1. kobebeanbryant: Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant pose with Lakers legend Magic Johnson after winning the NBA Championship trophy after defeating the Indiana Pacers in Game Six of the 2000 NBA Finals. (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)

    kobebeanbryant:

    Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant pose with Lakers legend Magic Johnson after winning the NBA Championship trophy after defeating the Indiana Pacers in Game Six of the 2000 NBA Finals. (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)





  2. balldayeveryday: Happy Birthday Magic Johnson! Greatest point guard of all time.

    balldayeveryday:

    Happy Birthday Magic Johnson!

    Greatest point guard of all time.





  3. fuckyeanba: What’s most hilarious about this last paragraph from Marcas Grant over at Speculative Sports is the idea of the Laker’s early 80’s Norm Nixon trade, to appease a young Magic, being compared to dealing Monta Ellis in favor of Stephen Curry. I love Curry’s game, and he’s a magical (whoops) offensive player, but Ervin (Magic) Johnson is one of the top five players EVER. Dell Curry’s precocious son from Davidson is not. And he plays defense like he’s a chair.  Regardless, the belief that Ellis could be on the trading block was heightened after Jerry West’s introductory press conference with the Warriors. At that time, he talked about the need for the team to get bigger in the backcourt and mentioned how he once traded Norm Nixon to make way for a younger Magic Johnson. Stephen Curry is the younger of the Warriors’ point guards, theoretically making him the club’s future. Ellis could provide an extra scoring punch for someone either off the bench as a sixth man or in a starting role as an off-guard. I don’t think Monta’s ego would allow him to come off the bench, but he’d be the perfect off-guard Chicago is looking for, and Derrick Rose could become more of a facilitator for that team. Also, maybe GS wants Boozer. I haven’t checked the NBA trade machine in months, but the Ellis for Boozer deal makes sense to me. pic via keithallison

    fuckyeanba:

    What’s most hilarious about this last paragraph from Marcas Grant over at Speculative Sports is the idea of the Laker’s early 80’s Norm Nixon trade, to appease a young Magic, being compared to dealing Monta Ellis in favor of Stephen Curry. I love Curry’s game, and he’s a magical (whoops) offensive player, but Ervin (Magic) Johnson is one of the top five players EVER. Dell Curry’s precocious son from Davidson is not. And he plays defense like he’s a chair. 

    Regardless, the belief that Ellis could be on the trading block was heightened after Jerry West’s introductory press conference with the Warriors. At that time, he talked about the need for the team to get bigger in the backcourt and mentioned how he once traded Norm Nixon to make way for a younger Magic Johnson. Stephen Curry is the younger of the Warriors’ point guards, theoretically making him the club’s future. Ellis could provide an extra scoring punch for someone either off the bench as a sixth man or in a starting role as an off-guard.

    I don’t think Monta’s ego would allow him to come off the bench, but he’d be the perfect off-guard Chicago is looking for, and Derrick Rose could become more of a facilitator for that team. Also, maybe GS wants Boozer. I haven’t checked the NBA trade machine in months, but the Ellis for Boozer deal makes sense to me.

    pic via keithallison









  5. thepusherman: Magic and MJ both say they would not have done what LeBron did this off-season.  What exactly that means is unclear.  Would they not have wanted to play with better teammates?  I suppose if you get to play with Kareem and Worthy or Pippen and Rodman then you wouldn’t need or want to look for new teammates.  But if you had to hang out with Anderson Varejao for six years you might want out.  I have no issues with what Magic and MJ said because they probably wouldn’t have done what LeBron did because they didn’t have a reason to (or at least as good a reason as LeBron).  MJ admits “I can’t say that’s a bad thing. It’s an opportunity these kids have today.” Read more.

    thepusherman:

    Magic and MJ both say they would not have done what LeBron did this off-season.  What exactly that means is unclear.  Would they not have wanted to play with better teammates?  I suppose if you get to play with Kareem and Worthy or Pippen and Rodman then you wouldn’t need or want to look for new teammates.  But if you had to hang out with Anderson Varejao for six years you might want out.  I have no issues with what Magic and MJ said because they probably wouldn’t have done what LeBron did because they didn’t have a reason to (or at least as good a reason as LeBron).  MJ admits “I can’t say that’s a bad thing. It’s an opportunity these kids have today.”

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