On today’s episode of ALL THE SMOKE, the legendary Larry Johnson shares incredible stories in front of a sold out NYC crowd.
Johnson looks back on his time as one of the faces of college basketball at UNLV. He reflects on the Runnin’ Rebels blowout win over Duke in the 1990 NCAA Championship and winning the Naismith College Player of the Year in 1991. But it wasn’t all glory during his time at UNLV. NCAA probes against the UNLV players and coaches were constant. Johnson opens up on what was really going on in Vegas.
Plus, LJ reflects on his time in NBA. He speaks on his legendary 4-point play with the Knicks, the iconic ‘Grandmama’ Converse commercials, fighting Alonzo Mourning and more.
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(00:00:00) – Intro
(00:00:35) – Larry Johnson Intro
(00:04:50) – SAT Stories, JUCO run
(00:13:30) – Crazy UNLV Stories
(00:18:20) – NCAA probes into Tark/UNLV
(00:24:15) – Fab 5
(00:30:35) – Losing to Duke in 91′ Final Four
(00:32:10) – Tark vs. The World
(00:34:10) – ‘Grandmama’, Converse
(00:39:45) – Lost Larry Bird and Magic Johnson commercial
(00:43:01) – Larry Bird Messing With Him
(00:45:00) – Buying into ‘Grandmama’ character
(00:48:15) – Rookie run
(00:52:50) – Space Jam
(00:55:10) – Back injury, 4-pt Play
(00:58:00) – Brawl vs. Heat
(01:00:00) – Not Drinking or Smoking, First Drink
(01:03:45) – Golden Age Of Power Forwards
(01:07:45) – Dream Team II
(01:10:30) – Quick Hitters
(01:21:28) – End
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31 Comments
“Larry loves me” -LJ
him and channing crowder. other host needs to talk faster than LJ. but man, love to see LJ talk more.
Lj smoked a good one. Get that man some water matt & jack 😂😂😂
Gold!
Great interview. Please get Randall Cunningham. UNLV 🎉🎉🎉🎉
I got my Larry Johnson jersey and hornets gear at Kids R us lmao ❤ straight fire
Matt/Stak, we need Brandon Roy on this show!!!
LJ is a funny guy
Legend LJ! Thank you. Converse needs to retro the Aero Glides
One of the best episodes I’ve seen. LJ was a dawggggg!!!
Wow I never knew that Jeff caught one. That makes it a lil different for me now. 😂
Anfang der 90er hatte die NBA einen unglaublichen Hype in Deutschland. Damals ohne Internet haben wir alles aufgesaugt was wir aus USA zu NBA kriegen konnten. Trading Cards, Basketball Trikots, Knopfhosen, Basketball Kappen von Starter. In Deutschland gab es aber nur Merchandise von einigen wenigen Teams. Lakers, Bulls, Supersonics (wegen Detlef Schremp), New York Knicks und vorallem Charlotte Hornets. Oh Mann. Ich hatte so viele Sachen. Habe sie geliebt. Larry Johnson war in Deutschland auch Anfang der 90er eine Ikone. Schön ihn zu sehen.
I went to UNLV with Larry. What a glorious time to be a Rebel.
They need to make a movie about UNLV called the Rebels because they went through a lot of turmoil well deserved GO REBELS 🤘🤘🤘
Who we watched growing up in NC
Grandmama Changed My Life 😂👌
Did Stak just expose Arizona!!???
This is snitching
That Knicks squad was nice with LJ, Spree, Allen Houston.
LJ is a Legend. You can tell her a Stand up Dude for sure 💪🏾💯💯🤝🏾
That by far,one of the best episodes every,between Kobe and LJ💯🔥
In our South Dallas neighborhood were Larry grew up we call him "Big Larry". While playing for UNLV he was home during the summer and brought Stacey Augmon with him.We were at Lagow Park and confronted Larry and told him he was trash because he allowed Duke to beat him.Everyone at the park was upset with me because he was revered in our neighborhood.Now look what he is saying concerning the loss to Duke.
LJ is all Dallas! You can hear it all through his talk, and he reminds me of one of my uncles with the cool demeanor.
I was in the 2nd grade part down the middle like LJ.
Had his shoes at like 5 when they came out!!
One of Dallas Finest! Real South Dallas legend 🐐
“Saff ” Dallas is hurtful on the ears
Thank LJ and the Running Rebels. They put a lot of money in my pocket, placing bets. RR costed me when they lost against Duke, but you can't win them all.
1 of The Best Players 2 Come Out of Dallas…Gave Me my Grit I Have Today and Work Ethic From SOUTH DALLAS💪🏿🏀📚🚛🏈✈️💯🥦🥦🥦🥦🍉🌍🏃🏿🏃🏿🏃🏿🥊🥾💙🤠…Shut Out L.J..From J.C🏀💪🏿…1 Of Lancaster Best Guard's 🏀🙏🏿💎
I remember seeing LJ in a grocery store(peak Rebelmania) in Vegas, in a full length fur coat. They were doing ok😂
Say man, this was a good episode!