Magic Johnson

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116 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 19 Feb

Magic Johnson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Pablo Torre Finds Out · One-on-One: The Untold Story of the Game That Made Magic · 19 Feb 2026 podcast

And so I've seen the ugly side of it.

And I'm glad that they found a much easier way to go through with it and live with it.

I walked out on the court knowing what he had just gone through and the backlash that he was getting from all the players of not wanting to play against him.

Nobody wants to touch him.

Nobody wants to be around him.

And I just walked up to him and I said, do you want to play one-on-one?

And he looked at me...

Kind of like not sure if I was joking or not.

And he was like, sure.

And I said, I'm not going to take it easy on you.

I'm going to push you.

I'm going to shove you.

And we're going to go at it.

And he looked at me.

It was like as if it was Christmas and this kid got a brand new present that he wanted, that he's always wanted.

His eyes just lit up and he looked at me.

He was like, let's go.

I wanted him to feel human.

and not like an amoeba you know like everybody wants to be away from him i wanted i wanted him to feel good about himself i wanted other players to to see this and so i wasn't kind of like playing him um i was playing him i was playing him he was posting me up he was taking me down pounding the ball trying to take me you know and then to

We played.

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