I was obviously spelling the Joey Lawrence woah, thank you very much. [video=youtube;k60qr2BXbQM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k60qr2BXbQM[/video]
I still have the words to this song memorized! [video=youtube;y_PZPpWTRTU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_PZPpWTRTU[/video]
Don't forget Magic played center in 1980 NBA finals and won with kareem injured in game 6 and although it was just one game it was with one of the greatest centers of all time in Moses Malone. I believe he even had a triple double in that game.
Moses Malone was Zach Randolph plus 2 inches. Strong rebounder, brick wall, but not a heady defender like Russell, Jabbar, Walton, Cowens, or Parish.
He is somewhere behind a combo player of Larry Sanders/JJ Reddick/filler. Or Greg Monroe/Kyle Singler and a lottery pick...
Magic Johnson retired at the age of 31.. He lead his team to ion 5 NBA titles in only 12 years and went to the NBA finals 9 times in an era with tougher teams such as the Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons, Philadelphia 76ers, Houston Rockets ect. On another not, I don't know how anyone in today's game can be called better than Johnson, Jordan, Bird, Dr. J ect. When the NBA has gotten to be so soft. The game is different than it was back then.
Walton set a record with 20 RB in the nba championship game and then duplicate it the next game. That is fucking dominate.
Remember when Magic rolled the ball down the court out of anyones reach to run out the clock and our hopes for a NBA championship? Where's the stat for that? He was one of the best ever to play the game. And I can't stand him!!
Johnson played in a Phoenix Suns fast-paced soft defensive environment. With weaker athletes and no zone defense, it is no wonder defensive ratings are better now than back then.
Jordan is the greatest player ever. Magic may be the most unique player ever, considering he was a 6' 9" PG. It's a shame he had to retire at age 31 because of the HIV. Even more amazing to me, Magic's career PER is 24, yet his career USG is 22. That's really insane, when you think about it. People talk a lot about the next Jordan, but will there ever be another Magic? I doubt it.
The thing that really stood out to me about Magic was his love for the game. You could just tell that he was completely in love with basketball. There's actually a really good 30 for 30 on the whole Magic HIV thing. I can only imagine what it must have been like for him to decide that he was never going to play again.
Sounds good. Sheed played small forward for a while when we had Zach at PF and Sabas at C. Remember the big lineup that almost brought us back from an 0-3 deficit against Dallas? Pippen Bonzi Sheed ZBo Sabas If fucking Cheeks would have gone to that lineup earlier, we would have won that series. Bastard bought himself an extra year or two from that Natalie Gilbert thing.
Sheed was a better defender at the time. I would love to see it someday though. It would be nice to see a huge line-up of Lillard, Batum, Aldridge, Hickson and Leonard. I wonder how we'd do?
Sheed had better coordination than Aldridge does and he still struggled at SF. Still, that big lineup was something to behold. I'm just taking a stab at the heights but Pippen 6'9 Bonzi 6'5 Sheed 6'11 ZBo 6'9 Sabas 7'1 Just a crazy athletic and versatile lineup. I wish they would have had more time together.
