From: pa56680@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (P. Ialamanna)
Subject: Re: MailMan,Magic, and Magic's bullshit
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 08:40:34 GMT

In article <40709@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> cs161feu@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Anthony Minkoff) writes:
>
>Perhaps I can shed a little light on this.  The following is
>excerpted from an article by Larry Stewart in the 11/5/92 edition of
>the _LA_Times_:
>
>         Magic Johnson told ABC's Chris Wallace that
>    suffering a cut on his right forearm in an exhibition
>    game last Friday night contributed to his decision to
>    re-retire...
>         Johnson suffered the cut during a game against the
>    Cleveland Cavaliers at Chapel Hill, N.C., and a timeout,
>    as stipulated by NBA rules when any player is cut, was
>    called immediately.
>         Johnson was particularly shaken by the reaction to
>    the incident.
>         "That added to my decision of just saying, it's
>    enough, enough," Johnson said.  "Because, you know, you
>    could see the fear upon people's faces."
>         Added Johnson: "Just saying, 'OK, is it all right?
>    Is it all bandaged up?  Is it all right?  It's not
>    leaking.'  You know, that whole thing...
>         "You know, I was there at my hotel that night, I was
>    thinking, I said between this and all the criticism, it's
>    just too much.  It's going to happen all year long.
>    Whether I get cut or somebody else.  Boom.  There's that
>    panic.  There's that fear...."
>         Regarding the comments by Karl Malone... Johnson
>    said, "Well, it's like I'm hurt....  not at him, at the
>    fact that I won't get a chance to play because of what
>    he said, you understand."
>
>Tony

Do you want to know the Cavalier's response to this allegation? In more
or less words they say BULLSHIT! Here's what I read in Saturday's
_Chicago Tribune_ on page 5 of the Sports section,(I didn't ask the Trib
for permission but this is my first time ;-)  )

In the Bulls Notes Box:

	Several of the Cavaliers took offense to Magic Johnson's notion that
	they were fearful of playing against the the former Laker star after 
	he sustained a cut in an exhibition game a week ago. Johnson later
	said it was the fear he saw in his opponents' faces that contributed
	to his decision to retire.
		Several of the Cleveland players claimed not ot even have 
	known Johnson was cut. Craig Ehlo,who guarded Johnson for much of the
	night, told the  Cleveland Plan Dealer that he was aware, "but there
	was no fear whatsoever on my part. He's making excuses. I was picking
	him up as soon as he got the ball."
		"I don't know how he can say what he said," said John "Hot Rod"
	Williams. "No one backed off him. We treated him as though he was 
	any ither player."

END OF TRIBUNE ARTICLE

Okay, guys.who.idolize.magic.and.believe.every.word.he.says.in.spite.of.other.
evidence what do you guys have to say of this?
I'm not even going to comment about the woman who supposedly warned Magic
about AIDS even BEFORE his marriage.

BTW, I don't hate Magic, I just want him to come out with the truth.
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