Few people can be instantly recognized by one name. Jordan. Shrek. Obama. Tiger (insert inappropriate joke). Kanye. Jesus. MAGIC. Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr., the greatest point guard ever, whose career ended abruptly during November of the 1991-92 season with the announcement that he had contracted H.I.V, right after losing to Michael Jordan in his first ever appearance in the finals. Though he would return to play in both the All Star game that year (winning MVP with a legendary performance) and on the inaugural Olympic Dream Team, his best days were behind him as a player. He would return again in 1994-95, at the age of 36 to play power forward, and averaged 14.6 points, 6.9 assists, and 5.7 rebounds per game in the last 32 games of the season.
This shirt was created in the mid 90's by Nutmeg, a sports apparel company. It features a big portrait of Magic on the front, with a Los Angeles Lakers graphic running down the side. This company made many shirts for famous players of the time period, and they are all classic. Check out the Michael Jordan shirt here.
What makes this shirt dope is the layout. It is set up like a sports card, with graphics on the front, and graphics, biographical information and statistics on the back. You can use this to prove that Magic is better than Chris Paul to the ignorant by simply turning your back to them. For some of Magic's amazing highlights, click here.
Darker cargo shorts complete the look. Yes, I know, I know, cargo shorts are so 2000, but I have slowly grown away from jean shorts. I also love buying cargo shorts, because they always come with that free belt attached. A Lakers snapback hat completes the old school look.
The Nike Big is a classic shoe released during the beginning of the 1985-86 NBA season, the same year that the dunks premiered. Though they are very similar to the Nike dunk, they were designed a bit more aggressively. The big NIKE print on the back is what really does it for me with these shoes. They were endoresed by the 7'7 rookie from Sudan, Manute Bol, who was the tallest player in NBA history until Gheorghe Muresan was drafted in 1993 (and dunked on repeatedly by a young Shaq). The Nike BIG had found its perfect endorser, and Manute Bol went on to lead the league with the most blocks by a rookie, swatting an amazing 397 shots! With all those block attempts, he sometimes found himself on the wrong side of a poster (click here to see the 5'7 Spudd Webb dunk all over him).
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