Los Angeles Lakers president of basketball operations Magic Johnson and general manager Rob Pelinka watch a game at the NBA's 2017 Las Vegas Summer League. A scant six months after taking the reins of the Los Angeles Lakers as the franchise's president of basketball operations, franchise legend Magic Johnson now finds himself at the heart of a tampering investigation. The NBA confirmed Sunday that it has "opened an investigation into alleged tampering by the Los Angeles Lakers," at "the request of the Indiana Pacers," as first reported by veteran NBA scribe Peter Vecsey.