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you get your podcast hey what up welcome in i'm dug godley this is all all roland lazadie's my guest

uh he's written a new book about Magic Johnson.

Magic Johnson.

I'm excited because, you know, I grew up in Southern California.

My family moved there in 1981 and was basically around for the entire, you know, we were out for the whole Showtime era.

And it concluded, really, with Magic Johnson's announcement that he contracted HIV, which kind of brings me to how I get into this version of All Ball.

And when you think of the places you were, you were when things happened,

where were you in Magic announcedounce Tia at HIV?

It was about this time of year, shortly actually before the season began.

I was at Tustin High School.

And the way it works in Southern California in high school basketball is until you have,

until practices start, you have sixth period. Your final period of the day is your

PE, is your basketball class. So it becomes like a de facto practice, but it's just not considered

practice time and you only have the time of whatever your class schedule is. And I'll never forget

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