Magic Johnson: Always Showtime (Part 6)

Follow young Earvin from the driveway where his father taught him the game, to high school, and then to Michigan State, where his Spartan team famously beat Larry Bird's Indiana State team in the 1979 NCAA championship game. The action quickly moves to the NBA and Johnson's storied career with the Lakers - playing with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James Worthy - vanquishing first Julius Erving and the 76ers, then Bird and the Celtics, on the way to five championships and the birth of a great dynasty.

(This is Part 6 of 8)

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[slagarnering]

Magic the best pointguard EVAHH

[FrazzledOne23]

Did you see at the end when Byrd and Johnson hit fists? That was nice. Too often you see people not showing respect.

[ThingsYouWant2C]

@slagarnering Best player ever...(IDGAF)

[monferno0999]

double dribble in beging of video?



[IBdaPrince]

@Sovnarkom yeah, I mentioned it seeing as how that's what he played in, why not refer to it. Thanks for the tidbit. I will check that out. It's good to learn

[Sovnarkom]

@IBdaPrince You mentioned NBA.com as a reference that you respect. nba.com/history/legends/oscar-­robertson/index.html ... read this article on Oscar in the Legends section, he's described as a guard 4x in that article and isn't called a forward throughout the essay. The triple double was in his 2nd year (my mistake) and he averaged it over his first 5 years.

[IBdaPrince]

@Sovnarkom All the publications and basketball cards I've ever seen listed him as a forward. So maybe there's a mixup somewhere. Won't say you're wrong, but not right either. As far as ur stats of the Big O, they are a bit skewed. According to NBA.com, Oscar did average a triple double in one season, but it was his second season, not his rookie one. And do u mean he averaged a triple double each of his first 5 years, or that's the average during those 5 years? I could see the second

[Sovnarkom]

@IBdaPrince He was listed as a guard when playing for Crispus Attucks High School, the University of Cincinnati, the Cincinnati Royals and the Milwakee Bucks. Jack Twyman and Jerry Lucas were the starting forwards on his team for most of his professional career (with the Royals). Oscar Robertson was a versatile player who played minutes at forward in addition to playing guard much like other notable swingmen who came after him (e.g., John Havlicek, Julius Erving, Michael Jordan).

[IBdaPrince]

@Sovnarkom Osacr Robertson wasn't even a guard. He was a forward. So if u wanna say Oscar Robertson is the greatest point forward, cool. I stick with the stance that Magic IS the greatest point guard ever.