NBA Champ Reflects on Magic Johnson: I Was Like a Tiny Alligators Paw

Two-time NBA champion Vernon Maxwell, who played for the Houston Rockets, shared his thoughts about the legendary Los Angeles Lakers player Magic Johnson.

«I used to say that I had him ‘caught’ and didn’t need any help defending against him. Then he spent the whole summer working on his hook shot with Kareem [Abdul-Jabbar]. That’s when I realized, ‘This guy has brought something new to his game. I couldn’t get near him… I felt like a tiny alligator’s paw trailing behind him.’

After that, I started saying, ‘Damn it, someone help me keep this guy under control,’» Maxwell recounted on Byron Scott’s Fast Break podcast.