Charles Barkley says he and NBA legends couldn't believe Magic became the first $1,000,000 player so they started high fiving each other
"Think about it, the finals were tape-delayed, and there was only one game on Sunday, and the average salary was $200,000. The average salary now is $10,000,000. In the next five years, we're gonna have guys making $70-80 million for playing basketball"
"I remember vividly: me, Doc, Moses, Bobby Jones, Andrew Toney… we were in the locker room one day and it broke that Magic Johnson had become the first NBA player to make $1,000,000. We were walking around high-fiving each other. We could not believe that an NBA player made a million dollars. That's how crazy it was thinking about money back in the day"