Magic Johnson and Larry Bird were the first guards to have guard skills at 6'9"
Larry Bird and Magic Johnson were the first guys I ever saw six nine six ten bringing the ball up having guard skills so to be on a team with them was just awesome.
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The Alliance of American Football failed because they didn't have an 'L' for League in their name
That was the biggest, actually, problem, is they didn't have an L. Yeah. And you know what? Two vowels at the start of your league? Yes. Listen, these are things that we could have solved.
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