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Facts. Alot of people don't seem to know that the NBA was in an awful financial situation before Magic and Bird were drafted.
correct.
They weren't even airing the finals in primetime
Then Jordan took it a whole new level
Major facts 💯💯
@@artisticskillz01yeah MJ brought basketball to the global stage and is a huge part of pop culture
The NBA wasn't even live back then. It was a replay. They changed that.
Magic and Bird definitely saved the league. The league almost folded before these two came on the scene. In fact the crack epidemic almost ruined everything
Facts
You have to include David stern for saving the nba. Like him or not he was a huge part
It’s heading that way again
The Best.
i agreed, and then Jordan finished the league off saved the league even more
Larry was to receive a $1M bonus automatically. He quit 2 days before.
His GM told him “just wait 2 days ?”
Bird said “I can’t play, I don’t want money I didn’t earn.”
but he did earn it
Jordan was the same way. When he came back from retirement he finished out his contract of 2 yrs $4 million each.
@@scottsingleton2951he didn't. He'd have to play 2 more days to earn it. Different breed of men yall don't understand
He’s a better man than me 😂
That’s all I have to say….
I love Charles Barkley he's so humble and respectful of those who came before him.
The men who saved the league Magic and Larry
Real talk. Players really weren't getting major shoe deals until Magic and Bird signed with Converse.
I've seen interviews with Magic where he's said Phil Knight was just starting Nike at the time and Phil wanted to sign Magic. But Nike wasn't as big as Converse or Adidas at the time and those companies were offering $$ to Magic to sign with them whereas Nike could only offer him stock. Yes, stock in Nike. Magic laughs about it now. He says that had he taken that Nike offer back in the early 1980s he wouldn't just have millions by now, he'd have billion$!
Fasho gang
Converse were always terrible shoes
@@ericparish1530 Not back then. Context matters.Maybe you didn't like them but All-Stars were very popular.
I can't believe we used to play in Chuck Taylor's... but we did.
@@moeball740I believe that was Spencer Heywood
That rivalry was EPIC!!! East vs West, Purple vs Green, Black vs White. Locals to LEGENDS!!!
Two college greats who happened to go to the best franchises already, and created a rivalry that will live forever!
Larry Legend and Magic Johnson! Those were the days!
What Bird & Magic did for the NBA is note worthy & phenomenal !!
So much fun growing up watching that Era
The savior of the league, BIRD AND MAGIC!
I love u gentlemen, the magician & Mr.BIRD, it's FANTASTIC
In my opinion, this is the real reason they both have spots in the top 10 all-time list. This level of impact is literally why we still have basketball. This is why it's difficult to take them off top 10 lists. beyond the game itself..
That's only part of it, though. The real reasons they're in top 10 lists, even top 5s, is because of the their skill sets and the level of their skill sets, along with their accomplishments. They're very elite players in many ways even to this day.
@@jimmyboy131 top 5 definitely...
Skill might have had a “little” to do with it.
@@chrispavlich9656 absolutely. You're right, in fact all of the repsonses are correct. I just wanted to highlight that these two, if not all of the top 10 all-time members have one or several elements about them that supersede their talents when ranking them. Magic and Bird were more than talent and skill in this sense
@@jimmyboy131 Not to mention their dedication and unselfish team play. You just don’t see that as much anymore.
That Barkley was my favorite player
Yes I was a monster people forget how good he was, I used to watch the power 🔋 dog 🐕 nothing but ah beast.He never got a ring but they should hand him one.
Yep and as big a smart ass as he was back then, you couldn't help but like him. He was and is in the same circle as Magic, Bird, Jordan and all the greats. He never gives himself much credit.
Being a huge Celtics fan since 1960, there is no doubt at all that bird and magic saved the NBA! They brought the skill and majesty to the game that others before them hadn’t done yet. They also brought the diversity to the game and in the fact that one was white and one was black and they both played like every game was there last! I think it brought people together watch the game and who played the game. Have no doubt that they were very prominent and lifting up the NBA
Not many pros today play because they love the game, they're just in it for the perks.
Magic and Bird popularize NBA WORLDWIDE, that generates income from every aspect. All modern nba players should never ever disrespect those guys.
The NBA that players and fans enjoy today owe it all to Magic and Larry.
David Stern, also.
They were the trifecta of the transformation of the NBA.
Magic and Bird saved the League and MJ help the NBA become global.
MJ enjoyed the fruits of Bird and Magic’s labor.
Larry and Magic saved the league and with great vision of DStern and global charisma of MJ they took to it globally, turned it into a hundred billion industry.
Stern is on record saying how Magic and Bird saved a league that wasn't far from folding because of being labeled a "thug" league and from drug abuse. The Lakers/Celtics rivalry made people want to watch the NBA again and especially watch those teams play. Then Jordan came behind them and took the game global by building off the foundation that they laid. These LeBron followers want to use individual stats as his claim to being the G.O.A.T and in other leagues that method would definitely hold some water. But in this case what Magic and Bird did with the foundation they laid out for Jordan to build on can't be measured. It can't be broken down to a stat or a legendary type of year. Without the 1979 draft that included 2 of the best to ever play we wouldn't have the league that we do now.
I didn’t even know nba existed, until Bird and magic went to the finals. My friend born in Boston and roofing for Bird, while I was rooting for smiley Magic.
This is why young nba fans need to learn their history before talking about goats. You can't know a goat unless you know all the players in the mix.
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Magic and Larry legend 🙌
When Larry and Ervin started the finals were recorded on tape and shown starting at 11:30 pm.
It was the perfect storm. East coast, west coast. They even changed the playoff schedule because of the cross country rivalry.
My dad told me that Larry and Magic Johnson save the NBA made the it into the phenomenal Michael Jordan was only the one who made it up to the top with the help of David Stern
Facts
Howard Stern.
Agreed.
Matt Barnes face when heard 200k is priceless.
It’s wild he said this then forgot to put them in his top 10 😂
Charles is one stand up dude
Yeah, excpet the time he held Bird in a fight so someone else could hit him.
Absolutely...if not for their incredible rivalry in college setting up the two biggest franchises with the top 2 players almost as if stern planned it. I remember being 7 years old watching the ncaa championship in utah. Hooked from day 1.
Barkley is not wrong. It was those Lakers vs. Celtics match ups during the 80s that truly put NBA in the mainstream. Everyone else that came afterward, including Jordan, all ate good because of Bird and Magic.
Sir Charles is such a good dude.
Kind. Humble. Tough. No 🐂 💩 with him. Funny A/F.
Played hard. Living life on his terms.
One of my heroes. 🖖
When players were players
When Magic Johnson and Larry Bird came into the NBA NBA was at its lowest in attendance magic and bird brought back game back the attendance went up immediately because of these two men
God bless all the greats ...you all deserve props...I'm in awe and I'm a 46 year old woman
Magic bird saved the NBA on the court TV and radio cable TV..
Before Magic and Bird they didn't have ESPN and others to show games every night.
No one would have watched them. College basketball, both on a local and national level, was much more popular. then what happened is that those fans followed Bird and Magic to the NBA.
Moses, Julius, Chuck: WE GON 'EAT!!
FACTS
I tell people all the time anyone who play from October of 1979 to the present owes Magic and Larry a fruit basket and a check! Them cats knocked down the door and Michael Jordan came in and set up shop.
Pete Maravich was the first Million USD player.
They saved it from bankruptcy but I remember the game’s being taped delayed and attendance was scarce. Jordan came into the league and brought excitement and endorsements. Attendance went up because opposing teams fan’s wanted to watch Jordan, including myself. He got endorsements and started a sneaker culture and from there on it went to astronomical levels. The 90’s came and the NBA was at an all time high thanks to His Airness.
Really as a fan of the game Jordan did probably early 90's, he keep the game alive. But Magic and Bird west coast east coast rivalry plus the rappers at that time mid 80's had that west coast east coast hate going on also. It was bringing the one side against the other market stronger and all wanted to watch. Yeah Jordan 90's push it on further, but Magic and Bird got it on track to want too watch the games.
@@bustos1959 exactly
Get off Jordan's nuts. It's not about him
1984 Finals clinched the deal. Bird and Magic.
Before Jordan entered the league.
CBS bought the rights to the NBA games. They would broadcast double headers whoever Boston was playing followed by whoever LA was playing and then the big events, Boston vs LA. That is what brought people into the seats, the endorsements, and money. I worked at an auto assembly plant with a guy who had graduated from North Carolina, was a 3rd round draft pick, and played 3 years in the NBA during the 70's. He never made over $30,000 a year. When I met him he was working 2nd shift in body assembly as a welder.
These are facts I… I used to fall asleep on the tape delay games on cbs Friday nights…they brought it from the dead
Look at the ticket price , when is enough, enough
Just like what Cale Yarborough, Bobby Allison and Donnie Allison did for nascar in Daytona 1979. Larry Bird and Magic Johnson did the same thing in the NBA
Wilt and Russell were the 2 most important people in the history of the NBA. But Bird and Magic were right up their
Chuck spittin FACTS
There should be a video of all NBA plahers talkin about salaries before Magic/Bird for new players so they know what a privileage it is to be paid what they paid. NBA needs to be humbled a bit.
He said this yet left them out of his top 10🤣
They saved the NBA no doubt. Then made the NBA. But I did love dr.j before them.
Before Magic and Bird and cable , sometimes you couldn't see the end of a game on (NBC ABC CBS) if a top rated TV show or if the 11 o clock news ran up against it.
I remember NBA playoffs being cut short due to local news. Local news is the big moneymaker for most TV stations. You had to hope you could find the results in the next days newspaper.
I followed basketball very loosely over the years, but I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE listening to these stories!
I'm a small fat dude. Charles is an inspiration to me!
The edit to Matt Barnes face when Chuck said 200k was avergae salary was priceless. He had that I spent more on my kids sneaker than that. Shout to Matt Barnes and Single Dads everywhere.
Magic and Bird made the NBA prime time that bought in more viewers more endorsements lead to more money for everyone
Look up the story about Michael Ray Richardson the best guard ever who self destructed
I think no matter who you're team is you have to have respect for larry and magic. They brought some serious competition out on the court. It was exciting and you were watching two of the best all time leave it all out on the court. I was born in 75. From Boston. What a time to be an NBA fan. And then to get Jordan right after that. Awesome
He's absolutely right
And now Sir Charles has joined them. A true gentleman of basketball.
Barkley was pure entertainment, that was a neat part of the league , things were physical
The best line I heard: "Magic Johnson taught me how to program my VCR! Never wanted to miss him playing so I forced myself to learn." Yeah, he was that good.
And all of this has been backed up and documented over the years if anyone needs to “fact check” Larry and Magic literally saved a tanking* NBA in 1979.
In the early seventies I hung out with Storming Norman Van Leer in Chicago, his Salary was 150,000 a year
Props to Charles, he tells it like it is!
Showman ship saved the NBA when magic and bird started their show!
No player in the NHL, made anything like big money until the World Hockey League started. Owners are rich cause they like to keep the money and are very good at it
College basketball games had higher viewer ratings in the 1970's than the pros.
Sir Charles is also a legend. Love this man
Chuck is a FOUR time Emmy award winning sports analyst! (with a total of 9 nominations!)
JJ Redick done these legends bad
Hell yeah they are. If you dont know that, you dont know basketball
Barley was my high-school friend rookie roommate with the sixers..... SeDale Treate
You do not have to agree w everything Charles says but I dare you to find a person that keeps it real like him.
Before them the Finals was on tape delay.
And when magic got sick with hiv he was one of the first ones to turn his back on him and say he didn’t wanna play with him.
who??
@@markedman3990 I assume he’s talking about Barkley because Bird was the first one to call Magic to find out how he was doing and offer his support.
They literally saved the NBA from bankruptcy and started arguably best rivalry in sports and both ended up top 5 plyrs of all time
Thank You Charles for speaking facts. Thank You for knowing about the history of the history
Perspective is everything
The NBA could use another Magic/Bird to keep it entertaining. Rivalries aren't the same as they used to be.
Modern NBA started with Bird and Magic
Gotta put mike n the bad boys on that short list also.....
David Stern can be added to that
Quiet as it's kept, it wasn't just MAGIC.
Mark Aguirre introduced MAGIC and ISIAH.
The 3 of them started working on their game together during the OFF-SEASON.
THEY ARE THE ONES THAT RAISED THE OFF-SEASON PLAYER DEVELOPMENT BAR.
NBA PLAYERS SCRAMBLED TO BE INCLUDED IN THEIR SUMMER "TOURS", WHERE PLAYERS ADDED NEW MOVES TO THEIR BAG.
MAGIC, MARK, AND ISIAH BECAME (KINDA) KNOWN AS "THE THREE AMIGOS" and they SET THE NEW STANDARD wherein players became expected to learn new moves over the summer.
Nowadays tho, it's understood by ELITE FANS that IMPROVING THE MOVES YOU ALREADY HAVE CAN BE BETTER THAN ADDING NEW MOVES.
Magic & Larry Legend...
So very true, but I would also add Dr J.
Excellent message
Magic and Bird and the Lakers/Celtics Rivalery saved the NBA. The league was about to collapse of drug scandals and financial issues.
Honorable mentions to Wilt and Bill who made NBA a Live TV event.
I like this guy.
The irony of two of the highest basketball IQ players to save a league and watch it turn into a long range, bad shot selection contest.
Well said Charles...!!!!!
Hot Rod Anderson Of The New York Knicks Was The First Player To Have A Multi-Hundred Million Dollars Contract 😉👍
Well Charles is right & wrong. Wilt & Russell probably saved the league before Magic & Larry resaved it.
Straight facts from a top 10 all time great....
Magic Johnson and Larry Bird save the league. They are the reason these players make the salaries that they are making today. That is a fact. Before Magic and Bird you could sit Court side for 15 dollars.
Magic is the goat.
Humility Nice
They saved the NBA some say.
Charles Barkley was my man......he was an incredible basketball player.....people get it twisted by his TNT career. He was amazing. A bad mofo.
RESPECT.