Magic Johnson: 'I'm happy' to see NBA stars join Eric Garner protests — mashable.com

LeBron James, Derrick Rose and the other NBA stars who recently donned T-shirts reading "I can't breathe" in memory of Eric Garner have at least one high-profile supporter. His name is Magic Johnson, and he played a little ball back in his day. "I'm happy that they're all vocal and socially conscious," Johnson told Mashable's Connor Finnegan on the red carpet at Sports Illustrated's 2014 SI Sportsman of the Year event on Tuesday night in New York. "It's important, because they have such a big voice and people follow them."

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