“Steph Curry and LeBron James got A LOT of work to do to be on my top 5 list!”: When Magic Johnson shockingly left out Warriors and Lakers stars off his All-time Starting 5

Tonoy Sengupta | 24/04/2022
"Steph Curry and LeBron James got A LOT of work to do to be on my top 5 list!": When Magic Johnson shockingly left out Warriors and Lakers stars off his All-time Starting 5

A look back to when Magic Johnson left Stephen Curry and LeBron James out of his all-time starting 5 in favor of Isiah Thomas and Larry Bird

We’d say both Stephen Curry and LeBron James are pretty good NBA players. Wouldn’t you?

6 MVPs, 7 rings, and so many more accolades among them, it’s already a given that the two will become hall of famers as soon as their careers end. And of course, that opens them up to be a part of All-time conversations as well.

In case any NBA fan was asked what their All-time starting 5 would be, these two would almost obviously be in it. At the end of the day, there aren’t many in NBA history better than the two. But, it appears that Lakers legend Magic Johnson wouldn’t quite agree with that take.

Back in 2017, Magic was asked to name his All-time starting 5 for the world in the middle of a show he was making an appearance on. And well, let’s just say, the people he left out will leave your jaw concretely on the floor.

Let’s get into it, shall we?

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When Magic Johnson picked Isiah Thomas and Larry Bird over Stephen Curry and LeBron James on his All-time Starting 5

We’re guessing you’ve read the title, as well as the subheading we’ve given here, above this very paragraph. So, instead of more foreplay, how about we give you what you’re here for?

Take a look at the YouTube clip below.

Wow.

We won’t lie, even if Magic Johnson picked himself at point guard, we’d have probably found ourselves agreeing with him a LOT more. This was 2017, after all.

But LeBron James? Even being anointed as, at least, the second greatest player of all time.

How do you leave a player of that stature out of your list?

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Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta is a Senior Editor at The SportsRush. Coming from an athletically inclined family, he has been surrounded by sports ever since he was 4 years old. But, while initially pouring all his time into Football (soccer), at 14, Tonoy discovered basketball through the countless highlights of Stephen Curry humiliating players from Curry Land. And just like that, a fiery passion for the game was ignited within Tonoy. And soon after, he decided to become a student of journalism, graduating in 2022, and choosing sports as his area of interest. Today, you can find him spending 99% of his time browsing through every type of content on every team in the NBA, before uncorking everything he has found to the world. In the 1% he isn't doing this, you can find him playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, or practically any other sport he has had the opportunity to learn.

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