While the New York Knicks are reportedly not involved in theKevin Durant sweepstakes, Los Angeles Lakers icon Magic Johnson laid out his reasoning Thursday on why the Eastern Conference's second-best team this season needs to kick the tires on acquiring the Phoenix Suns star.

If there is someone who knows what it means to be a superstar, it's Magic Johnson. The Spartan legend was one of the biggest stars the NBA has ever seen, leading the 'Showtime' Lakers to five NBA Championships and winning three NBA MVP awards along with an Olympic Gold Medal as part of the Dream Team, the most famous US basketball Olympic squad.

Magic Johnson outlined his criteria for NBA superstardom, emphasizing the ability to draw crowds on the road and lead teams to championships. He highl

Magic Johnson joined ESPN's "Get Up" on Thursday to talk NBA Finals and what Tyrese Haliburton had to do to get Pacers across the finish line.

The other day we talked briefly about Magic Johnson’s insanely great 1980 Game 6 performance against the Philadelphia 76ers. The 6-9 Magic played point guard for most of the season but center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was injured in Game 5 and Los Angeles made the remarkable decision to move their point guard to center.

“We are too old for this right now” - Magic Johnson pleads with Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas to talk out their beef originally appeared on Basketball Network.

The Los Angeles Lakers defeated Larry Bird’s Boston Celtics in the 1987 NBA Finals, and Magic Johnson recently revealed the key to that victory.

"I've never seen a man take something so personal" - Magic Johnson on what pushed Michael Jordan's buttons during famous Dream Team practice originally appeared on Basketball Network. Before the gold medals, before Barcelona, before they stepped onto the Olympic floor as giants among men, the real drama happened in a closed gym.