MAGIC was a 20 yo rookie who won the finals MVP playing center.

THERE ISNT AND I REPEAT THERE ISNT ANYBODY IN TODAYS NBA LEAGUE THAT CAN DO WHAT MAGIC HAS DONE WHEN IT CAME TO PASSING-MAGIC JOHNSON-ICON!!!!!!!!!!

Magic Johnson had one of the greatest 15 to 18 month stretches in basketball history. He won the 1979 NCAA championship, and Final Four Most Outstanding Player. Then he went on to win the 1980 NBA Championship and NBA Finals MVP.

BEST OF ALLLLLL TIME EVERRRR TO LACE UM UP!!! 😊NOBODYYYYY HAS DONE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAGIC DID PERIOD! 💯👍LIKE WIN IT ALLLLL AS A ROOKIE! 😮

He said he wanted to play Center as a rookie in the NBA finals, he scored 42 points with 15 rebounds and won the MVP and the Lakers won the title that year. That was after he stopped Bird from winning the NCAA championship in 1979. So he had made his career in his rookie season, winning ROY, an NBA title, and Finals MVP. That shows you just how special he truly was. His diagnosis of HIV was made 32 years ago now and he is still alive and well. He is on medication for it but he is still here and a huge voice in the game even now.

Legends roamed the NBA courts in the 80's.

He did it during the finals

Best goat comparison video drops the mic

I'll never forget them games, that's ball 💯

YEAH, THE ( 80 ) FINALS AGAINST DR.J AND THE SIXERS 😊 42, PTS, 15 REB, 7 AST, 3 BLK, 2 STL AND A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE!!! LMAO 👍IT WAS INSANE AND MANNNNN THE DECADE WAS FUN! 💯SHOWTIME AT THE GREAT WESTERN FORUM!

Im a 76ers fan, and the way he cooked us in game 6 of the 1980 NBA Finals AS A ROOKIE was criminal.

80s Lakers Celtics rivalry was like nothing in sports

Wassup bruh?!? Keep expanding that knowledge! One of, if not the best, point guards to ever play. Passing skills were amazing, and with a very low turn over ratio, unlike others that are compared to him. Could take over a game when needed, and contribute in so many ways. Also a two way player & winner!