I haven't watched many games with Magic playing(and none of them live) and didn't really pay much attention who he was guarding.
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Thread: Did Magic Johnson defend PG's?
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09-27-2009, 09:08 AM #1Local High School Star
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Did Magic Johnson defend PG's?
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09-27-2009, 09:43 AM #2National High School Star
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Re: Did Magic Johnson defend PG's?
Magic did not play defense dude.
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09-27-2009, 09:47 AM #3Good college starter
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His defense was extremely bad with quicker PGs. But his flaws were not brought to the forefront like players' flaws nowadays are brought to the forefront.
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09-27-2009, 10:05 AM #4Local High School Star
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Oh that's right. He just sat on the bench on defense while his four teammates played and then got back up on offense.
Originally Posted by godofgods
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09-27-2009, 10:06 AM #5Local High School Star
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he tried
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09-27-2009, 10:09 AM #6Good college starter
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Why ask the question if you didn't want the answer? What godofgods said was pretty accurate. He didn't play defense.Oh that's right. He just sat on the bench on defense while his four teammates played and then got back up on offense.
Not that "he didn't play defense" tarnishes his greatness as a PG.
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09-27-2009, 10:40 AM #7Banned
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He sometimes played points on D, but not very often. He was a horrible against quicker points, so they moved him over to guard someone else alot.
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09-27-2009, 10:46 AM #8Saw a basketball once
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Your words are being shared with warmthly comfortable memory.:)
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09-27-2009, 11:51 AM #9College superstar
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That's why he got HIV. Originally Posted by godofgods
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09-27-2009, 12:26 PM #10Luchini from the sky
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There was Michael Cooper to pick up the slack, but then again he also guarded good SFs.
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09-27-2009, 01:15 PM #11Scott Hastings Fan
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Magic could guard all five positions but ws never more then a slightly above average defensive player. He was very quick for his size, but still struggled with quicker guards if they could hit the outside jumper. More often then not Byron Scott would guard the PG and Magic the SG or SF when Cooper came in for Rambis or Worhty or AC in later years. Originally Posted by TheAnchorman
He was a good help defender because of his anticipation skills and instincts.
The showtime Lakers as a whole didn't need to play a lot of defense because they were such a good rebounding team and so unstoppable on offense. Scott and Worthy off Screens, LAJ in the post, scrappy power forwards who worked the glass and Magic scoring from everywhere.
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09-27-2009, 05:27 PM #12NBA Superstar
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Yeah...small wonder he led the league in steals Originally Posted by godofgods
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09-27-2009, 05:44 PM #13Short & Sweet
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Originally Posted by stephanieg
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09-27-2009, 07:11 PM #14Canned
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that is a pretty hilarious yet accurate assessment. Originally Posted by stephanieg
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09-27-2009, 07:47 PM #15NBA lottery pick
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Magic Johnson used to guard Michael Jordan and shut him down
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