF THE ART
FOOTBALL STADIUM BUILT FOR LOS
ANGELES, LAST TIME THAT WAS DONE
WAS IN 1920S IT HAS BEEN CLOSE
TO A HUNDRED YEARS.
JEFF: LAKERS INTRODUCE TWO DRAFT
CHOICES TODAY.
PRESIDENT OF BASKETBALL
OPERATION MAGIC JOHNSON HAS HIS
EYES ON A BIGGER PRIZE WITH
SEEPE
SUPER STARS LIKE LeBRON JAMES
AND PAUL GEORGE, MAGIC SAID HE
WOULD GET IT DONE OR HIT THE
ROAD.
I TOLD YOU BEFORE, I TOOK THE
JOB, AND I TOOK IT IT IS A
2-SUMMER THING, IN AND NEXT,
THAT IS IT, IF I CAN'T DELIVER,
I WILL STEP DOWN MYSELF.
I WILL STEP AWAY,
DO THIS JOB.
NBA
TIPS OFF SATURDAY 9:01 P.M. WEST
COAST TIME, ONLY TIME WILL TELL.
YOU KNOW, MAGIC HAS BEEN A MAN
OF HIS WORD.
NOT BECAUSE HE IS NOT GOING TO
BE PREPARED.
HE WILL BE READY, BUT THE ISSUE
IS ARE THE PLAYERS GOING TO
BELIEVE HIM, DO THEY WANT TO
COME HERE.
HE HAS A LOT OF MONEY AT STAKE.
PAT: NO QUESTION.
JEFF: IF ANYONE CAN, MAGIC CAN.
