Comments on: T-Mac is the new Magic Johnson

By: vita

vita — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:48:49 +0000

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By: ThaKing253

ThaKing253 — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:43:34 +0000

I thought this story was gonna be about t mac havin aids lol

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:59:50 +0000

I felt really bad for the media grilling Vince Carter about his reluctance to step aside for Michael Jordan. Regardless of fairness/nostalgia, Jordan didn’t deserve a starting spot because he wasn’t voted in. The media acted as fickle little children by denouncing Carter, but like Dime said in ish 21, that should be expected by now.

That said, while T-Mac doesn’t deserve playing in the game, rules are rules, and until the NBA decides that globalization may not be the best thing regarding the All Star Game, this will happen every time. I think Aaron Brooks is starting above Deron Williams, so it’s a pretty obvious correlation on what’s going on.

By: Pet Society Help

Pet Society Help — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:56:31 +0000

Can’t put the blame on T-Mac for being voted in, everyone has to realize that the world isn’t just LA to NYC. There’s a lot of untapped resources out there and NBA fans in China have just as much right to vote as fans in Harlem.

By: QQ

QQ — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 05:32:11 +0000

I see that argument AB. But you’re missing the whole AIDS announcement/retirement point. The world was SHOCKED when that made the news. It turned the whole sports world upside down. People had a reason to say ‘he might not have played any game yet, but why wouldn’t we honor one of the greatest ever now that this enormous issue had surfaced and announced’. Everyone has a reason to vote Ervin ‘Magic’ Johnson in the ASG. If there was a time to give him a tribute, that was it.

What story of that magnitude had T-Mac experienced lately? Get stuck in the first round? Not play because of injuries?

By: bola

bola — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 05:18:00 +0000

i mean calling fans “idiots”

By: bola

bola — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 05:16:44 +0000

@AB: i made that “smart and true bball fans” statement coz i was mocking james who just made a “stupid, ignorant and racist” comment like only americans should be eligible to vote and calling all fans “bitches” when i think he is a bball fan himself.. and his statement were quite offensive (and dumb) if you are a non-american basketball fan.

By: Austin Burton

Austin Burton — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:03:24 +0000

@QQ — The thing is, you’re assuming that everybody who voted for Magic in ’92 collectively decided that this would be a good way to honor him for all he’d done for the game.

Remember, Magic retired on November 7, early into the season. His name was already on the All-Star ballot by then, which is made right before the season. So for all we know, most of the people who voted for Magic were the same “dumb” fans who just vote for who they’ve heard of, the same “dumb” fans who vote for T-Mac or Vince or Grant Hill when they’re injured and haven’t played all season.

The ’92 All-Star game played out like a tribute to Magic, but there’s a very good chance it was just a positive result of the same lazy/uninformed fan voting that we complain about today with McGrady and Iverson.

By: QQ

QQ — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:11:31 +0000

‘I’m not saying Mac is as good as Magic, but why was it OK for Magic to get voted in based on ZERO games but such a travesty for T-Mac to get voted in based on his handful of games?’

Damn… See argument above.

By: QQ

QQ — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:10:22 +0000

I have to pipe in, AB. I’ll do my best to throw away my T-Mac haterade to see your argument rationale. But damn man, you’re making it TOO hard man…

Magic Johnson was voted to the All-Star Game because he and Larry Bird was basically THE NBA in the 80′s. They were THE game. Their contribution to 80s NBA, to the increase in fans, increase in attendance, increase in overall interest to the sport, all of those were insurmountable in the 80′s. The magnitude of who they are to 80′s basketball are undeniable.

Magic Johnson’s career was, sort of, cut off prematurely by the AIDS announcement and his retirement. People in the 90′s felt the need to honor one of the GREATEST players of all time, and arguably the Greatest in the 80′s (the decade before) because of his contribution to the game.

About T-Mac:

T-Mac is a great basketball player. Even haters like me can’t deny that. You just can’t take that away from the dude.

Then you said this: ‘I don’t recall too many people complaining and writing petitions when Magic Johnson was voted into the ‘92 All-Star Game after he’d already retired and hadn’t played a single game that season.’

But in what way does T-Mac’s accomplishments mirror Magic’s contribution to an entire decade of basketball? In what way should T-Mac deserve the ‘free pass’ Magic received in the ’92 ASG? In what way would you parallel that people’s ‘tribute’ to a player who shaped and defined a decade to T-Mac being voted in the ASG?

Damn, G. Lotsa questions needs lotsa answers.