Magic stabbed Westhead in the back, “accidentally”, with scissors right after this class photo was taken. The school was then forced to bring in a substitute named Pat Riley, who had formerly read the announcements over the P.A. system.Members of the Los Angeles Lakers — Norm Nixon (10), Mitch Kupchak (41), Michael Cooper (21), coach Paul Westhead, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33), Jamaal Wilkes (52) and Magic Johnson (32) — sit in a classroom during an Oct. 1981 SI photo shoot. (Lane Stewart/SI)
Reblogging just because, what, Kareem couldn’t be bothered to put on his playing shoes?
