If you ask NBA legend Magic Johnson, there’s no question about who the GOAT of the NBA is. To Magic, it’s clearly his rival, Michael Jordan.
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Magic recently spoke about Jordan, and why he views the Chicago Bulls great as the best ever.
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“I would have to say Michael,” Johnson said. “We haven’t seen anybody do the things that Michael could do. And he was physically so gifted at the same time, smart. And then I think that we have two other Lakers following him right after that, and that would be LeBron [James] and Kareem [Abdul-Jabbar].
“But Michael, I would say, and then you got to throw Bill Russell in there because 11 championships, you can’t deny that,” Johnson stated. “When a man wins that many World Championship rings, he’s got to be in the GOAT conversation. No question about it. So, they go back and forth in today’s world about Michael and LeBron, and that’s okay.
“But Michael, I still remember that shot he did against us in ’91 where he went up with the right hand, tongue was out, and we went for it,” Johnson continued. “See, you’re too young. I want you to YouTube this, okay?
“So he watched us go down, switched the ball from his right to his left, tongue went left, and he spun it against the glass and good,” Johnson added. “Still the greatest shot I’ve ever seen.”
Magic is correct. There truly has never been a player like Michael Jordan. Many have come close, but Jordan truly was on a level all by himself.
