Clyde Drexler, who had a brilliant NBA career and was part of the famed 1992 “Dream Team,” apparently was not happy that Magic Johnson was his teammate.
In the upcoming new book, “Dream Team” by long-time Sports Illustrated writer Jack McCallum, Drexler does not hold back in discussing Johnson, his role on the time, his talent and the sympathy he received from most everyone because he tested positive for HIV.
Publisher Random House released an excerpt that surely Johnson will be offended by when he reads it. In it, Drexler says, “Magic was always, ‘Come on, Clyde, come on, Clyde, get with me, get with me,’ and making all that noise. And, really, he couldn’t play much by that time. He couldn’t guard his shadow.”
Drexler added: “But you have to have to understand what was going on then. Everybody kept waiting for Magic to die. Every time he’d run up the court everybody would feel sorry for the guy, and he’d get all that benefit of the doubt. Magic came across like, ‘All this is my stuff.’ Really? Get outta here, dude. He was on the declining end of his career.”
Drexler was a top MVP candidate in the 1992 All-Star Game in Orlando, but the award eventually went to Johnson, who had been added by commissioner David Stern as a special 13th player to the Western Conference roster. “If we all knew Magic was going to live this long, I would’ve gotten the MVP of that game, and Magic probably wouldn’t have made the Olympic team.”
Dang, tell us how you really feel, Clyde.
he did, dummy
sour puss
Question for bitter, callous, disgraced Clyde (the comment about "if we all knew he'd live this long" is a disgrace)……..was Bird selected to the Dream Team because he was in the prime of his career? no, he and Magic should of and deserved be there to mark the fact they brought the game out of a huge hole when they arrived in the league, and this was the first time NBA players were allowed at the Olympics.
CLYDE IS A BUM HE NEVER WON NOTHIN SO HE IS SALTY! WHY YOU COULDn't WIN WHEN MAGIC WAS THERE LAKERS HAD THE WEST ON LOCK. THEN MAGIC LEFT THEN JORDAN SHUT U OUT. CLYDE HAD TO PIGGY BACK HIS OLD ASS ON HAKEEM BACK TO WIN. WHAT A CHUMP.
Lol smdh ik dis struck a nerve wit u. U magic 1 fan. Between zeke n cylde magic gotta beat sum1 azz
Do they teach English at U Detroit-Mercy?
Dario would you translate your nonsense in plain english please!?
Clyde did win a championship when he got traded to Houston. Drexler and the Blazers actually had the "West ON LOCK" as he led Portland to the NBA Finals 2 out of 3 years (when Magic was still playing). I don't agree w/ what he said, get your facts straight 1st, son.
A bit bitter Clyde? not many will care what you have to say. Next story.
What a small and childish man this old man is! Drexler must really have and agenda with all of this hateful pettiness. I'm sorry Clyde, but Magic still had talent and class–something you'll apparently ever have. He makes it seem as though Magic had been out for years and was trying to make a comeback at the age of 40. It was just the year after the aids announcement and the Lakers were coming off of an NBA finals with Magic at the helm. This vindictiveness is both shocking and gutless.
I was never a Clyde Drexler fan and he's one of thee worst announcers I've ever heard. Now…I have even less respect for him. They still would have put Magic on the Olympic team.
Clyde somehow has no idea what he's talking about. Um…let's see. Magic on the declining end of his career, eh? Then why was it, in the playoffs in his last full season in 91, that the Lakers (without Kareem) spanked the Blazers in the Western Conference Finals? How was it that Magic's numbers for his last season were essentially the same they'd always been? yeah…FU Clyde Drexler, you're an a$$.
As a long time Trail Blazers season ticket holder, all I can say is that Clyde the Glide was all talent and no heart. Seems that bitterness has filled the void where guts and toughness should've been.
As a long time Trail Blazer fan, Chuck, I can say that you CLEARLY don't know what you're talking about. Clyde played & competed against a lot of the best players EVER while he was a Blazer, made countless All-Star games, is a former Dream Teamer who won Gold at Barcelona, and led Potland to 2 NBA finals. He ran into M.J., Magic, Isaiah, Bird, etc. and couldn't get a ring (like Barkley, Malone, Stockton, etc), but that in no way means that he had "no heart." In a documentary, M.J. also sites Drexler as being his main rival while he was in his prime, so that should tell us all something. Come on, man, "No heart"?? REALLY?!? I'm disappointed in his comments, but that's not an accurate criticism of him.
Last time I checked the Lakers went to the Finals in '91 and Magic average 21 ppg 12asst 8 rpg, where Drexler averaged 25 ppg 6asst 6 rpg. He was on the down side of his career, but still playing at a high level. Jealousy much! Clyde you will never be Magic.
Very weak CD..u were good but ummm.. You are awesome champion/ olympic ncaa…..but Cassell was th best guard on them teams with the rings u were on…n did u play in the Olympics..watch it when it comes to Magic….
Way to know how to sell books Jack McCallum….. and they all chose to drink the kool-aid. Gullible much NBA fan?
Love Clyde's comments. You can't bash him for telling the truth. I'm the biggest Magic fan but Clyde's comments are mostly true…from a different perspective. You need to remember these guys are competitors and they're not gonna give an inch. Remember Michael Jordan's Hall of Fame speech?