The Legacy of Magic

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My new perspective of researching this topic leads me to believe that more and more people are now discussing and discovering the greats from all eras, rather than the Jordan era. It also helps me to appreciate the game today and to see the greats that are developing and will one day be in the hall of fame. Knowing this, the greats of yesterday and today will be talked about as each franchise has its own thread of amazing moments, players, teams and accomplishments. Even though this is my opinion, it really is just that, an opinion, so there will also be somebody with different beliefs and can back them up with evidence. I feel that by naming "The Greatest" to a player, it distracts the sole enjoyment of why I care about basketball. All great players deserve equal recognition and praise for their accolades and achievements that brought to their team and to the league itself. I consider Magic Johnson my favorite player because of his abilities, his leadership qualities but most importantly, his attitude on and off the court. He was and is a lover of the game and you see it on his face every time he stepped on that hardwood. Also, there was not one person who had any regret of knowing and playing with him and whoever he had played with or against never had any negative comments towards him. He was very unselfish too, which you do not see a lot of when discussing player accolades. Writing in this fashion makes me think about sports journalism and reporting because I have such an opinion of sports. I am not sure who you think is the greatest, but as I have stated time and time again, I feel that Earvin "Magic" Johnson is the greatest player in the history of the NBA.