Apparently there is a new trend in the NBA --retired legends turned team owners speaking out about LeBron James' signing with the Miami Heat. It's the sweetest thing to do this summer, cool dudes and dudettes.
First, Michael Jordan said there was "no way" he would have ever joined forces with two other superstars to chase a championship. Now, one of those guys that Jordan said he never would have linked up with is doing the same.
From Bloomberg News' Barry Rothbard:
Basketball Hall of Famer Magic Johnson said he never would have joined with Larry Bird to win a championship the way LeBron James is teaming with Dwyane Wade.
"We didn't think about it because that's not what we were about," said Johnson, whose Michigan State squad beat Bird's Indiana State team in the 1979 National Collegiate Athletic Association championship. "From college, I was trying to figure out how to beat Larry Bird."
Johnson's comments came during an interview Tuesday morning at Baruch College in New York, and they're just more proof that LeBron James' decision isn't sitting well across the league. Either they'll serve as motivation for the two-time MVP to prove the haterz wrong, or letting down his idles with damage James' confidence, sending him into a funk. Considering he announced his free-agent decision in an hour long special, I'm thinking the confidence will be doing just fine.
Of course, the only logical move now is for someone to find out what Larry Bird thinks about LeBron James' teaming up with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. Sure, he might not own the Pacers, but he's got a high-level job with the team. That's good enough. The being-a-legend thing helps too.
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