Thought this was known. He's the reason I became a Lakers stan. Still remember throwing my first no look pass in the house as a kid and hitting my mom in the face. That asswhupping was :mjcrylakers: but that's my NBA GOAT!!!
Magic Johnson Game 6 1980 NBA Finals Appreciation Thread
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Thought this was known. He's the reason I became a Lakers stan. Still remember throwing my first no look pass in the house as a kid and hitting my mom in the face. That asswhupping was :mjcrylakers: but that's my NBA GOAT!!!
Adebisi_Said
Truth is Power
Right!
Imagine lebron getting drafted by the spurs in 03
Not a fair example. The 79 Lakers won 47 games and lost in the 2nd round. An accurate example would be getting drafted to the 2003 Lakers.
What if, what if, what if
Fact is shyt happen now move on
Fact is shyt happen now move on
no, it really doesntWhen people say MJ they immediately thinkbut the true MJ they think of should be
... does that explain it?
NormanConnors
Detroit/MSU Spartan Life
it's too early brehHow many teams were there back then?
Can someone name Johnson's teammates
He lost 4 so he should get the same critism as lebron
Magic is an all time great but he seem to have had it kind of easy
Lol magic lost rings to all time greats like the dr, moses, zeke, bird and MJ.
The 4 teams they lost to would all rank in the top 15 teams in nba history.
Lebron out here losing in the finals to the mavs and shyt, letting 38 year old duncan push his shyt in last year.
It's not even fukkin close
lol the lakers prior to magic arriving won 47 games and lost in the 2nd round of the playoffs. Magic get's there improves the team by 13 games, takes over in the finals after Cap is hurt and has the single greatest performance (Sorry Jordan i can't lie) in the history of the finals when you consider circumstance (having to jump center, and guard the opposing teams center) while running the show and having to rebound like a maniac.
Lol magic lost rings to all time greats like the dr, moses, zeke, bird and MJ.
The 4 teams they lost to would all rank in the top 15 teams in nba history.
Lebron out here losing in the finals to the mavs and shyt, letting 38 year old duncan push his shyt in last year.
It's not even fukkin close
Tim duncan (twice) and dirk nowitzki are amongst those players
Dirty D
Vikes & Raptors 4 Life
huh?
you ever heard of moses malone?
Moses came later, he was still in Houston in 1980.
SteelCitySoldier
TSC Fantasy Football Champion 2016
Whips-n-Chains
Chi
Losing 4 times in the finals isn't a bad thing when you won 5 of them. Now, having a LOSING record in the finals is a completely different story...
Magic averaged 21 pts, 11 rebounds, 9 assists in that series. Kareem averaged 33 points, 14 rebounds, 4 blocks, 3 assists in that series before he got hurt in Game 5.
Erratic415
Superstar
Magic averaged 21 pts, 11 rebounds, 9 assists in that series. Kareem averaged 33 points, 14 rebounds, 4 blocks, 3 assists in that series before he got hurt in Game 5.
Supposedly there were some people at CBS that influenced the voters to vote for Magic as FMVP. Kareem was back home in LA, resting for a possible game 7, and they could interview finals MVP Magic (a more media friendly guy anyway).
Magic could have won FMVP in 85’ and 88’, which went to Kareem and Worthy. Worthy had one of the greatest game 7 performances ever in 88’ (36/16/10), but Magic was the more consistent performer throughout the series, and still played very well in game 7.
He put on a clinic in passing in the 3rd game.
