Alright this [taking shots at Lebron] is getting out of hand.
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Magic Johnson took his own swipe at LeBron James on Tuesday, saying he couldn't see himself playing alongside Larry Bird just to get a ring.
The Hall of Fame point guard told Bloomberg News that when he played, he viewed Bird as a bitter rival from their days in college. The two stars later became friends.
"We didn't think about it cause that's not what we were about," Johnson said in an interview at Baruch College in New York. "From college, I was trying to figure out how to beat Larry Bird."
Johnson's Michigan State team beat Bird's Indiana State squad for the 1979 NCAA championship. Johnson and Bird met three times in the NBA Finals in the mid-1980s, with Johnson's Lakers beating Bird's Celtics twice.
"It was never a question in our mind because nobody has ever done that," Johnson said.
The comments from Johnson came two days after Michael Jordan told NBC Sports he wouldn't have joined with Johnson and Bird the way James teamed up with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh to form a Big 3 with the Miami Heat.
Read more: http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/article/2010-07-20/magic-johnson-also#ixzz0uME0Ddfb
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Magic Johnson took his own swipe at LeBron James on Tuesday, saying he couldn't see himself playing alongside Larry Bird just to get a ring.
The Hall of Fame point guard told Bloomberg News that when he played, he viewed Bird as a bitter rival from their days in college. The two stars later became friends.
"We didn't think about it cause that's not what we were about," Johnson said in an interview at Baruch College in New York. "From college, I was trying to figure out how to beat Larry Bird."
Johnson's Michigan State team beat Bird's Indiana State squad for the 1979 NCAA championship. Johnson and Bird met three times in the NBA Finals in the mid-1980s, with Johnson's Lakers beating Bird's Celtics twice.
"It was never a question in our mind because nobody has ever done that," Johnson said.
The comments from Johnson came two days after Michael Jordan told NBC Sports he wouldn't have joined with Johnson and Bird the way James teamed up with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh to form a Big 3 with the Miami Heat.
Read more: http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/article/2010-07-20/magic-johnson-also#ixzz0uME0Ddfb