It has long been said that the previous generation of NBA superstars—primarily Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan and Larry Bird—didnt join forces in their pursuit of championships. As LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and several other stars contemplate where they might do exactly that, the old lions and their admirers like to brandish the difference as a way of elevating themselves. This, for those who have forgotten, is how Magic and Co. reacted in 2010 when James bolted for Miami to join Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade: Thats not what we were about, Magic Johnson told Bloomberg News (via ESPN). From college, I was trying to figure out how to beat Larry Bird (not to join with him). Jordan agreed, telling NBC Sports: Theres no way, with hindsight, I wouldve ever called up Larry, called up Magic and said, Hey, look, lets get together and play on one team. It wouldve been too easy to play together (rather than competing against each other), Bird said. All three of them, except for Jordans late dalliance with the Wizards, spent their entire careers with the teams that drafted them? Never was there talk about going some place else, even though in the case of both Bird with the Celtics and Jordan with the Bulls, neither team was very good when they arrived.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 03:51:08 +0000
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