magic johnson

Today is the one year anniversary of 'The Decision.' LeBron James managed to turn his free agency signing into an hour long made for T.V. event where he told Jim Gray and the world he would be taking his talents to South Beach. As much as we bash 'the decision' the ratings were through the roof and all of the advertisers were happy. In order to honor...

Any gen-xer (1964-1982) will tell you the 80s and 90s were the golden era of the NBA.  Things got so bleak in the 70s that the Finals were aired on a tape delay.  Like the deus ex machina from ancient Greek tragedies, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird came in from college to save the drug riddled NBA.  Bird and Magic first met in the finals in 1982, and it was must see TV.