Jonathan Zaslow
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Like, it worked.
It worked very, very big.
Now, granted...
It worked while Michael Jordan was suspended for gambling, okay?
So he wasn't in the league those two years.
But nonetheless, the guy they selected won big with them.
But for me, the greatest number one overall, it's Magic Johnson.
Yep.
He's number one for me.
Magic's the first one.
What are we talking about?
79 draft, I think it was?
And including in his rookie year.
Exactly.
So, yeah, for me, Magic Johnson's greatest number one overall pick.
It's funny.
I think you're right, but it's funny what you're saying, that it's a good thing that he did retire there because he would have lost one of those finals to Olajuwon and the Rockets, and then he would be, I guess, 6-1 instead of 6-0.
But he did come back in 1995, losing the conference finals to Orlando, but it's like, that doesn't matter.
No, no, no, that's okay.
He didn't lose the next round.