"Magic's Sneaker Deal" HBO's "Winning Time" S1E6 Magic Johnson Nike Converse Adidas Lakers

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From S1.E6 of HBO's "Winning Time" the depiction of Magic Johnson's sneaker deal along with his meeting with Nike's Phil Knight.

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@alexanderkelly7973 5 ай бұрын

Magic turned it down (and regrets it to this day). But 5 years later they found their partner (Michael Jordan) and the rest is history

@mymagicisntgivingup5908 Ай бұрын

Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley. But Magic and Larry Bird made Converse popular until the early 90’s. Nike became popular when the Bulls got their first three peat

@ssherrierable 17 күн бұрын

@@mymagicisntgivingup5908what about Larry Johnson and the converse react grandma ma’s? They still retro his shoes today

@benkizer9509 3 ай бұрын

At the time, Nike was a small unknown company in Portland. It was mainly an importer of shoes from Japan and just started creating their own shoes. It's not surprising that Magic passed on their offer. Converse was a much larger company at the time (funny enough, Nike would eventually acquire Converse.)

@thespacesbetweenstudio3346 2 ай бұрын

Converse was the shoe of the NBA then. It was the obvious choice back then.

@stevenscummy1458 13 күн бұрын

Yeah going with Converse back then was like going with Nike today. We would never think some other company would be bigger than Nike now, especially if you're going with a small start up vs an established company. Obviously though Magic wishes he had a time machine lol, but who knows, maybe Magic would have made Nike his shoe during the 80s and by the time Jordan came around he might look to sign with Adidas, you never know what kind of butterfly effect it would create if Magic had a time machine and could start over.

@moodahs Ай бұрын

Stock options gives me chills!!!

@marksheppard6498 7 ай бұрын

Had he taken the Nike deal it would have been worth 5.2 billion dollars to him today. He says he still cries about not taking that deal.

@thescatman5029 7 ай бұрын

Classic hindsight is 20/20!

@SiQuemaCuhh 5 ай бұрын

Literally what the video said mate

@temistogen 4 ай бұрын

It would be worth much more. Jordan built it to 5 b.Magic would have added a few numbers

@raunakrakhit3833 Ай бұрын

The Nike Magic line would have really been something..

@alexanderkelly3535 11 күн бұрын

People would still be buying them

@boringlyawesum 22 күн бұрын

imagine a world that it wasn't about the jordan's it was about the magic's

@armandobroncas4276 5 ай бұрын

That prototype sneaker 🔥🔥🔥

@itsgoff 4 ай бұрын

It's just a Nike Blazer High. I do appreciate they use a shoe that was aligned with Nike's history

@itsgoff 4 ай бұрын

But the Nike Magic 1 High does have a nice ring to it!

@bpsactclass2218 5 ай бұрын

I read Shoe Dog by Phil Knight. I do not recall him mentioning Magic. He does say the first NBA player they went after hard was Jordan...and it paid off.

@drestathagangsta8880 16 күн бұрын

Maybe it was one of his business partners who tried to approach Magic.

@Paul-ev9qu Ай бұрын

But if Magic did sign with Nike they might’ve never signed with Jordan because Nike might think that they found their signature athlete in Magic and Nike wouldn’t have been as popular and the stocks won’t be as much.

@ajinkyaupadhyay3282 17 күн бұрын

Oo God he turned it down but the unlimited opportunity Nike got with mj they never would have got with magic.

@itsgoff 16 күн бұрын

MJ is Black Jesus

@3243_ 4 ай бұрын

I'm sure, at least as per this series' logic, Magic chose Converse over Nike just because Larry Bird had signed with Converse.

@drestathagangsta8880 2 ай бұрын

Magic spoke on this. He said the main reason he passed on Nike was because Phil was only offering him stock options and he had zero understanding how stocks worked. Meanwhile, Converse amd other companies were offering cash value contracts.

@3243_ 2 ай бұрын

@@drestathagangsta8880 Good point. Plus how was Magic (or anyone) to know at that time what Nike would become?

@lamontrucker9580 3 ай бұрын

He regrets it trust me he said so mama knows best ask MJ mom

@drestathagangsta8880 2 ай бұрын

He said as much on one of those late night shows. Can't remember who, and he repeated it on his Club Shay Shay interview as well.

@samanthab1923 5 ай бұрын

I don’t know of any Magic or Larry Bird sneakers

@irishgrl 5 ай бұрын

Then you’re too young.

@golga14 5 ай бұрын

@@irishgrlPretty much!

@mymagicisntgivingup5908 Ай бұрын

Converse I have a pair but I kept it in a container

@play030 Күн бұрын

What are you like 18?

@foodieforfun3552 3 ай бұрын

MJ win over Magic lose

@chasedepperschmidt9519 3 ай бұрын

What does the real Phil Knight look like because this guy and Ben Affleck seem like opposite ends of the spectrum

@itsgoff 3 ай бұрын

In really life he looks like a skinny Bernie Mac

@hoopandhands3328 Ай бұрын

This is much closer to what Phil Knight actually looked like, hair and all. Ben Affleck just wanted to play him.

@ssherrierable 17 күн бұрын

Magic is a billionaire so I believe he regrets it but not to the point that he is losing any sleep over it 😂

@thomaszamjahn9946 16 күн бұрын

Aside from Magic getting HIV, the guy got fired from being a head coach and gm at the lakers. Guy was a great basketball player. But come on he was dumb on tv, also look up how he fire his flight attendant. You know that wasn’t cause he was late.

@brandoncarney6086 2 күн бұрын

bums choose anything but nike and if you come talking to me with any of these other brands on your feet i ignore you adidas is for soccer and converse is dokie just in general argue if you want lmao but before you reply check your feet and closet and come correct . Side note if you also own under armor leave right now ...

@itsgoff 2 күн бұрын

You are trolling, right? Under Armor was established in 1996. The events depicted in this clip took place in 1980

@brandoncarney6086 2 күн бұрын

@@itsgoff doesn't make it cool sill guy get some swag