Magic Johnson is also not impressed with LeBron James

[TheKingOfMIA6]

That team might be a contender and win 66 games during regular season but when the playoffs arrive the talent just goes somewhere. Check the stats

Mo during regular season stats
PPG 15.8
APG 5.3
RPG 3.0
SPG 1.0
FT 89%
FG 44%
3P 42%

Mo in playoffs

PPG 14.4
APG 5.4
RPG 3.1
SPG 0.6
FT 80%
FG 40%
3P 32%

Anderson Varejao Season

PPG 8.6
RPG 7.6
APG 1.1
FG 57%

Playoffs

PPG 5.7
RPG 6.5
APG 0.6
FG 41%

You can look up the rest of the players from the team & see that most of their stats decrease in playoffs

[rmt]

wrong ......lebron is leaving to join other superstars....bird...MJ and magic had talent around them that wasn't considered superstars until they won they stuck together then became stars ....these players are already stars he's joining this isn't worthy of comparison...anyway!!!!

I would not call Kareem Abdul-Jabbar "talent around them that wasn't considered superstars until they won they stuck together then became stars."

1 NBA Champion
5 NBA MVP
9 All-Star
1 NBA Finals MVP
6 All-NBA First team
3 All-NBA Second team
3 All-Defensive 1st team
5 All-Defensive 2nd team
NBA Rookie of the Year

Here's KAJ's resume before Magic joined the LAL. This is not even mentioning KAJ's stellar college career. Magic has no business talking about teammates when he was blessed to go to a team with KAJ. We won't even talk about Michael Cooper, Byron Scott, Wilkes, etc.

MJ, on the other hand, had to wait for Pippen to mature. The Bulls weren't stacked with ready-made HOFs - one of the reasons why MJ is the GOAT.

[rmt]

How the did you leave out James Worthy?

Sorry, the brain starts to go when one's approaching the half century mark. It's not for lack of familiarity with the team as I watched every game broadcasted back then. But, yes, Worthy isn't worthy of "etc."

[Mike-in-brazil]

I would not call Kareem Abdul-Jabbar "talent around them that wasn't considered superstars until they won they stuck together then became stars."

1 NBA Champion
5 NBA MVP
9 All-Star
1 NBA Finals MVP
6 All-NBA First team
3 All-NBA Second team
3 All-Defensive 1st team
5 All-Defensive 2nd team
NBA Rookie of the Year

Here's KAJ's resume before Magic joined the LAL. This is not even mentioning KAJ's stellar college career. Magic has no business talking about teammates when he was blessed to go to a team with KAJ. We won't even talk about Michael Cooper, Byron Scott, Wilkes, etc.

MJ, on the other hand, had to wait for Pippen to mature. The Bulls weren't stacked with ready-made HOFs - one of the reasons why MJ is the GOAT.

Magic was a rookie, so how can he a star of the nba joining Kareem???

Michael Cooper, Byron Scott, Wilkes, etc. all same status until they have proven to be stars or talented team players.....not of of these guys were at the top of their game and said" ok lets all become lakers to make dynasty....

look bird...MJ...and MJ lol didn't join others to get rings they build and all became stars with talent around them...why do u all not see this?...

lebron is doing what Malone and Payton did with the lakers....
KG did with boston

[bandwagon_fan]

I used to be a fan of the Lakers and Celtics back in the day. I couldn't disagree more with Magic Johnson though. The bigger the dynasty, the better.

[cobbler]

That team might be a contender and win 66 games during regular season but when the playoffs arrive the talent just goes somewhere. Check the stats

Mo during regular season stats
PPG 15.8
APG 5.3
RPG 3.0
SPG 1.0
FT 89%
FG 44%
3P 42%

Mo in playoffs

PPG 14.4
APG 5.4
RPG 3.1
SPG 0.6
FT 80%
FG 40%
3P 32%

Anderson Varejao Season

PPG 8.6
RPG 7.6
APG 1.1
FG 57%

Playoffs

PPG 5.7
RPG 6.5
APG 0.6
FG 41%

You can look up the rest of the players from the team & see that most of their stats decrease in playoffs

Maybe if as the season is wearing down they were gearing up and picking up their games as opposed to strutting, clowning, and following Lebrons leadership they would have stepped up in the playoffs. The Magic Lakers, Bird Celtics, Jordan Bulls, and Kobe Lakers feared their leaders. They knew it was as Magic put "winnin time" and knew they had to up thier game to coincide with their leader rather that listen to said leader tell them he's taking them to the promised land as they practice their pregame photo shoot routine and dance steps.

[rjv]

He's just jealous

of what exactly ? 0 rings ?

[Kevin Durant 35]

Anybody can talk about LeBron leaving to win with Wade and Bosh but not Magic

[YellowFever]

The Lakers were a 5th seed in the WC and got bounced by the Sonics 4 games to 1 the year before Magic joined the Lakers.

They won the ring in his rookie year with him winning the MVP and Worthy and Scott was drafted a couple of years afterwards.

Nonetheless, I wish the 'legends' would STFU about this. One of them said it, we all got a chuckle out of it but one after another speaking out is getting pretty boring.

[jermaine]

you think lebron gives a what magic johnson has to say

If it was just let's say Barkley(no rings), then I'm sure he wouldn't care! But its the man who's ass he's been kissin since he came in the league(Jordan) & Mr. Primetime himself Magic beat Bird Johnson! Oyea they got rangs & thangs! An they telling peope all over the world he's a coward! Oooooooo he care, cuz he aint won yet! Being with the Heat don't guarantee him a rang.

[ducks]

That team might be a contender and win 66 games during regular season but when the playoffs arrive the talent just goes somewhere. Check the stats

Mo during regular season stats
PPG 15.8
APG 5.3
RPG 3.0
SPG 1.0
FT 89%
FG 44%
3P 42%

Mo in playoffs

PPG 14.4
APG 5.4
RPG 3.1
SPG 0.6
FT 80%
FG 40%
3P 32%

Anderson Varejao Season

PPG 8.6
RPG 7.6
APG 1.1
FG 57%

Playoffs

PPG 5.7
RPG 6.5
APG 0.6
FG 41%

You can look up the rest of the players from the team & see that most of their stats decrease in playoffs

they quit just like james
they do not attack
they settle for lazy long jump shots

[rmt]

Magic was a rookie, so how can he a star of the nba joining Kareem???

Michael Cooper, Byron Scott, Wilkes, etc. all same status until they have proven to be stars or talented team players.....not of of these guys were at the top of their game and said" ok lets all become lakers to make dynasty....

look bird...MJ...and MJ lol didn't join others to get rings they build and all became stars with talent around them...why do u all not see this?...

lebron is doing what Malone and Payton did with the lakers....
KG did with boston

Basketball Hall of Famer Magic Johnson said he never would have joined with Larry Bird to win a championship the way LeBron James is teaming with Dwyane Wade

Why would Magic need to join Bird when he had not just any 7ft+ franchise big man HOFer but a GOAT candidate? I watched the games broadcasted leading up to and including the NCAA championship game and it was clear that Bird and Magic were the future "stars" of the NBA.

I wonder if Laker fans were complaining when Malone and Payton joined the Lakers. They were perfectly within their right to do so, and there was not this uproar that there is with Lebron. Maybe Laker fans are so indignant because the current Lakers now don't have as clear a path to future championships. Kobe would have bailed on the Lakers too if he hadn't been gifted with a 7ft. franchise big man.

There would be criticism of Lebron even if (as KG did), he took more money and stayed in Cleveland. I fault KG for wallowing away his prime in Minnesota instead of leaving, taking less money and trying to build a legacy. I mean, when you earn the kind of money these guys do, what's a few more millions compared to your name/pride/legacy?

The Magic Lakers, Bird Celtics, Jordan Bulls, and Kobe Lakers feared their leaders. They knew it was as Magic put "winnin time" and knew they had to up thier game to coincide with their leader rather that listen to said leader tell them he's taking them to the promised land as they practice their pregame photo shoot routine and dance steps.

Well, it's a good thing that Kobe's teammates didn't "up thier game to coincide with their leader" or the Lakers wouldn't have gone "to the promised land" Sorry, but Kobe's name just doesn't belong in that list especially after his 25% shooting in game 7.

[daslicer]

I laugh when MJ said that Lebron teaming up with Wade and Bosh is equivalent to him teaming up with Larry and Magic. Thats some bs he's spinning considering Wade and Bosh are nowhere close to being in the same league as Larry and Magic. I love Wades game but I compare him status wise to a young Clyde Drexler except unlike Clyde he had the advantage of playing with a dominant big man earlier in his career that enabled him to get a ring. Bosh on the other hand is great young 7fter all-star but he hasn't won any significant awards to put him in the category of Bird of Magic if anything I think he will play the role of a James Worthy or Parish on this super team.

I will go further to say that Lebron is the best out of the 3 and he will be the number 1 guy on this team. Wade may have history with this franchise but he isn't more talented then Lebron. If you compare both they have had similar teams and one has only managed to win around 45 wins and first round exits the last few years while the other has won back to back 60 wins and has had a finals appearance. Lebron is clearly better but Wade is not that much behind.

In conclusion these legends are just bitter grump old men vying for attention by dissing Lebron. They remind me of old guys hyping up their glory days. You know the typical spiel "Back in my day blah blah blah blah."

[TheKingOfMIA6]

daslicer speaks the truth.

Props sons

[pjjrfan]

they quit just like james
they do not attack
they settle for lazy long jump shots

Really, I agree with Ducks, in 07, the last two series of the last two seasons, it's been James who laid the biggest egg on the floor. IN game 4 when the Cavs had a chance to avoid a sweep James made crucial mistakes in that game, a couple of them totally unforced turnovers, against the Magic his body language had beaten written all over him, the same against the Celtics this year. You look at Wade's performance to avoid a sweep from the Celtics the guy knew his team was beaten but he wasn't he laid his guts out on the floor, and in actuality he did that the whole series but that one game he refused to let his team lose, he ended the night by saying that he wasn't ready to stop playing basketball. I don't see that in James, the talent is there, no question but the take no prisoners no way I"m going to lose mentality isn't.

[ohmwrecker]

I'm impressed this guy's still alive...HIV my ass.

Steroids.

[Booharv]

I'm not one to defend LeBron James too much, but I will to some extent here.

The difference with LeBron is that while he's joining another premier player, it's not like he's joining Kobe and the Lakers who just won a le or the Celtics who just won a couple years ago. He's joining a great player in Wade but a team that has been mediocre at best the last couple seasons and even missed the playoffs a couple years ago.

Also, he was never a rival of Dwyane Wade really, not as much as he was a rival of Carmelo. LeBron and Wade have pretty much always been close friends since they were drafted. Magic and Michael and Larry might be friendly now, but they were never friendly off the court (at least that I know of) to the extent that LeBron and Wade have been. You add the fact that Magic and Michael and Larry became closer friends with their Olympic experience as well, but that happened at the tail end of the careers of Magic and Bird. For LeBron and Wade, that happened after the fifth year of their NBA careers.

I agree for the most part with Magic and Michael criticizing LeBron, but I also think that the two of them using themselves as an example doesn't quite apply because of different cir stances.

Magic and Larry became friends I think in 85 when they filmed a Converse commercial together. Between takes they got to talking and found they had a lot in common and were friendly after that.

[Booharv]

Larry was also one of the first guys Magic called when he found out he had the HIV.

[da_suns_fan]

These guys just love inflating their ego and getting their names in the news again.

Barkley sure didnt mind playing with Kevin Johsnon, Dan Majerle, Tom Chambers and Danny Ainge. He sure got angry in Philly when his teammates sucked.

Magic had Kareem and James Worthy.

Michael had Pippen. The Bulls won 50-something games the season Mike was playing baseball. You think the Cavs will do that next season?

Bird? Gimme a break. The Celtics were basically a dream team.

[mytespurs]

LOL nice find MH.

I think this is just the point of LeBrons life that he has to go through when he's being hated on by his hometown, other nba players, some rappers, legends, Delonte etc. Except for his best friends and now his friends are going to help him to get out of this situation by winning a championship and not one but multiple and when it will be all said and done LeBron will be better than the legends because he sacraficed money for a championship.

I'm a LeBron fan but when it's all said and done, until he actually starts winning a championship or championships, there's no comparisons. These guys have made their legacies-now LeBron gets to make his own.

I don't like the LeBron hating but I don't get upset about opinions 'cause that what they are.....