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    Eye for talent 'unmatched': Magic Johnson shares memories of Jerry West

    by Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times Jun 12, 2024 3 minutes
    Los Angeles Lakers basketball greats Jerry West, left, and Magic Johnson during an event announcing naming rights for the new football stadium Farmers Field at Los Angeles Convention Center on Feb. 1, 2011, in Los Angeles.

    LOS ANGELES — When Magic Johnson heard the news that friend Jerry West had died early Wednesday morning, he began to reminisce about their first lunch together at the Forum in Inglewood after the Lakers had selected him No. 1 overall out of Michigan State in 1979.

    Johnson recalled how his dad, Earvin Johnson Sr., was at the lunch and how his father "idolized" West and viewed him as his favorite player.

    Magic and his dad were excited about him joining

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