Marques Johnson Tells the Truth About Giannis’ Final Bucks Season

Marques Johnson is an LA legend and he gave us the full tour on ALL THE SMOKE. Matt & Stak got into all of it with Marques: John Wooden, Bill Walton, Magic, Dr. J, Michael Jordan, plus his new book, “The Crenshaw Chronicles.” He took us inside the Bucks during Giannis’ final season and gave us his take on the Clippers mess. He also told us how a razor got him the part in White Men Can’t Jump. There’s nobody more deserving of a spot in the Basketball Hall of Fame and Marques told us about the call Walt Frazier made after he got left out.

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00:00:00 - Growing up in Crenshaw
00:06:21 - Birthday tradition
00:07:34 - Giannis departure from Bucks
00:12:04 - Clippers Kawhi situation
00:21:03 - Moving from Louisiana to California
00:34:03 - John Wooden recruitment
00:39:25 - Ad Read: DraftKings, Manscaped, GLD
00:42:19 - UCLA memories & Hepatitis
00:49:19 - Drafted by Don Nelson & the Bucks
00:59:18 - Inventing the “point forward”
01:07:25 - NBA-ABA merger & Dr. J
01:16:14 - Michael Jordan’s poster
01:20:46 - Junior Bridgeman
01:30:04 - White Men Can’t Jump role
01:36:35 - Quick hitters

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