he said, you have to talk michaeljordan and larry bird in the plane. i said, oh, that s all i have to do to get on the team? ! so i said, what can i do or say to make them want to play? larry was big on his family. so i said, i m going to go with that angle on larry bird. so i called larry up and i said, listen, larry, this is a chance for our kids to see us playing in the olympics not on the boston celtics, not on the lakers. for the country. yes. for america. for america, representing our country. he said, magic, my back is hurting. i said, larry, you don t have to play 30 minutes a game. you can just play ten minutes a game. all i want to do is come down and do a no look pass to you and you shoot a three pointer. we both going to be very happy. he said, all right, i ll play. i said, good, so i got larry covered. now, the harder one was michaeljordan. so i said, man, what can i say to michael? he has everything, he s done everything. he s alr
i needed this too. and so it was such a great honour to represent my country, the laker organisation, my family. so he says, i m glad you re happy, but there s one catch to it. isaid, ok, commissioner stern, what is it? he said, you have to talk michaeljordan and larry bird in the plane. i said, oh, that s all i have to do to get on the team? ! so i said, what can i do or say to make them want to play? larry was big on his family. so i said, i m going to go with that angle on larry bird. so i called larry up and i said, listen, larry, this is a chance for our kids to see us playing in the olympics not on the boston celtics, not on the lakers. for the country. yes. for america. for america, representing our country. he said, magic, my back is hurting. i said, larry, you don t have to play 30 minutes a game. you can just play ten minutes a game. all i want to do is come down and do a no look pass to you and you shoot a three pointer. we both going to