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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Really MJ and Magic? Really?

I would like to take a quick moment here to defend the stars on my Miami Heat. There has been a lot of talk in the media crushing these guys for coming together to form the greatest basketball team since the Hoyas (***NOTE: I am not talking about Georgetown, I’m talking about the team I played on back in elementary school with my friend Zach Dodd... we were the only white guys on the team... in fact, we were the only white guys in the league. The only thing, other than that, that I remember from that experience is having our coach yell at some guys on our team during halftime because they didn’t have any fouls yet, but I digress***). Anyway, I have seen that MJ and Magic have both come out and said they would never do something like this (Bird has probably said the same thing... I just don’t remember it). At first glance, I would say the same thing. I get that argument. But come on. I know these guys were very competitive and they all wanted to be the greatest. And, truth is, they all are considered the greatest. But come on. It’s not like these guys were playing with JV teammates. MJ didn’t win a title until he had Pippen (who, while I didn’t like him... not even a little... is on the list of 50 Greatest Players in NBA History). He also won half his titles with former Piston “Bad Boy” Dennis Rodman. Magic Johnson played with a couple of guys named Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James Worthy (both are also on the list of 50 greatest players). And Larry Bird... all he had to play with was Nate Archibald, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish (who also, I might add, was on one of MJ’s title winning teams), and Bill Walton... all guys on the list of 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. To be fair to Bird, I’m not sure I’ve seen where he has crushed LeBron for going to the Heat.

I know what you are going to say... MJ, Magic, and Bird made these other guys better! They were the leaders! People wanted to play with them! Some of that might be true (except Kareem was in LA before Magic... but I get what you’re saying). All I’m saying is don’t crush LeBron for wanting to play with other great players. After all, he took a pay cut to try and win a title. He put winning over money. How great is that?! I’m just sayin...
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