1979-80 Los Angeles Lakers: That Magic Season Part 1/3

[Flipper79able]

A lot of people get caught up in the fact that this was Magic's rookie season and he won a championship right off the bat but let's not forget people that Kareem won the MVP this year. Kareem was the best player in the NBA this season. Amazing effort by Bird who won rookie of the year and led Boston from last place to the best record in the league. The biggest single season turnaround in NBA history. WOW.

[sweetdebra777]

Magic is and always will be the greatest player in the nba jordon is so over rated so love to all my magic johnson fans ~~Debra~~

[jlee562]

@sweetdebra777 and of course, this is coming from a girl who cant even spell jordan's name right. smh

[irod13]

@sweetdebra777 Even "Magic" himself said "There's Michael Jordan and then, there's the rest of us."

[AnotherStatsGuy]

my bad @ 4:02

[AnotherStatsGuy]

What is that song that starts @ 4:04 with Dr. J dribbling?

[radiodj1520]

In This Clip, From 0:00 To 0:46, It Was "The 1980 NBA Playoffs And Championship Series" Video Open From 1980.

[Angelslover9]

where was the nba draft hosted in new york city but the building

[ErikS1975FreeState]

All the Lakers were missing was Magic to become NBA Champions

[ErikS1975FreeState]

The 1980 NBA Finals was a matchup of two great teams but the Lakers were just more athletic & had better Big Men

[Jiltedin2007]

I was a Senior in High School at the time of this Finals.

[BrunoLS09]

Old school NBA rules!

The 80's and 90's were the best eras in NBA.

[TheEntertainmentonly]

Dave Cowens and Larry Bird!! Sadly, it lasted only one year. Imagine a squad with Cowens, Parrish, and Bird.

[wizeman5974]

@TheEntertainmentonly Not only Cowens, but Pete Maravich. His last season was '80 and he as well as Cowens only played that year with Larry Bird. Think of Bird, Parrish, Cowens, Maravich, Maxwell, and McHale all playing together (McHale was a rookie with the Celtics in their '81 championship season).