'87 Magic Johnson
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98 Overall
80 Outside scoring
- 83 Open shot mid
- 83 Contested shot mid
- 82 Off dribble shot mid
- 74 Open shot 3pt
- 74 Contested shot 3pt
- 73 Off dribble shot 3pt
- 98 Shot IQ
- 84 Free throw
- 98 Offensive consistency
89 Inside scoring
- 95 Shot close
- 98 Standing layup
- 99 Driving layup
- 25 Standing dunk
- 64 Driving dunk
- 25 Contact dunk
- 84 Draw foul
- 91 Post control
- 98 Post hook
- 78 Post fadeaway
- 98 Hands
90 Athleticism
- 89 Speed
- 90 Acceleration
- 78 Vertical
- 84 Strength
- 98 Stamina
- 98 Hustle
- 99 Overall durability
97 Playmaking
- 89 Speed with ball
- 96 Ball control
- 98 Passing accuracy
- 98 Passing vision
- 98 Passing IQ
97 Defending
- 98 On-ball defense IQ
- 80 Low post defense IQ
- 97 Help defense IQ
- 98 Pick & roll defense IQ
- 98 Lateral quickness
- 98 Pass perception
- 98 Reaction time
- 78 Steal
- 42 Block
- 97 Shot contest
- 97 Defensive consistency
72 Rebounding
- 60 Offensive rebound
- 74 Defensive rebound
- 84 Boxout
- 3918 Total attributesattr.
Outside Scoring
Difficult Shots
Known for making tough shots off the dribble.
Tireless Scorer
A player who can spend a good deal of energy without losing effectiveness when attempting to score.
Catch & Shoot
Hits stand-still shots off the catch at a high percentage.Inside Scoring
Acrobat
Can attempt layups with few consequences.
Tear Dropper
Excels at making floaters and runners
Putback King
Known for his ability to score baskets immediately off of offensive rebounds near the hoop.
Relentless Finisher
Takes physical punishment on contact shots near the rim without severely impacting his energy.
Post Spin Technician
Dominates the post with spin and drive moves.Playmaking
Flashy Passer
Known for throwing on-point flashy passes to his receivers.
Pick & Roll Maestro
Throws accurate passes and hits shots off screens at a high percentage while orchestrating a pick & roll.
Lob City Passer
Completes alley-oop passes at a high rate.
Dimer
An elite passer known for hitting teammates in the correct position to score.
Ankle Breaker
Can cause his defender to stumble or fall with his dribble moves.
Break Starter
Starts fast breaks with accurate outlet passes.Athleticism
One Man Fast Break
Excels at taking the ball coast to coast on a fast break.Defending
Pick Dodger
A slithery player who can get around screens easily.
Pick Pocket
Known for his ability to strip the ball from a ball-handler.Rebounding
Personality
Alpha Dog
Team leader who takes it upon himself to lead his team to victory.
Clutch Performer
Steps his game up in big games and big moments.
Championship DNA
Can quickly see where double teams are coming from. Also steps up his game in playoff moments.
Microwave
A player who heats up quicker than most.
Floor General
An offensive leader who can help his teammates play better on offense while he's on the floor
Hardened
Will play through fatigue and injury without experiencing a severe drop in skill.
Expressive
Has no problems expressing his feelings.Dunks
- 25 Standing dunk
- 64 Driving dunk
- 64 Flashy dunk
- 5 Alley-oop
- 44 Putback dunk
- 5 Crash
Layups
- 25 Standing layup
- 64 Driving layup
- 84 Spin layup
- 93 Hop step layup
- 91 Euro step layup
- 91 Floater
Jump shooting
- 86 Step through shot
- 36 Shot under basket
- 77 Shot close
- 4 Shot close left
- 2 Shot close middle
- 3 Shot close right
- 69 Shot mid
- 6 Shot 3pt
- 69 Contested jumper
- 59 Stepback jumper
- 3 Spin jumper
- 50 Transition pull up 3pt
- 20 Use glass
Drive setup
- 59 Triple threat pump fake
- 98 Triple threat jab step
- 12 Triple threat idle
- 58 Triple threat shoot
- 30 Setup with sizeup
- 85 Setup with hesitation
- 15 No setup dribble
Driving
- 99 Drive
- 50 Drive right
- 90 Driving crossover
- 50 Driving spin
- 20 Driving step back
- 0 Driving half spin
- 20 Driving double crossover
- 55 Driving behind the back
- 35 Driving dribble hesitation
- 40 Driving in and out
- 29 No driving dribble move
- 90 Attack strong on drive
Freelance
- 95 Shoot
- 95 Touches
- 94 Roll vs. pop
Post game
- 85 Post up
- 30 Post shimmy shot
- 20 Post face up
- 95 Post back down
- 50 Post aggressive backdown
- 95 Shoot from post
- 50 Post hook left
- 50 Post hook right
- 50 Post fade left
- 50 Post fade right
- 15 Post up and under
- 15 Post hop shot
- 15 Post step back shot
- 99 Post drive
- 30 Post spin
- 70 Post drop step
- 43 Post hop step
Passing
- 98 Dish to open man
- 99 Flashy pass
- 90 Alley oop pass
Defense
- 74 Pass interception
- 83 Take charge
- 75 On-ball steal
- 35 Contest shot
- 35 Block shot
- 26 Foul
- 15 Hard foul
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25 abstinence
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Wilt: -20,000 abstinence
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Wilt's PR guy: 99 make up BS to grab people's attention.
Yeah Wilt was a bit of a manslut but at least he never had a wife to cheat on and he didn't bang 20,000, that was made up by his PR guy to bring attention to his book
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he kept a record of the women he had in a 21 day period and and the average per day was 2.3, so he just applied that to every day of his love life, so its not an accurate number and theres no way he knew the number either
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If anyone is wondering, you get the card through MyCareer connections. Well worth it for wagers and friendlies.
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How though?
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you gotta hang out with magic after he gives you his my court jersey same for bird AI and shaq
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Why are they still giving Magic defense this good. That was literally one of the major faults in his game.
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In the 1991 finals without Kareem magic was often put on Jordan and it definitely slowed Jordan down. He couldn't drive into the lane as much, and it hurt the bulls offense a good bit. I know you can't sum up his entire defense in one series but that has to count for something. (Btw curry is not a better defender than magic lol)
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Not trying to be an ass, but MJ averaged 31 pts and 11.4 ast on 56% shooting in that series, including 15/18 fgs in gm 2. I wouldn't call that slowing him down.
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I know that my was still mj but it did mess up the bulls offense. Just watch the games
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They give Curry good defense so its cool.
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Curry is a better 1 on 1 defender than Magic was lol that's how severely overrated Magic's defense is
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Surely not. Wouldn't Magic's height give him a major boost? Not to mention the fact that Curry lacks any sort of strength?
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Magic used to get burned regularly by other guards because he was too big and slow to keep up laterally, like how Curry gets hidden away behind Klay, Magic would get hidden away behind Michael Cooper. Curry gets shit for his defense solely because the Warriors put Klay on his matchups when realistically he's an average defender at worst.
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98 lateral quickness? 89 speed? Surely 2k aren't that dumb
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Yes they are that dumb. He was a solid player in the passing lanes but he got burned 1 on 1 by guards often. He primarily guarded forwards because he was slow laterally.
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You can't get 9 all first teams without some sort of decent defense. Hell, Harden couldn't even get 3rd.
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He had decent defense, it just wasn't good by any stretch. Harden gives 0 effort on defense, Magic was just incapable of being able to guard other PGs. He was a league leader in steals because he could play passing lanes and I don't even have to explain his impact offensively.
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Even if Magic's defense is severely overrated, he's still definitely better than Curry 1 on 1. You can't really compare Klay and Cooper being defensive covers for Steph and Magic as Cooper came off the bench, therefore leaving Magic with Byron Scott for the majority of the time (I hope you know Byron Scott is bad at defense). Not to mention how much defense has changed since the 80's/90's. Zones are now more common and honestly defense is easier now. The game has become much more soft than it was 30 years ago.
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It goes the other way tho, Magic had the advantage of handchecking and still was a defensive minus. The fault in his defense is literally the same fault Curry has in his, struggling to contain more explosive guards. Team defense is easier now but 1 on 1 defense is much harder. Imagine if LeBron could handcheck, there'd be 0 debate about who the greatest on ball defender of all time is. When I refer to 1 on 1 defense, it is definitely arguable he was worse in those situations than Curry. Again, he's still a solid overall defender such as in passing lanes and in the post, but 1 on 1 against his own position he was a liability.
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I think Curry is honestly overrated in every aspect. Ppl say he's the best player in the league, but if you think of things he's good at its 3pt shooting and thats about it. He passes as well as a PG is expected to and those are his decent skills. His defense is dreadful IMO and let players such as Lillard and Kyrie get past him or be left open often. The problem was similar for Magic but he used his heigh to be able to defend a wider variety of players, so in a 1 on 1 situation I would take Magic.
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I very strongly disagree. Curry is an elite passer and an elite finisher at the rim. Had one of the highest percentages in the league finishing at the rim and is an insanely good passer. His assist numbers don't tell the whole story as the Warriors system doesn't rely on him as the primary facilitator. If you watch him play he's an unreal passer. How do you think he gets his threes so often in 1v1 situations? He can bait the threat of the drive to get his defender to sag enough to get his shot off. He was far and away the best player in the league in the regular season last season. I still think LBJ is the best player in the world but Curry is much much more than just a 3 point shooter, that's a huge misconception
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He's not an elite passer, and he is an awful defender. He let MCW drop 20 on his ass. He tries, but he simply can't play D. He can pass, but he does flashy shit which makes people think he is an amazing passer. He's good at finishing and amazing at shooting, but that is it. His defense is absolute garbage,
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I'd argue the opposite, he doesn't try enough sometimes. He can actually play respectable defense at times when he locks in on the ball but he makes very lazy plays a lot and gambles too much in passing lanes like Westbrook does. He is very much just an average defender.
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The only way Curry gets a 3pt shot off 1v1 is if he has come off a screen and a big man is now marking him (he couldn't even do this in the clutch against K Love in G7 of the Finals tho). Otherwise he comes off screens, usually illegal, to get his shots. His handles are as impressive as ppl think, watching some highlight reel or espn ad doesn't tell the whole story sometimes. If Curry wasn't on the Warriors I don't think there would be a MASSIVE difference, still maybe 5-10 wins less, but the Warriors would still be a contender, unlike without Draymond where I don't think their team would work. Thats why I don't think he deserved his MVPs and therefore the hype and credit he got along with it. I feel like I'm involved in a Hilary v Trump right now.
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You're making rash generalisations tho, I mean calling Curry strictly a shooter and not that good at anything else simply isn't correct. You can only argue that with stats which again are misleading due to the system he plays in, and even the stats show he is an elite finisher around the rim. I watched the good majority of their games last season and he deserved MVP, maybe not unanimously but it was 110% deserved.
Also I don't get everyone complaining about Curry being hyped because all I ever see here and on Twitter are people constantly trying to shit on him. It feels like 2012 again when everyone shit on LeBron but apparently he was "overhyped"
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Curry is way overhyped, at least where I live all my mates do is sing "Chef Curry with the shot boi" for example, some don't even support GSW or watch basketball in general but they like him bc he can hit circus shots. Curry is a pretty good finisher inside but I wouldn't say elite because *Insert LBJ blocking Curry vine as example* he gets blocked and fouled a lot. I don't hate on Curry I just think he gets given a lot more credit than he should. If you compare he and Westbrooks totals in points, assists and rebounds Westbrook is better, and while he may have deserved 2016 MVP there is no way he deserved 2015 (Harden IMO).
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Westbrook was wildly inefficient and would shoot his team out of some games tho, in fact he's very much responsible for OKC blowing the 3-1 lead against the Warriors. Context matters when looking at stats.
I dont know many people who overhype Curry so maybe I don't see how much people do overhype him but he's an excellent player and had a historically good season. He may be overhyped but he's very elite in other aspects of the game besides shooting.
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This reply chain... holy shit
Are these this Copy+Pasted Wiki pages? sheesh
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Westbrook was very responsible for blowing that 3-1 lead, but its not like Curry hasn't done that either. If it weren't for Klay there wouldn't have been 7 games honestly. As I mentioned before Curry missed a few key shots and conceded that 3 from Kyrie that lost them the game. Although its dumb to compare Curry and Westbrook considering one is a mainly inside PG and one is a mainly outside PG.
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There wouldn't have been 7 games if Bogut didn't go down and Draymond didn't get suspended. It's fun to bag on the Warriors for blowing a 3-1 lead but a lot of people forget that part.
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While Bogut getting injured was just bad luck Draymond brought that on himself. Even if he didn't deserve it for that particular incident it was karma for the few other things he had done during that series.
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*When Curry can deadlift 400 pounds and that is the highest mark on the Warriors since Ezeli left*
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Link?
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http://www.espn.com/nba/playoffs/2015/story/_/id/13019137/2015-nba-playoffs-how-stephen-curry-put-ankle-issues-him
Great article, and it mentions how Curry has the second highest deadlift on the team behind Ezeli, and now that Ezeli's gone it's reasonable to assume he has the highest
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theres a difference between deadlifting and actual real man strength. deadlift stuff like that are those that do pushups and lacrosse
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To be able to deadlift 400 pounds, your lower body and core have to be strong enough to lift those 400 pounds and then maintain the peak position for a time, and your grip strength and lower back have to be strong enough to hold 400 pounds in the air. It takes quite a bit of strength. His core is ridiculously strong, enabling him to pull off those acrobatic moves in the air. His personal trainer, Brandon Payne, said that his core strength was "second to none", and it's impossible to be truly strong and athletic without a strong core. You have to be very strong to be able to do any lift (other than squat) exceeding twice your weight
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Damn -14 bit critical
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There's a massive circlejerk on every social media outlet about Curry being a horrible defender, I expected worse honestly.
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It's because he got cooked by Kyrie in the finals. He was a solid defender in the regular season and he played very solid defense on Westbrook in the WCF.
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"Circlejerk"? English please?
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I knew what it meant, at least by the first definition. Just wanted to be sure incase I completely misunderstood what he was saying ;)
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I fucked your mom
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Nice
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-8 lmao
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About 4 of those are the same person. I see these things.
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wish i could lol :/
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Wow 98 passing vision and 98 passing IQ
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Why is a point guard tied for the best post hook in the game? I know he was good at them but that was usually against smaller guards
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I played against him along with trial AI. Magic was dominant at dunking and post moves but couldn't hit a mid despite his 80's ratings. Even though he couldn't shoot, I had to move LeBron to PG just to guard him because he was taking advantage of Steph and Westbrook.
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magic? he didnt play for orlando
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Honestly the only player that comes close to him at being able to play all 5 is lbj
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not interested, next!
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Earvin ¨Magic¨ Johnson, a great figure in the past. When he played SG in his first 4 years he was around 19 points. But when he moved to the point, game over. Also, in his second season, he led the league with 3.4 steals. We all know he was not a shooter, only making .300% of 3s during his career. The tallest PG, and a great all-around player. I wonder what would happen if he did not have HIV.
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this man has aids please dont have sex with him
I dedicate these 25 upvotes to 25 years ago when Magic Johnson made his HIV speech which was the end of superstar Magic(he played later, but he wasn't a superstar in 1996)
W, he could play everything
this man played in place of kareem once and was an absolutely tank
respect
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Show 3 replies...yeah. He made a mini sky-hook to win the game in that game too
W for saying mini sky hook
he also traveled on that play
Those are all his secondary positions
FAX NO PRINTER
cold nigga turn a summa to winter
Lol
i disagree
shut up thats when I was 10
My first comment with over 50 upvotes :)
You forgot 6th man Sub 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8
L he would never play the bench cuz he the greatest PG ever
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@undeadshouldkillhimself
@Undeadspace8
You still salty that Isiah and CP3 is better then Magic?
No I'm salty you think they are.
Why don't you make your top 13?
I'm not in the mood for arguing. (did 2 hours of testing today) but fine
Lmao that sucks. What grade u in again
10th
Lol,i'm just kidding he can do it all
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Magic Johnson has Ebola la la la la and aids
oh my god he did not have aids
he had HIV
not the same thing
Better use your name on that comment bud
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"Ebola (La La)"
(Fergie "L.A. Love" parody)
(La la la la la)
(La la la la la)
(La la la la la)
(La la la la la)
Rucka Rucka Ali
I tell you where it's from
Africa
That's from where Ebola comes
West side
It hides in the suitcase
Two days later
It lands in USA
I get it from my girlfriend
And give it to my dad
I catch it on the subway
And leave it in the cab
I eat it at Subway
Drink it at Starbucks
Ebola's everywhere
And I give no fucks
They scared
It's bad
Ebola's gonna kill us all dead
They mad
How'd this happen
Gotta make sure that nobody else gets it
I'm sorry but I have it and you have it
Or you'll get it so forget it
Don't sweat it
Just let it be
I'm telling you Ebola's not the enemy
Listen
I have Ebo (La la la la la)
And you have Ebo (La la la la la)
And we have Ebo (La la la la la)
Everybody has Ebo (La la la la la)
Selena has Ebo (La la la la la)
Justin has Ebo (La la la la la)
Taylor has Ebo (La la la la la)
Jesus has Ebo (La la la la la)
Ebola
Every shitty little village in Africa
Has Ebola
Every city in America is getting it now
Just go with it bruh
Airports
Check if he's Black
He could have Ebola
So send him back
In fact keep an eye
On the Black Eye Peas
Mostly Black and Guy
Don't worry about Peas
And the Cosbys
Could have Ebola
Also Oprah
Let's just close up Detroit
Til this crisis is contained
Don't let the Obamas
On the plane
'Cause they black
They could have Ebola
Might as well also
Watch for Ayrabs
If they have a brown face
We'll keep 'em safe
In Guantanamo Bay
I'm sorry everybody for the drama
But we're gonna get Ebola
If we let black people in
Ebola's not a country in Africa
It's the whole continent
I have Ebo (La la la la la)
You have Ebo (La la la la la)
Obama has Ebo (La la la la la)
Kanye has Ebo (La la la la la)
Will Smith has Ebo (La la la la la)
Tupac has Ebo (La la la la la)
Steve Harvey has Ebo (La la la la la)
Magic Johnson has Ebo (La la la la la)
And AIDS
Diddy and Biggie and Jay-Z and Nas
Have Ebola
Stephanie DJ and Kimmy Gibbler
Have Ebola
Every shitty little village in Africa
Has Ebola
Every city in America is getting it now
Just go with the flow
You have Ebo (La la la la la)
Your mom has Ebo (La la la la la)
Your Uncle Tom has Ebo (La la la la la)
Ariana has Ebo (La la la la la)
Ben Affleck has Ebo (La la la la la)
Matt Damon has Ebo (La la la la la)
He got it from Ben Affleck (La la la la la)
The Kardashians have Ebo (La la la la la)
Ebola
I have some Ebola
We all have Ebola
We need some Ricola
And some Pepsi Cola
Tommy has Ebola
Billy has Ebola
Jason has Ebola
Trini has Ebola
Oh wait no
She died years ago
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This kid is a savage.
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Look at all those downvotes beautiful
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Have some fkin tolerance
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1. He does not have Ebola
2. When he played, he did not have AIDS
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Show 6 replies...He sent players to the first aid kit
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He came back for like half a season and played with it.
No he came back with HIV.
you are right
everyone else is stupid
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Who knows what video I got this from?
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Show 1 reply...Rucka Rucka Ali- Ebola