1.   As he stared directly at his cornermen, Johnson squatted as if he were waiting to have a team picture taken with his basketball buddies.

2.   His basketball buddies also noticed that he had taken another downward turn.

3.   Wichmann decided they needed some outside help, so he called Eustis, who referred him to Robert Buechner, a childhood basketball buddy and Cincinnati lawyer.

4.   Bradley, a former star for the New York Knicks, already has collected endorsements and cash from his basketball buddies.