James Worthy

And he wasn't exactly like like Ant Edwards.

You know, Ant Edwards is he's on the Olympic team talking trash.

He doesn't.

Michael had that.

And he always wanted to, like, challenge you.

Like, he knew I was the best guy on the team, so he wanted to play one-on-one all the time.

So I knew about the first, really about the first month of practice that this guy has something special.

Yeah, I mean, I think a lot of that had to do with playing for a coach like Dean Smith, who he didn't care if you were the towel boy or Michael Jordan, you want to submit to being the team.

And, you know, I had met Magic on a college field.

visit in Michigan State.

I knew Mitch Kupchak.

I knew Bob McAdoo.

So when I knew they were interested, I knew I wasn't going to start.

So I knew the concept of team.

I know Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had played four years with John Wooden.

Jamal Wilkes had played four years with John Wooden.

Mitch Kupchak, four years with John Wooden.

Pat Riley coming from, you know, an experience in Kentucky.

So I knew winning would come, but I also thought I could start.

I came into training camp and I, you know, I looked at everybody and Kareem, you know, Magic, Norm Nixon.