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NEW YORK -- Magic Johnson watches NBA games every day, amazed by the way Russell Westbrook is compiling triple-doubles even faster than he could.Now Johnson is ready to start talking about it on the air again.The Hall of Famer is returning to ESPN to work on the pregame studio show for ABCs NBA Saturday night games.Where the league is today and where the league is headed, I wanted to be a part of it again, Johnson said Monday in a phone interview. Its fun to see. Theres so many different story lines this season. Its going to be, I think, an amazing NBA finish.Johnson will debut during the networks Christmas coverage and then join Michael Wilbon and Sage Steele on the Saturday night team beginning Jan. 21.Johnson worked for ESPN as a studio analyst from 2008-13 and said getting to work again with Wilbon was one of the reasons for his return, along with the chance to work the limited nine-game Saturday schedule. He was previously doing 60 or more nights, too much with his other businesses.If it had been a full schedule like I did before, 60-something games, it never would have worked out, he said. I wouldnt have come back.This is the second season of NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC, which had one of the most memorable regular-season games of last season when Golden State stormed back to beat Oklahoma City when MVP Stephen Curry hit a long 3-pointer in overtime.Now Johnson thinks the Thunders Westbrook is on track to unseat Curry. The reigning Western Conference player of the week entered play Monday with five straight triple-doubles, most since Michael Jordan had seven in a row in 1989, and was averaging 31.0 points, 11.3 assists and 10.8 rebounds for the season.You think about it and not just getting triple-doubles, but he gets high triple-doubles with his scoring, rebounds and assists, said Johnson, who is second in NBA history with 138 triple-doubles.So what hes doing and the rate hes doing it at as well, its just truly amazing and if anybody could average a triple-double for a season I think he could definitely pull it off. So its got the whole league and all basketball fans around the country paying notice to him.The NBA Countdown pregame show will run for 30 minutes beginning at 8 p.m. EST. 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"Given the way the meeting transpired," Ray Halbritter, an Oneida representative and leader of the "Change the Mascot Campaign," said Wednesday, "it became somewhat evident they were defending the continued use of the name.CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday that returning the All-Star Game to Charlotte in 2019 is a high priority, provided theres a resolution to a North Carolina law that restricts the rights of LGBT people.The NBA recently decided to move the 2017 All-Star Game to New Orleans because it didnt believe it could successfully host the All-Star Game and related events in Charlotte under the climate created by the law known as House Bill 2. Los Angeles hosts the game in 2018.Silver spoke following a ceremony in Charlotte in which Hornets owner Michael Jordan unveiled the first of three refurbished neighborhood basketball courts.We were in an unfortunate position that we were moving the game, so for me it is a high priority given the investments in the arena, given the investments in the team that Michael and his ownership group has made, and the city and state have made in the Hornets, Silver said.Several concerts and sporting events have been relocated from North Carolina because of HB2.Jordan was not made available for interviews.In a statement to the Charlotte Observer in April, Jordan said the Hornets are opposed to discrimination in any form, and we have always sought to provide an inclusive environment.The law excludes gender identity and sexual orientation from local and statewide antidiscrimination protections. It also requires transgender people to use restrooms at schools and government buildings corresponding to the sex on their birth certificates.Silver was reluctant to talk about what he wants to see changed with the HB2 law, but he did say he thinks it is a misnomer to call it the bathroom bill, as some have dubbed it.dddddddddddd.The issues that we are primarily focused on are those of acceptance and inclusiveness -- and the bill goes far beyond directing what bathrooms people should use, Silver said. From that standpoint, it has been misrepresented. Ultimately for us, its about creating the right environment, specifically for a celebratory event like our All-Star team.During the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Latta Park, Jordan spoke about recent events in Charlotte including rioting following a police shooting of a black man last month.Charlotte is a very special place for me and my family, he said. Together me and the Hornets, and the colleagues of the Hornets, will continue to work every day to reject violence, change perceptions and restore the trust between law enforcement and the community.Jordan said seeing kids at the new court gave him hope for the future.It reminds me of the great lessons that I have learned from the great game of basketball -- all of the things that the game has taught me, he said. How to learn. How work hard each and every day. The value of teamwork. The importance of communicating with your teammates, and how preparation and hard work and perseverance and what it teaches you every day. Winning feels great, but you can learn a lot from losing and competing. ' ' '