'The Call Me Magic' spans Magic Johnson's time in high school through his strained relationship with Isiah Thomas to his business ventures later in life.
The 62-year-old Lansing, Michigan, native Tuesday echoed much of the focus of the documentary: His hometown and home state remains a major part of who he remains today.
Almost all of his family, including his parents and children, are interviewed along with close friends and business leaders he met along the way. So are contemporaries Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and a Hall of Fame roster of NBA players. That includes one of Johnson’s closest friends, with whom he had a very public falling out with.
Johnson also admitted Riley “came to me and said, 'Hey, would I go after Isaiah if that situation presented itself?' ” “That was the start of us not being friends and not really talking anymore,” Johnson said. “For me, it's always been winning at all costs. And if it costs me friendships, it just costs me that.”
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