Magic Johnson

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basketball player businessman human point guard sports executive

Magic Johnson is a legendary former Los Angeles Lakers point guard and five-time NBA champion who became a prominent businessman and sports franchise owner after his Hall of Fame basketball career.

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Earvin "Magic" Johnson 2
Earvin Johnson Jr. 1
Magic Johnson Enterprises 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf basketball player ⓘ
businessman ⓘ
human ⓘ
point guard ⓘ
sports executive ⓘ
advocacy HIV/AIDS awareness ⓘ
AllNBAFirstTeamSelections 9 ⓘ
announcedHIVDiagnosis 1991-11-07 ⓘ
businessFocus urban development investments ⓘ
collegeAttended Michigan State College ⓘ
surface form: Michigan State University
coOwnerOf Los Angeles Dodgers ⓘ
Los Angeles FC ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles Football Club

Los Angeles Sparks ⓘ
Washington Commanders ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1959-08-14 ⓘ
draftedBy Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
draftLeague National Basketball Association ⓘ
surface form: NBA
draftPickNumber 1 ⓘ
draftRound 1 ⓘ
draftYear 1979 ⓘ
founded Magic Johnson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Magic Johnson Enterprises
fullName Magic Johnson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Earvin Johnson Jr.
givenName Earvin ⓘ
HallOfFameInduction College Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ
HallOfFameInductionYear 2002 ⓘ
handedness right-handed ⓘ
height 206 cm ⓘ
highSchoolAttended Everett High School ⓘ
jerseyRetiredBy Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
league National Basketball Association ⓘ
memberOf United States men's national basketball team ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics ⓘ
surface form: 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team
NBAAllStarGameMVPawards 2 ⓘ
NBAAllStarSelections 12 ⓘ
NBAChampionshipsWon 5 ⓘ
NBAFinalsMVPawards 3 ⓘ
NBARegularSeasonMVPawards 3 ⓘ
nickname Magic ⓘ
nicknameOfTeam United States men's national basketball team ⓘ
surface form: Dream Team
notableAchievement led Michigan State to 1979 NCAA championship ⓘ
notableRivalryWith Larry Bird ⓘ
occupation entrepreneur ⓘ
investor ⓘ
OlympicGoldMedalist 1992 Summer Olympics ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lansing, Michigan ⓘ
surface form: Lansing, Michigan, United States
playedFor Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ
positionPlayed point guard ⓘ
shooting guard ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
retiredJerseyNumber 32 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Cookie Johnson ⓘ
televisionWork NBA studio analyst ⓘ
wonNBAChampionshipWith Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ

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1987–88 NBA season → MVP → Magic Johnson ⓘ
Chick Hearn → associatedWithAthlete → Magic Johnson ⓘ
Los Angeles FC → coOwner → Magic Johnson ⓘ
Chuck Daly → coachedNotablePlayers → Magic Johnson ⓘ
Magic Johnson → founded → Magic Johnson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Magic Johnson Enterprises
Magic Johnson → fullName → Magic Johnson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Earvin Johnson Jr.
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Trophy → honors → Magic Johnson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Earvin "Magic" Johnson
this entity surface form: Earvin "Magic" Johnson
subject surface form: Earvin "Magic" Johnson Western Conference Finals MVP Award
1987–88 NBA season → notablePlayer → Magic Johnson ⓘ
LAL → notablePlayer → Magic Johnson ⓘ
Los Angeles Lakers → notablePlayer → Magic Johnson ⓘ
Larry Bird → notableRival → Magic Johnson ⓘ
Vlade Divac → notableTeammate → Magic Johnson ⓘ
Larry → rivalryWith → Magic Johnson ⓘ
subject surface form: Larry Bird
Larry Legend → rivalryWith → Magic Johnson ⓘ
James Worthy → teammateOf → Magic Johnson ⓘ