"The best ever defensive player to guard me was Michael Cooper," Larry said ... you had to defend him." Magic vs. Bird was the premiere matchup during the Lakers vs. Celtics rivalry of the ...

But by 1988, the year he won his first MVP, a young shooting guard ... the world. Bird retired later that year, admitting to Johnson, "Magic, you know, you and I were then, and Michael Jordan ...

Abdul-Jabbar spoke to Sportskeeda about Cooper’s strong defense against Larry Bird and Michael Jordan ... Sometimes he, Magic [Johnson] and Byron [Scott] would shoot together.

When comparing the careers of six-time NBA champion Michael Jordan, legendary point guard Magic Johnson, and three-time MVP ...

Larry Bird knew ... supremacy with Magic Johnson and his 'Showtime' Lakers. But by 1986, when Bird and the Celtics were at their peak, a second-year shooting guard out of North Carolina was ...

Michael Jordan ... game in 1979. Magic Johnson, the flashy, gregarious African-American point guard from urban Michigan, brought a taste of showtime to Michigan State. Larry Bird and Magic Johnson ...

The Lakers have brought many of their most notable players to the franchise through the NBA Draft since joining the league in ...

The Class of 2024 being enshrined this weekend at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and Museum doesn’t feature a ...

Los Angeles Lakers legend and NBA Hall of Famer Earvin "Magic" Johnson is not done taking shots at NBA All-Star and Minnesota ...

Magic Johnson Celebrates ... Wife Cookie and Famous Friends Magic Johnson Says Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese 'Remind Me a Lot' of His Rivalry with Larry Bird Magic Johnson Celebrates Son EJ's ...

Engelbert said it's reminiscent of what Magic Johnson and Larry Bird provided the NBA in the early 1980s. "It's a little of that Bird-Magic moment, if you recall, from 1979, when those two rookies ...

Lakers great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar seems to feel former teammate Michael Cooper's nod into the Naismith Memorial Basketball ...