INTERVIEW – Five-time NBA champion with the Lakers and member of Dream Team 92, the legendary basketball player praises the young Frenchman.
Sport is often conducive to the multiplication of superlatives and pompous qualifiers. Nugget here, crack there, phenomenon or big name. With Magic Johnson, nothing can be said too highly. Five times NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers, nine times All Star, three times MVP (best player) of the regular season and the NBA Finals…
All without forgetting his active participation in the epic of the Dream Team, at the Barcelona Games in 1992. A legend. Aged 65 and converted (successfully) into business, he keeps an informed eye on basketball and the NBA, which resumes its rights next Tuesday. With his smile, his good humor and his simplicity, Magic, in love with France, confided in Figaro for almost half an hour. He talks about Paris 2024, LA 2028, “his” Lakers, his reconversion or even the phenomenon Victor Wembanyama or the Blues, to whom he promises Olympic gold in the future.
LE FIGARO. – The Olympic basketball tournament was presented as the toughest in history before Paris 2024. Did it meet expectations ?
MAGIC JOHNSON. – Yes. When you look at how much basketball has grown, how important it has become globally, and the Olympics helped take it to another level because the tournament was so competitive… Anyway, the Olympic tournament not only met expectations but exceeded them…
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