>> Jimmy: YOUR IDOL GROWING UP

WAS MAGIC JOHNSON, A GUY YOU

ADMIRED GREATLY.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

THEN YOU GET TO KNOW MAGIC AS AN

OWNER OF THE TEAM.

MAGIC SAID, AND SHAQUILLE O'NEAL

WITH WHOM YOU'VE HAD AN UP AND

DOWN RELATIONSHIP SAID, THAT YOU

ARE THE GREATEST LAKER OF

ALL-TIME.

DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?

AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU?

>> WELL, I'LL NEVER DISAGREE

WITH MY ELDERS.

[ LAUGHTER ]

NO, I'M KIDDING.

KIDDING.

I GREW UP WATCHING MAGIC.

I'VE HAD, YOU KNOW -- I'VE

LEARNED SO MUCH FROM HIM.

I CAN'T SIT HER AND BE LIKE, I'M

THE GREATEST LAKER EVER.

TO ME HE IS.

>> Jimmy: YOU'RE THE GREATEST

LAKER.

>> TO KEEP IT REAL WITH YOU,

I'VE STOLEN SO MUCH FROM HIM

THAT MY GAME WOULDN'T BE

COMPLETE WITHOUT HIM.

>> Jimmy: I WAS THINKING ABOUT

THIS TODAY.

YOUR NUMBERS, 8 AND 24, WHICH

FIRST OF ALL -- I WONDER, I KNOW

IN BASKETBALL, NO SINGLE TEAM

HAS EVER RETIRED TWO NUMBERS.

BUT I WONDER IF IT'S HAPPENED IN

ANY SPORT AT ALL.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA?

>> I HAVE NO IDEA.

>> Jimmy: I DON'T THINK IT HAS.

I LOOKED IT UP AND TRIED TO

FIGURE IT OUT.

IT ALSO ADDS UP TO MAGIC'S

NUMBER, 32, IS THAT A

COINCIDENCE?

>> WOW.

[ LAUGHTER ]

>> Jimmy: WELL, I THINK PROBABLY

IT IS BASED ON YOUR REACTION.

THIS IS THE FIRST YOU'RE HEARING

IT.

>> I'M JUST MARVELING AT THE

DEPTH.

OF THE OBSERVATION.

>> Jimmy: RIGHT, SEE, ONE OF THE

GREAT THINGS ABOUT ME IS I CAN

ADD.

[ LAUGHTER ]

[ APPLAUSE ]

>> WHO KNEW?

>> Jimmy: I DIDN'T KNOW.

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> Jimmy: IT JUST POPPED IN MY

HEAD.

DO YOU HAVE FRIENDS?

DO YOU HAVE LIKE GUYS YOU HANG

OUT WITH?

>> DO I HAVE FRIENDS?

NO, I HAVE NO FRIENDS AT ALL.

>> Jimmy: IS THAT TRUE?

>> NO, ZERO.

I HATE PEOPLE.

>> Jimmy: IS MICHAEL JORDAN A

FRIEND OF YOURS?

>> HE'S A GOOD MENTOR, LIKE A

BIG BROTHER.

>> HE IS, OKAY.

HOW REGULARLY WILL YOU SPEAK TO

MICHAEL SNRCHGTS I DON'T KNOW,

EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

>> Jimmy: EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

WILL SMITH WAS HERE A FEW WEEKS

AGO.

HE WAS TALKING ABOUT MICHAEL,

HOW HE CONSTANTLY WANTS TO

COMPETE WHEN IT COMES TO

EVERYTHING.

>> ALL THE TIME.

>> Jimmy: LITERALLY EVERYTHING.

DOES HE DO THAT WITH YOU?

>> YEAH.

>> Jimmy: HE DOES.

>> HE TRIES, YEAH.

[ LAUGHTER ]

>> Jimmy: WHAT THINGS DOES HE

TRY TO COMPETE WITH YOU?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

THE LAST TIME WE HAD DINNER, HE

WAS TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MY

YEAR IN 1991 VERSUS YOUR PEAK

YEAR, I WOULD HAVE KICKED YOUR

ASS.

I SAID, MIKE, COME ON NOW,

PLEASE.

ENJOY THE SALAD.

[ LAUGHTER ]

WE BOTH KNOW THAT'S NOT GOING TO

HAPPEN.

>> Jimmy: WHEN YOU AND MICHAEL

WENT TO DINNER WHO PICKED UP THE

CHECK AT THE END?

>> HE DOES, BIG BROTHER.

BIG BROTHER ALWAYS PICKS IT UP.

>> Jimmy: IS THAT HOW IT WORKS?

>> THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.

>> Jimmy: COMPANY YOU TALK TO

ANY OF THE YOUNG GUYS ON THE

LEAGUE?

DO YOU FOLLOW THEM?

>> I FOLLOW THEM, ROB IS A CLOSE

FAMILY FRIEND, HE AND I TALK ALL

THE TIME.

I FOLLOW THE YOUNG GUYS.

>> Jimmy: DO YOU EVER PICK UP

THE PHONE AND CALL ANY OF THOSE

GUYS?

>> KUZMA I'LL SPEAK TO EVERY NOW

AND THEN.

THEY'VE GOT A BRIGHT FUTURE.

YOU'VE GOT TO BE PATIENT.

LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS

BREAK THE TEAM UP, THEN FOUR,

FIVE YEARS FROM NOW LOOK BACK

AND SEE HOW GREAT THEY ARE

SOMEPLACE ELSE.

>> Jimmy: LAKERS FANS TEND TO BE

IMPATIENT BECAUSE WE'RE USED TO

HAVING GREAT PLAYERS LIKE YOU,

SHALK, MAGIC, KAREEM, ALL THESE

GUYS, ONE AFTER THE OTHER, DEN

WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT WHEN

THEY'RE SUDDENLY LOW.

>> WE DIDN'T COME OUT WINNING

CHAMPIONSHIPS.

WE WERE HORRIBLE.

WE WERE GETTING SWEPT BY THE

JAZZ, SWEPT BY THE SPURS, WE

STUNK.

>> Jimmy: DO YOU TELL THAT TO

THE PLAYERS WHEN YOU GO INTO THE

LOCKER ROOM?

>> I DO, I TELL THEM IT'S A