Plus, was Michael Jordan really a better basketball player than Magic Johnson was. Even though Magic Johnson himself said, "Jordan was the greatest of all time!" If Jordan was, how come he couldn’t win the title when Magic Johnson was in his prime? In the 80’s was when Magic Johnson was in his prime. Jordan didn’t have any rings then? It was the Bird and Magic, sometimes Isiah Thomas show in the 1980’s.Titles belong to those three in that decade of NBA.