ISH All-Time List: Vote on #5 Now.

[Big#50]

Magic played with a top five player of all time. He was not even better than Bird. Magic and The Lakers had a free ticket to the finals every ****ing year. Magic played no defense. All this bullshit about him being greater because of his iconic status is phucking stupid. He was not a top five player ever.

[LAZERUSS]

Magic played with a top five player of all time. He was not even better than Bird. Magic and The Lakers had a free ticket to the finals every ****ing year. Magic played no defense. All this bullshit about him being greater because of his iconic status is phucking stupid. He was not a top five player ever.

Yep...after Kareem retired Magic, and the Lakers went into the toilet. Oh, sure they went 63-19 the season immediately after that, but, they were knocked off in the second round by a crappy 54-28 Phoenix team that had Tom Chambers, Kevin Johnson, Jeff Hornacek, and Dan Majerle. Oh, in with his team down 2-1 in that series, all Magic could do was to put up back-to-back 43 point games, each on 15-26 shooting from the field, and a combined 26-28 from the line.

Then, the very next season, which would be his last until a brief comeback a few years later...he led an injury-riddled, and declining, Lakers team to a 58-24 record, which included a 3-0 blowout over Hakeem's 52-30 Rockets, and in the clinching game, all Magic could do was hang a 38 point game, on 14-20 FG/FGA and 9-9 FT/FTA. Then, in the WCF's, he took his under-dog Lakers to an upset over the 63-19 Blazers. True, they lost to the 61-21 Bulls in the Finals, but both Worthy and Scott were injured (and Scott was basically worthless.)

So, what happened after Magic retired? The Lakers went 43-39. Then, just to prove it was no fluke, they followed that season up with a 39-43 record.

[tmacattack33]

Yep...after Kareem retired Magic, and the Lakers went into the toilet. Oh, sure they went 63-19 the season immediately after that, but, they were knocked off in the second round by a crappy 54-28 Phoenix team that had Tom Chambers, Kevin Johnson, Jeff Hornacek, and Dan Majerle. Oh, in with his team down 2-1 in that series, all Magic could do was to put up back-to-back 43 point games, each on 15-26 shooting from the field, and a combined 26-28 from the line.

Then, the very next season, which would be his last until a brief comeback a few years later...he led an injury-riddled, and declining, Lakers team to a 58-24 record, which included a 3-0 blowout over Hakeem's 52-30 Rockets, and in the clinching game, all Magic could do was hang a 38 point game, on 14-20 FG/FGA and 9-9 FT/FTA. Then, in the WCF's, he took his under-dog Lakers to an upset over the 63-19 Blazers. True, they lost to the 61-21 Bulls in the Finals, but both Worthy and Scott were injured (and Scott was basically worthless.)

So, what happened after Magic retired? The Lakers went 43-39. Then, just to prove it was no fluke, they followed that season up with a 39-43 record.


:applause:

[LAZERUSS]

BTW, Magic's career W-L percentage was .740. WithOUT Kareem... .743.

[navy]

Yep...after Kareem retired Magic, and the Lakers went into the toilet. Oh, sure they went 63-19 the season immediately after that, but, they were knocked off in the second round by a crappy 54-28 Phoenix team that had Tom Chambers, Kevin Johnson, Jeff Hornacek, and Dan Majerle. Oh, in with his team down 2-1 in that series, all Magic could do was to put up back-to-back 43 point games, each on 15-26 shooting from the field, and a combined 26-28 from the line.

Then, the very next season, which would be his last until a brief comeback a few years later...he led an injury-riddled, and declining, Lakers team to a 58-24 record, which included a 3-0 blowout over Hakeem's 52-30 Rockets, and in the clinching game, all Magic could do was hang a 38 point game, on 14-20 FG/FGA and 9-9 FT/FTA. Then, in the WCF's, he took his under-dog Lakers to an upset over the 63-19 Blazers. True, they lost to the 61-21 Bulls in the Finals, but both Worthy and Scott were injured (and Scott was basically worthless.)

So, what happened after Magic retired? The Lakers went 43-39. Then, just to prove it was no fluke, they followed that season up with a 39-43 record.
:applause:

[navy]

BTW, Magic's career W-L percentage was .740. WithOUT Kareem... .743.
:bowdown:

[smoovegittar]

Robert Horry.


:D


Seriously tho... my heart says Tim Duncan. How could he not go 5th, at least.