The Magic-Bird rivalry from collegiate to pro ranks

NBA fans and officials, for that matter, know that the arrival of Magic Johnson and Larry Bird in the league revived the play-for-pay ranks with their talents, their basketball wizardly, their commitment and most of all, their competitiveness.

Not everyone knows though that in their early days as pros, they barely spoke, seeing each other with mistrust. That only during the filming of a Converse commercial at Bird’s French Lick, Indiana that they finally became cose friends.