how many titles did Magic's unprotected male partner cost the lakers?

[cheguevara]

1, 2, 3?

[Daddy_Of_All_Trolls]

The Lakers probably had but one shot left in them to take down Jordan, and it would have to have been 1992. Knowing their history, it probably would have happened, see 1984 and 1985 vs. Boston. Kareem was gone in 1989, Cooper the following year. The rest of Showtime went into quick decline.

[NRHector]

3

[lefty]

1984, for sure

Game 5, the heat game, no AC @ the Garden

Lot of sweaty players; I'm sure Magic had only 1 thing in mind, and it wasn't the ballgame

[Ashy Larry]

80 - title
81 - just choked
82 - title
83 - no Worthy, Nixon injured and they still weren't gonna beat those Sixers
84 - really choked, handed the title to the C's
85 - title
86 - good team, just weren't there. Struggled with lesser opponents. Houston caught 'em
87 - title
88 - title
89 - undefeated through the West. Then Scott and Magic's hammies go snap. Get swept.
90 - brutal
91 - shouldn't have beaten the Blazers but did. Begin of the Mike era.

92 - sad times.

So to answer ya question, I see zero.

[Venti Quattro]

None. Magic was worth the 8 trips and 5 rings.

[LkrFan]

None. Magic was worth the 8 trips and 5 rings.

Nine dude. Get it right. :toast

To answer the OP, nonePERIOD.

[Ashy Larry]

Nine dude. Get it right. :toast

To answer the OP, nonePERIOD.


I asked him what was the one thing he could change about his playing days and it was that 1984 series. He had no problem with the Sixers. Injuries and just a better squad. He had no problem with the Bulls and the Piston losses.

"I just wish I could go back and change Game 2 and Game 4."

[LkrFan]

I asked him what was the one thing he could change about his playing days and it was that 1984 series. He had no problem with the Sixers. Injuries and just a better squad. He had no problem with the Bulls and the Piston losses.

"I just wish I could go back and change Game 2 and Game 4."

Yeah, '84 was brutal. He redeemed himself the following year though - to his credit.

[Ashy Larry]

Yeah, '84 was brutal. He redeemed himself the following year though - to his credit.


yeah, he came up big. But he still went back and dwelled on the one that got away. Kinda like Aguirre talking about the Mavs not being able to get one before he got with the Pistons.......

[baseline bum]

1, 2, 3?

1... in 1989 he swept Magic.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzTsDxBEYjg/SuYL0PCE5KI/AAAAAAAABaI/Jtfd32dI_is/s400/magic-johnson-isiah-thomas-kiss-425.jpg

[crc21209]

1, 2, 3?

:lol

[Venti Quattro]

I just wish I could go back and change Game 2

:lol James Worthy

[JoeTait75]

81 - just choked

Bad matchup. Houston was the only team in the West that could have beaten them. Plus it was a miniseries. Who knows what would have happened had that series been best-of-five or best-of-seven.

[lefty]

In 84, Nagic did choke, but Stern forced a game 7 with a lot of shitty calls, it was so fucking obvious

So it even things out, Celts were just better that season

[Giuseppe]

'84 was the seminal moment in Laker history. We could have went the other way as West & Chamberlain did after their calamities. But, Magic wouldn't go where those went=crawlin' like a snake, belly draggin'. Nope.

Uh, uh.

[baseline bum]

Bad matchup. Houston was the only team in the West that could have beaten them. Plus it was a miniseries. Who knows what would have happened had that series been best-of-five or best-of-seven.

LOL @ the WCF that year being between two shitty sub .500 teams. Great idea having best of 3 first rounds. I can't imagine how pissed Philly was to blow that game 7 and miss out on a cakewalk title after being upset so many times since the ABA merger.