Chris Tomasson of the Akron Beacon Journal discusses Majic Johnsnon's reaction to Michael Jordan's comeback. Magic Johnson dominated the 1980s with five NBA titles and Michael Jordan owned the '90s with six crowns. Now, as a new decade has arrived, the two are on very different paths.

Jordan insists on squeezing out every last drop that he can in the limelight, but that's no longer Johnson's style. He's quite happy to remain behind the scenes.

``One thing about me is I want to own,'' Johnson said. ``I don't mind staying in the background. I didn't want to see (Jordan coming back). I wanted to remember Michael for the cross-over, for the jumper while he's hanging in the air. I wanted to remember him switching hands on us (in the 1991 NBA Finals between Johnson's Lakers and Jordan's Bulls) on a beautiful drive, starting out right and switching to left in midair. I wanted to remember the tongue going everywhere.''

Obviously, there's nothing the Cavs can do about it now. But one has to wonder if the Cavs received damaged goods from Philadelphia.

After saying during the summer that he hurt his back in a workout shortly after he was traded from the 76ers to the Cavs on Aug. 3, forward Tyrone Hill now continues to insist that the injury occurred July 30. On top of that, Hill doesn't deny that his back might have been ailing at times last season.

If Hill, who is making regular visits to a chiropractor, is never the same player again, then the deal pretty much comes down to Harpring for Jones. With Harpring averaging 12.2 points and playing solid defense and Jones averaging eight points and playing nothing resembling defense, that could be advantage Sixers.

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