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Contents · Categories · Featured content · A–Z index Magic Johnson (born 1959) is a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After winning championships in high school and college, Johnson was selected first overall in the 1979 NBA Draft by the Lakers. He won a championship and an NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award in his rookie season, and won four more championships with the Lakers during the 1980s. Johnson retired in 1991 after announcing that he had HIV, but returned to play in the 1992 All-Star Game, winning the All-Star MVP Award. He retired again for four years, but returned in 1996 to play 32 games for the Lakers before retiring for the third and final time. Johnson's career achievements include three NBA MVP Awards, nine NBA Finals appearances, twelve All-Star games, and ten All-NBA nominations. He led the league in regular-season assists four times, and is the NBA's all-time leader in assists per game. Johnson was a member of the "Dream Team", the U.S. basketball team that won the Olympic gold medal in 1992. He was honored as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996, and enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002. (more...) Recently featured: Song Dynasty – PNC Park – H.M.S. Pinafore From Wikipedia's newest articles: August 14: Krishna Janmashtami (Hinduism, 2009); Independence Day in Pakistan More anniversaries: August 13 – August 14 – August 15 Two Yellow Striped Hunter (Austrogomphus guerini) dragonflies mating. The male (top) is grasping the female's head in this photo, and the female is bringing her abdomen forwards to receive sperm, and the two are in what is known as the "Wheel Position". Recently featured: Colorado Blue Spruce cones – Flaming Cliffs, Mongolia – Apparent retrograde of Mars Wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other projects: This Wikipedia is written in English. Started in 2001, it currently contains 2,993,886 articles. Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below. tagconline.com

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