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The Goat. To think he would of been playing at the End of his Career with Kobe as A rookie and a Monster Shaq. Magic was a Different once in a life time Player

AND ALL THE GIRLS

Magic might be the Greatest 🏀 player... PERIOD!!!

@Kd let him have his own opinion

Marcus Johnson yea!

Fax

The birth of modern NBA right here 😊

I think the NBA should make their entire library available for download

That's says alot

I did it on 2k xd

Crazy to think it's 40 years since that. 1980 seems like 30+ years ago. Edit: I meant it feels surreal that 1980 is indeed and in fact 40 years prior.

Steph Dy 1980 is 30+ years ago

Matthew Torres me too lol

in a year he won player of the year final four mop a national title was the 1st pick and won finals mvp and a title...1979-180 were good years to be earvin magic johnson I tell you what

its true he said that on the plane

He did win back to back championships a few years later. So I'd say game 7 defending the title was a bigger game forsure

Not one of. His unquestioned greatest game.

I was thinking the same thing.

He was a Coach and player simultaneously for several years. One of the smartest ever

it’s thanks to guys like Bill who loved and respected the game so much that we have such an amazing product today

Yeah people discredited him for the era he played in but those rings don't show everything he did as a coach, while being a player still. Legendary always.

he played in janitor era. bill russel average 44% against plumbers lmaooooo

Facts

I doubt that very seriously. The Lakers probably wouldn't got swept but The Detroit Pistons had arrived. It was their time to shine.

Go Spurs go!

That's math

kawhi was basically 23 though he turned 23 a week after the finals so....but I get it....kareem would of won it earlier if drafted but he was not allowed to leave college ...

That doesnt mean shit, because you cant be final MVP if you arent in the final. Magic, duncan, khawi were all in the best team as a rookie, MJ and Lebron were both in trash team and you better believe me if they had Kareem abdul jabbar, jamal wikes and michael cooper or David robinson and sean eliott or Tim duncan, Tony parker and Ginobili they could have definitly been Final MVP. Jordan and Lebron were both the best young player of all time, Lebron rookie stats were similar to Magic but keep in mind Lebron was 18 not 20, at 20 Lebron averaged 31.4ppg, 7reb and 6.6 assists. At the same age MJ averaged 28.2 ppg, 6.5reb and 5.9 assists and magic averaged 18ppg, 7.7 reb and 7.3 assists. So congratulation to magic, duncan and khawi but they were lucky to be in a good team, im sure they wouldnt even make it to the playoff with 84-88 Bulls or 2003-2010 cavs.

@@Anthonydu01630 rookie magic was definitely better than rookie Lebron. And Ik MJ was great as a rookie but Magic put up 42 15 and 7 in game 6 of the nba finals without the best player in the league.

ARI 23 I agree! 👌

Surely hope for the steal against pistons.

Like Birds 60 point game against the Hawks

You're gonna come on a Laker video and talk about the Celtics??? Go away, Satan! Lol

It was always said that bird wanted to win finals mvp that year, but didn’t. And Magic wanted to win rookie of the year that year and didn’t.

Magic didn't win rookie of the year because only sportswriters and sports broadcasters get to vote. In 1980, sportswriters and broadcasters were probably 98% white male. Rookie Larry Bird was the "Great White Hope" for many sportswriters and broadcasters in 1980 and the near exclusive white voters all voted for him based on race favoritism with the hope he would help keep the league white. Both Magic and Bird had superstar rookie years and you could make an equal case for either one of them winning rookie of the year...hell, Magic floor-Generalled his team all the way to the championship! You know the rookie voting was racially biased because Bird was given a ridiculous lopsided 96% of the vote and Magic only given 4%. That vote is not even rational - no way did Bird outplay Magic 96% to 4% in 1980. Take a look at today's NBA sportswriters and broadcasters in 2023, who are much more diverse and reflective of how the American population looks - male, female, old, young, multi-ethnic and global representation. If Bird and Magic came into the NBA as rookies today, the rookie voting would be much more realistic; the diverse voters who write and broadcast today's NBA would vote more on what each player actually accomplished for his team, instead of just voting for Bird as they did in 1980 because he was their white hero and savior. It is possible Bird might still win the vote today, but the vote totals would be more realistic as they should have been in 1980, like 55% to 45% or 52% to 48%....scores that truly reflected how equal both their rookie years were - or maybe Magic would win by a similar close vote total - but there is no way in hell either player should have beat the other in ROY voting by 96% to 4%. That vote total alone is proof the 1980 ROY voting was totally about race and not actual play on the court. This is why it is essential to have a diversity of voters voting for awards instead of just having all the voters white. Another way to avoid biased problems like this is to also allow the players and coaches to have a say in the voting - nobody knows better than the players and coaches who the best rookie is. They certainly know more than the sportswriters and broadcasters, because most of writers and broadcasters in 1980 never played the game professionally, so they don't know shit compared to a player or coach.

I agree, and I'm a Magic fan. You can't forget what Kareem did for 5 games, but what Magic did for the one was special so people remember that the most.

Kareem did a lot, but he still was 3-2. While the Lakers were 1-0 without him. That decreases his value. And when Magic started at center, he put up point and rebound totals that were as great or greater than Kareem did in those 5 games. So that means offensively, playing center was the easiest position that series due to the great passing of their backcourt. Having Nixon and Magic as facilitators allowed Kareem to put up such great stats. While Magic proved that he could run the offense without Kareem. And not only was it a win, the Lakers beat the 76ers by more than they did in their other 3 wins. MVP: Magic Johnson.

Thank you.

Flight prolly improved with an actually good trainer with him.

Yes my majesty but, Imagine if Flightreacts actually gets signed by an NBA Team.

DiamondBullet I agree

He's Cornbread

Silky

Jamaal Wilkes used to give dr.j trouble

Hey Jamaal won ring at Golden State too with the great Rick Barry so u know been there before had that unique shot I ever seen be twisting the ball on release hey worked for him Jamaal always like him especially on GSW one of the man's can u take over sometimes kinda of like Klay Thompson as far as impact on team..can score for sure!

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Why did he not get finals MVP?

@@dancefloor4737 It was said the network didn't want to be embarrassed & look foolish giving the MVP to a player who was absent, so they gave it to Magic instead who had a great game , but Kareem had an OUTSTANDING series...

Please Never Try This Joke Again

Indeed throw in the Steelers and Pirates success. And Penn State playing for national titles, it was a productive period for the commonwealth of Pennsylvania!!!!

Also how the 3pt line is nonexistent since this was the first year of it

crazy thing is the league average percentage doesnt change at all since the 70s

James Harden playing good now lol

Yup yup

LMAO. Magic is at the pinnacle of the Laker's all-time team. No one forgets him.

literally nobody ever forgets about Magic 😂 James Worthy is the one who criminally forgotten

MrGenexxx yeah Worthy was a beast and nobody remembers him much anymore.

He’s not so much as forgotten just under appreciated. When you’ve played on the same team as KAJ, Kobe, Shaq, Wilt, West, Baylor, Worthy, now Lebron, and I’m probably still forgetting some. Not even mentioning greats who came to end their career like Nash, Rodman, Dwight Howard, Karl Malone, etc.

@@aidan_is_spoon4524 It was such a shame that Worthy's performance came nearing the end of the Lakers dominance. In a team that included Kareem and Magic, then succeeded by Shaq and Kobe, it's understandable why he is often underappreciated. 1988 Finals he was on beast mode.

Man I loved Coop but he'll naw he ain't no hall of famer!!!

henry bibby got a title on the 73 knick vs the hurt lakers but whats funny to note about his title run is in the playoffs he basically only mattered for one night in the playoffs as the rest of his stats were in losses or garbage time of blowout wins that anyone could of been playing in cause the game was over vs bums the other team sent in to rest starters and 6th men so he had a total of 2 points 0 rebs 0 assists that helped them that entire playoffs lol...those 2 points came in a 7 point win so even then hes replaceable lol...wow....imagine not doing much but getting that ring ..he avg. 3.5 ppg .5 assists and .3 rebs in the regular season to be fair...

@@razkable darko got a ring, and Adam Morrison. Both busts. So did Sun Yue, Menke bateer, and Carl Herrera. You don’t know who they are so why you disrespecting Henry bibby

@@texstout sun yue never got a ring

@@texstout my point was for a solid player he got that ring doing very little so I bet it means less for him cause he was so good

@@texstout carl won 2 rings and mattered stop hating I know him Houston native son..he played big minutes for them...

Chill, when it’s all said and done curry has a chance

@@MT-eo5vy nah

lOL

He looks so young there

Even tho he was like 50

Well said. This game...the Lakers would've been just like this if they had traded Kareem. They could've been a run and gun team like this and Magic could've put up big numbers. But he was all about WINNING.

So Tru. And when they had Kareem,. When he would sit they were so up and down the court and impossible to defend.

It was fun back then. My father would wake me up to watch it with him.

Yeah also in rookie mode difficulty

😂😂😂got the sliders up huh

But it means nothing because it’s played on on a horrible simulation

1980 NBA CHAMPIONS LOS ANGELES LAKERS AND 1ST NBA PLAYOFFS AND FINALS SERIES AWARD TROPHY IS MAGIC JOHNSON 1:36:15