Magic Johnson returned to the Lakers on Thursday as an adviser to co-owner Jeanie Buss .
The man who is arguably the most popular player in franchise history did his best to downplay the move as any signal of a change in the organization 's power structure .
Magic Johnson returned to the Lakers on Thursday as an adviser to co-owner Jeanie Buss , but the man who is arguably the most popular player in franchise history did his best to downplay the move as any signal of a change in the organization 's power structure .