Magic Johnson is the best player to ever wear a Lakers uniform

[King Karim]

Magic averaged a triple double as a rookie in the playoffs....y'all better stop playing with Magic

 

[EBK String]

the goat bball IQ and passer in nba history

 

[GPBear]

not Kobe, not Shaq, not Jerry West, not Elgin Baylor, not Kareem but Magic is the best player to ever wear a Lakers jersey.

I noticed one name conspicuously missing from your list

"Chamberlain averaged a record 50.4 points a game"

 

[big bun]

Magic
Kobe
Kareem

Can’t really go wrong with how you place them.

Although Kareem played his very best ball as a Buck...

 

[HabitualChiller]

No shyt. He actually won 4 rings as the man as opposed to 2 for Kobe.

Edit: Kareem was the man for his 1st title.

 

[UpAndComing]

not Kobe, not Shaq, not Jerry West, not Elgin Baylor, not Kareem but Magic is the best player to ever wear a Lakers jersey.

He led the Lakers to a title as a ROOKIE....could play any position on the court and he did.....went to 9 Finals in 12 years, that's damn near impossible to believe.....he won 5 NBA titles, 3x NBA Finals MVP, 3x NBA MVP,

10X All NBA in just 12 seasons. His career PER was 24.1 compared to Bryant at 22.9

Had Magic not gotten sick and was forced to retire he would have won at least 7 Championships and possibly 8. He was forced to retire in the prime of his career.

Magic didn't play during the social media/advertising era, nor did he sell you a shyt load of shoes like Bryant did, so that's why alot of people think Kobe was better, but that's is far from the TRUTH!!

People still believe this lie

 

[ALonelyDad]

If magic is successful with this FO thing, it’s hard to deny him being the goat guy for the franchise

 

[Flex Luger]

No shyt. He actually won 4 rings as the man as opposed to 2 for Kobe.

Edit: Kareem was the man for his 1st title.

2018 and dudes still using this tired ass argument lol.

 

[HabitualChiller]

2018 and dudes still using this tired ass argument lol.

Is it false though?

 

[McPiff]

Goat thread for the GOAT

 

[KingJay]

Had Magic not gotten sick and was forced to retire he would have won at least 7 Championships and possibly 8.

so they takin rings from now, huh?

 

[Shadow King]

OP isn't wrong. Magic (along with Bird) revived the NBA, defined an era of it and spearheaded a fixture in Americana with Showtime.

 

[King Karim]

I noticed one name conspicuously missing from your list

"Chamberlain averaged a record 50.4 points a game"

Lakers fans don't really consider him a "true Laker"

Magic still betta either way

 

[King Karim]

so they takin rings from now, huh?

Jordan better be thankful that Bird messed up his back laying concrete, and Magic got sick, if not....he would not have this aura around him that he has today, b/c he would have had to play alot more years to get those 6 rings

 

[Erratic415]

Magic "leading" the Lakers to the title as a rookie is overblown in some ways, but amazing. Kareem actually lead that team throughout the season up until game 7, and was on his way to finals MVP before he went down. However, Magic in game 7 was

Kareem is the GOAT to grace the jersey.

Apparently Kareem was originally voted the finals MVP as he had been killing the Sixers thru 5 games, but CBS convinced the voters to vote for Magic after game 6 as he was there and Kareem was back in LA resting for game 7.

Magic’s game 6 is still one of the greatest performances ever though.