http://pistonsnationblog.com/2009/10/22 ... ike-magic/Who needs enemies with friends like Magic?
My opinion of Magic Johnson is now forever altered. In public Magic led us all to believe that he and Isiah were tight. A bond so strong that it endured their epic battle in the 1988 NBA Finals. So we thought. Magic Johnson is now setting the record straight. He doesn’t like Isiah. He did not want Isiah to be apart of the 1992 Dream Team. Magic also believes Isiah spread rumors about his sexuality after Magic contracted HIV. So how is he handling these revelations? How else, in a so-to-be-released book. There’s nothing “magic” about throwing dirt on a former friend in a book. It’s pretty unsavory if you were to ask me. I’m with Jalen Rose, this is all bad. Magic looks shady for using these things to help push a book and Isiah is going to look bad in trying to defend himself from these allegations coming from whom he thought was a friend of his. It’s bad for everyone. If you read the Ian Thompson’s SI piece Isiah comes off as a sympathetic figure in this mess. Even the relative anonymity of coaching in the NCAA’s Sun Belt Conference cannot keep negative press off of Isiah Thomas. Gotta feel for Zeke. I’m glad he’s not taking this lying down either. I have to wonder if after all the turmoil Isiah’s been through Magic figured him for an easy mark?
“You’re talking about being two-faced? Magic says he put me up for the job, that he was showing up in hard times and telling me everything was OK. And I come to find out he’s been the one stabbing me in the back. … I’m really hurt and disappointed, particularly with the Olympic team, if he was doing that stuff.” Thomas said Magic has never confronted him about the HIV rumors or his true feelings about their relationship. As recently as August, Thomas attended a charity event in Beverly Hills, Calif., honoring Magic, where he said they greeted each other warmly. “If he was feeling this way, why was he shaking my hand and kissing me and acting like he and I were such buddies?” Thomas said. “Why do you do that? “People who know me and my family and what I stand for will laugh at Magic and his beliefs. I’m tired of getting punched and people using me because they think I’m not going to say anything. Those days are over. Game on.”
Why Magic? You’re ruining ESPN Classic for me. For now on Magic gets no more free legend passes when I see him acting (terribly) in Rent-A-Center commercials. Seriously, Rent-A-FREAKING-Center. That should been a tip off right there that Erv was not exactly on the level. Also, there’ll be no more excusing him when he sounds like a total moron during halftime shows.
