" Coming up on inside the magic. A unique look at the people who paid twenty years of magic. Larger than life characters and some stories so weird you couldn't. Possibly make them up. To tell those stories we've brought together an All-Star five people who know the magic from the inside. Former magic players Dick Anderson and Pat Garrity magic television broadcasters David Steele and Paul Kennedy. And longtime NBA writer Tim pop death. Over the next half hour our panel shares recollections of many years in the thrilling unique. And yes strange world of a traveling NBA team. It's the stories you might not know from twenty years of magic basketball and this is inside the magic. Characters through the years."

" Welcome to inside the magic I'm whit Watson all season long we've been celebrating twenty years of magic basketball on the court. But what makes the magic history so special are the personalities and the characters. Behind the scenes. For the next thirty minutes we gather some of the best recollections and first hand accounts from those. Who were there each member of our panel was asked to submit topic for conversation. We for those topics into a hard hat and -- them out at random and even so our first selection. Could not have been a more appropriate or flying blind Paul Kennedy."

" But Oregon did. But one you put that Pat Williams. As a topic Pat Williams what you what you -- very critical. But at other franchise where do you begin where -- him right now with the Groucho Marx glasses in the big nose at Miami Heat practiced pretending to be in -- needles. -- scouting. -- he was the pied piper when all of this started he kind of created the atmosphere the original budget team there were some black out days path where the GM that drafted me. Still call me love my real name today."

" Nielsen you have so much going on remember that so many children and alzheimer's. I guess so compact and you go back in the in the dressing room and he's lifting weights during a two minute timeout or is in the hallway doing. Push up push ups I remember that there would always leaders then you come around and authority he be like back in the conference room doing pushups just because you have thirty seconds that do know Irish I think."

" He perfected this the art of multitasking because during practice that's what we remember it to -- him and he would come and he would have a stack of papers and -- books in the other would get a setup like black holes and and they would grab you for a quote from this new book South Pacific. --"

" Who else you would stick to hit in his office and you would say -- would expect. The lights will be often he would be on before the end of this past week. It takes is his daily talent many of us have seen him jogging. -- boulevard. Reading a book the same time but -- However I -- actually seen Mets haven't really thought about multitasking you know that's the ultimate he's the one -- the original sales back ever meet him for -- first and 8586. And I and I thought and -- he would come from Philadelphia he was gonna start selling this franchise I -- the guy was a distant look this is a big days before power drinks legacy was just so caffeine wired up I'd never seen anybody like that with the kind of energy. That he had. Do you think that there were not this franchise. If he had not been the while promoters that he was in within season ticket sales ripping open assured and it's the magic named him after the magic kingdom and all that the genius is that no question yeah question that was going to put together that original first parade before they even had a eighteen -- he put together I parade down orange avenue for the team and Manny. Everybody is like he was to win a championship before you have a -- pat has had a great for the season right. Before the franchise yeah rod minimizes antique cars. Corvettes and everything -- run down -- evidence. There Faulk candidate two ago Nielsen -- His fight with Scott Skiles. "

" Playing -- injuries never backing down on the court despite his small brains magic fans -- at point guard Scott Skiles was top. They didn't know how tough though until they read they need to pick a fight with the biggest guy in the world. During a practice session on the west coast they're only two of us in this room who."

" Are actually there that day but -- guy I've never seen anything like that so you've been around sports a long time to. Had to be -- was that that I X 494 -- something that the Lakers lost the next day we stayed over we practice at the form. Secondly every crystal react jolt often Scott. And a few words India. And checks is some in the Scott Scott -- And Shaq hit him on the top of his he. Black couple I think just got yeah down at the greatest shoulders -- Literally went down he. You know -- garden walk around all he was throwing it was Bryant if you know. Get his -- that one -- just did my job it's they're gonna there they go -- And and everybody else doing he had maybe it was just a free for all the David you told me to Brian Hill design that drill. To get a fight the idea was to get -- to fight because he felt like they weren't playing very hard well what I'd probably remembers more -- I do know that Brian let's set the practice up to incite. Brian you know little a little aggressive vote. Behavior which he certainly got a virus called nick it was a drill which you were were awarded points for defensive stops. There were there were no fouls and no out of bounds so would it just turned into a game all have contact it was all contact us anything else. You know it was just anything go to his right restore react at the end of this melee. He's that I quit Larry Chris -- retired and then brings back typically get in the span of about ten minutes is. -- inject her in the locker room to retrieve him when he came back and finished practice but it was a riot. Skiles was thoughtful guy to there's Larry called nick he broke a bone in his hand. Because later I was talked with him on the tee off on the airplane. And he was saying -- my my hand is just kill me I'm pretty sure is broken but he never. Never wore casting never missed a game. You know and kept playing and you know with the hopes that he just gritty. You know gay British general gritty guy Scott Skiles even as law all the time they met didn't back down against no one I don't care. Told you war how and why you are that was Scott scouts he's going to. He's going to fight today it."

" They -- you got them up. Medalist braver anybody takes on Czech braver than done about it -- I remember -- in that you would try to play Greg kite. In practice it up after practice back in the old rec center. And I just remember Scotty coming up behind Greg does whack him upside the back and hitting a great it was almost as Paula Shaq was. In the big Greg kite chases chasing surest out and run shot wasn't -- fight Gaza and hit a run in Greg -- was chasing him all around medal -- yeah it was pretty calm. First having played the Miami Heat and in the heat of being given it to you for a couple years because it's likely that a post game and he Fed shack inside is -- dunks on cycling. And skeletons in there because it's different for our. I have a friend."

" Coming up -- inside the match you couldn't make it up if you drive the unbelievable story. Of one of the magic's most beloved players -- panel members of the water and only Darrell Armstrong. Next on inside the magic characters through the years."