When Magic turned down HUGE Rookie Deal #nba #shorts
How many bags of stone at you when you went to Michigan State oh a lot of people offered me money I knew it I knew it what kind of bags though oh they were big bags you know what my father he always gave me life lessons so my freshman year
We win the Big 10 go all the way to the final 8 Kentucky beat us Kansas City had the number one pick so they called me and said hey we want to draft you number one that’s the Kansas City Kings right yeah they were Kansas City Kings at that
Time so I flew down met with the dude named Joel the general manager and he said hey I’m going to give you a 6-year deal $200,000 a year so you know I got excited I’ve been broke my whole life I’m like oh man this is great CH ching
And so I got I jumped up said oh I think that’s good my father grabbed me and he pulled me drugg me outside the door he said hold on we’ll be right back he said you’ve been broke for 18 years you you can be broke one more year I I said yes sir
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Magic Johnson tells when he almost got drafted by the Kansas City Kings (now Sacramento Kings) during his college days in Michigan State
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How many poor young men don't have that strong father figure looking out for the long term for these young people? It's a shame that it's a shark tank out there and people are willing to put a thousand cuts on them and throw them in the deep end?
That’s right Magic listen to your father and when you listen and respect your parents GOD blesses you. Just like what happened with Jordan his mother sing with Nike and now his making money not even playing it’s a life contract
Kansas City had the second pick, not the first.
All I heard was "but then my father…"
Every young person needs a good father.
And thanks to his father he got 5 rings
Big up, Pops Johnson. 😁💵👍
What a great father. Many parents have gotten greedy and taken advantage of their kids' situation instead of guiding them properly. Magic clearly had a great role model.
Jahs amor ❤😢😊❤
Good for him.
Never said he turned down the money.
He shaved points in nba finals. I know it. I’ve seen him turnover ball and look into his hands like a moron.
Magic coming to the Lakers changed my life as a kid growing up in L.A. That Show-Time era was a one of a kind entertainment! It was more than a basketball game. It was a show!
That’s funny, because in the show it was his father, trying to get him to take the money and him telling his father to wait that he could get more money
yes sir was great…. love it
Magic and MJ both had great fathers. It’s sad what happened with Bird’s father.
Fun fact: $250k in 1977 is equivalent to $1.3M in 2024.
Need more good dads around these kids. Especially in football.
"Oh they was big bags " 😁😁😁 mann I love Magic
Guys you have a kid,do your best to stick around..
NBA history would have been so different probably would’ve ended up ring less and bird would be seen as the goat
Yeah worked out good THIS time could of tore his Achilles or over dosed (sam bowie/len bias) and not made a cent imma assume cause someone at Michigan state was paying pops probably gave em a nice easy job making 6 figures as a janitor god knows
I love the scene in Winning Time. Magic showed great respect to his parents for a young man in his position. A time where everybody’s in your ear.
Jordan with great father as well, Bird as well.
If Lebron had a father like Them, He would be playin like in that game in Boston all the time.
His dad changed his life for the better. What a quick but an important decision to make.
Magic only got to enter draft early because of broke family. And Bird had the highest rookie deal at that time with $600k per year.
wow man and he would had been a King at that…😦😦😯😯