Reggie Miller
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That's probably the best rookie that I personally was of age and be like, oh, my God, that's amazing.
6'9", point guard, and he just changed basketball because we had never seen a point guard at 6'9".
Well...
Are you talking about professionally or like at UCLA?
Because I played against them first at UCLA.
The summer pickup games, because you don't want to be a fanboy, but you β I mean, that's Magic Johnson.
You know, it's Byron Scott.
It's Michael Cooper.
All these guys that, you know, you idolize, and now you get a chance to be β
to share the same court.
So you tried to play it cool and you tried to pick up all the tricks.
That's what I tried to do.
And I was just fortunate that they took me underneath their wing and showed me all the dos and don'ts.
Did you guard Magic?
Did you want to guard Magic?
I tried to guard Magic.
People forget how big Magic... I'm going to tell you this.
People forget how big Larry Bird... Larry Bird was a big 6'9".
Magic Johnson is a big 6'9".
Like, long, tall.