Sports
'Magic' show gets rave reviews from an old mentor
By Gary Henley
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When the Boston Celtics and
Los Angeles Lakers battle each
other in game one of the Na
tional Basketball Association
championship series tonight.
Oregon basketball coach Don
Monson will take a particular
interest in watching an old
friend, Karvin "Magic" Johnson
of the Inkers.
Monson was an assistant
coach at Michigan State Univer
sity during Johnson's freshman
season with the Spartans.
1977-78
The two have remained good
friends to this day and the
Ducks’ head coach reminisced
on Monday about their days at
Michigan State.
"1 remember when I first
heard about Karvin," Monson
recalled. "Jud Heathcote (the
head coach at Michigan State), a
g(M)d friend of mine, came up to
me and said, ‘there’s a kid here
in town that could make our
program.' Magic was still in
junior high al that point, and we
were talking about one kid that
could make our program.
"Then when he was in high
school, we always had
somebody at every one of his
games, either Heathcote. me. or
Vernon Payne, who player! a big
part in recruiting him."
In his senior season at Everett
High School in Lansing. Mich..
Johnson led his team to a state
title while averaging 28.1
points per game.
"The state final that year was
Everett against Eastern High
School. That was the big cross
town rival, because Eastern had
Jay Vincent," Munson said.
Vincent would later become a
teammate of Johnson’s at
Michigan State, and now plays
for the Washington Bullets.
Johnson also captained a
United States high school team
that won an all-star tournament
in West Germany after his
senior season had ended. When
he returned, a big decision
awaited him — where to go to
college.
"When he got back from that
tournament," Monson said,
"there were 7,000 people out at
the airport waiting for him and
telling him to stay in Lansing,
and go to Michigan State
Everybody was after him You
name a school and they were
after him.
"It came down to Michigan
and Michigan State. Magic held
a press conference in the gym
nasium of his high school, and
they put it over the intercom all
over the school. Magic finally
said. 'I've made my choice. I'll
be going to Michigan', and he
held it. and held it. and finally
said 'State', and the whole
place erupted."
Monson said the )ohnson of
yesterday wasn't much different
than he is today. “He was
always in a good mood, smiling
all the time Earvin knows how
to treat people, no matter what
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age they are. You liked to (mi
around him. ami he likes to 1*>
around people, lie's always got
time for you."
As a player, johnson was an
"instant success" at Michigan
Stain As Mnnson recalls, "if
there was ever a hint! chip
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