I may be wrong but the Lakers and Knicks are storied franchises so maybe that’s why he mentioned them! The Clips/Nets aren’t in that category!
What about legends like Danny Manning, Corey Maggette, and Swen Nater? Lakers fans always think they are the only franchise with history
Oh Juice is the absolute best on Twitter….
He said big market, not storied. Also, the Knicks are without question the most overrated franchise in sports and while New York was unquestionably the center of basketball world in the 1930s - 1960s those days are long gone, evidenced by the decline of the NIT. The alleged “Mecca of Basketball” is the oldest building in the NBA built over the world’s worst train station housing an idiot owner and a horribly managed NBA team. They have a unique record of failure but the Lakers ownership and management are fully committed to matching the Knicks pathetically bad mismanagement of a can’t lose media market.
One of the most exciting races to the bottom in decades!
He was charming, threw that big smile and laugh. I met him when his theatre opened in Randall Park mall back in the late 90's. Randall Park was already on its last legs after Eddie DeBartolo died and Simon took it over. Horne's had closed and JC Penney was a clearance store, but Magic got funding through Leows. Other than Magic's name, it never really made sense. The mall couldn't support their original smaller movie theatre when it was popular.
Pulling out Swen Nater, I like it!
