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id="toc-HIV_announcement_and_Olympics_(1991–1992)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#HIV_announcement_and_Olympics_(1991–1992)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.5 HIV announcement and Olympics (1991–1992) </div> </a> <ul id="toc-HIV_announcement_and_Olympics_(1991–1992)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Post-Olympics_and_later_life" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Post-Olympics_and_later_life"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.6 Post-Olympics and later life </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Post-Olympics_and_later_life-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Return_to_the_Lakers_as_coach_and_player_(1994,_1996)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Return_to_the_Lakers_as_coach_and_player_(1994,_1996)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.6.1 Return to the Lakers as coach and player (1994, 1996) </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Return_to_the_Lakers_as_coach_and_player_(1994,_1996)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Magic_Johnson_All-Stars" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Magic_Johnson_All-Stars"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.6.2 Magic Johnson All-Stars </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Magic_Johnson_All-Stars-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Brief_period_in_Scandinavia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Brief_period_in_Scandinavia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.6.3 Brief period in Scandinavia </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Brief_period_in_Scandinavia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rivalry_with_Larry_Bird" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rivalry_with_Larry_Bird"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5 Rivalry with Larry Bird </div> </a> <ul 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12.1 Relationship with Jerry Buss </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Relationship_with_Jerry_Buss-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Media_figure_and_business_interests" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Media_figure_and_business_interests"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 12.2 Media figure and business interests </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Media_figure_and_business_interests-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Politics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Politics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 12.3 Politics </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Politics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-HIV_activism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#HIV_activism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 12.4 HIV activism </div> </a> <ul id="toc-HIV_activism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li 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data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Aragonés</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Magic Johnson" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A8" title="ম্যাজিক জনসন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ম্যাজিক জনসন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Magic Johnson" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%BA_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Мэджык Джонсан – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Мэджык Джонсан" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%BA_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Мэджык Джонсан – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Мэджык Джонсан" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8A%D0%BD" title="Меджик Джонсън – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Меджик Джонсън" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Magic Johnson" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bosanski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Magic Johnson" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Magic Johnson" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Magic Johnson" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Magic Johnson" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Magic Johnson" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%B9%CE%BA_%CE%A4%CE%B6%CF%8C%CE%BD%CF%83%CE%BF%CE%BD" title="Μάτζικ Τζόνσον – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μάτζικ Τζόνσον" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Magic Johnson" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Magic Johnson" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earvin_Johnson" title="Earvin Johnson – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Earvin Johnson" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AC%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86" title="مجیک جانسون – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مجیک جانسون" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Magic Johnson" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Magic Johnson" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%A4%EC%A7%81_%EC%A1%B4%EC%8A%A8" title="매직 존슨 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="매직 존슨" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A5%D5%BB%D5%AB%D6%84_%D5%8B%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%BD%D5%B8%D5%B6" title="Մեջիք Ջոնսոն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մեջիք Ջոնսոն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Magic Johnson" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Magic Johnson" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ido</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Magic Johnson" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Magic Johnson" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured 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class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Magic Johnson" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%9F%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%8F%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Меџик Џонсон – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Меџик Џонсон" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Македонски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Magic Johnson" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" 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hreflang="mn" data-title="Мэжик Жонсон" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Монгол</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Magic Johnson" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B8%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3" title="マジック・ジョンソン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="マジック・ジョンソン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Magic Johnson" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Magic Johnson" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%95_%E0%A8%9C%E0%A9%8C%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%A8" title="ਮੈਜਿਕ ਜੌਨਸਨ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਮੈਜਿਕ ਜੌਨਸਨ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Magic Johnson" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target">Runa Simi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD,_%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Джонсон, Мэджик – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Джонсон, Мэджик" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Magic Johnson" 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href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AC%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%AC%DB%86%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%86" title="ماجیک جۆنسن – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ماجیک جۆنسن" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target">کوردی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%9F%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%8F%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Меџик Џонсон – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Меџик Џонсон" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Magic Johnson" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" 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data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target">தமிழ்</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81_%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%AB%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99" title="แมจิก จอห์นสัน – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="แมจิก จอห์นสัน" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target">ไทย</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Magic Johnson" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Türkçe</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Magic_Johnson_at_SXSW_2022_%2851958828669%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Magic_Johnson_at_SXSW_2022_%2851958828669%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Magic_Johnson_at_SXSW_2022_%2851958828669%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Magic_Johnson_at_SXSW_2022_%2851958828669%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Magic_Johnson_at_SXSW_2022_%2851958828669%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Magic_Johnson_at_SXSW_2022_%2851958828669%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1295" data-file-height="1725" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Johnson in 2022</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"> (1959-08-14) August 14, 1959 (age 65) <a href="/wiki/Lansing,_Michigan" title="Lansing, Michigan">Lansing, Michigan</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed height</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed weight</th><td class="infobox-data">220 lb (100 kg)<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">High school</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Everett_High_School_(Michigan)" title="Everett High School (Michigan)">Everett</a> (Lansing, Michigan)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">College</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_men%27s_basketball" title="Michigan State Spartans men's basketball">Michigan State</a> (1977–1979)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/NBA_draft" title="NBA draft">NBA draft</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_draft" title="1979 NBA draft">1979</a>: 1st round, <a href="/wiki/List_of_first_overall_NBA_draft_picks" title="List of first overall NBA draft picks">1st overall pick</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Selected by the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Playing career</th><td class="infobox-data">1979–1991, 1996, 1999–2000</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Position</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Point_guard" title="Point guard">Point guard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Number</th><td class="infobox-data">32</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Career history<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">As player:</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NBA_season" title="1979–80 NBA season">1979</a>–<a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_NBA_season" title="1990–91 NBA season">1991</a>, <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_NBA_season" title="1995–96 NBA season">1996</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Basketligan" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketligan">1999–2000</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bor%C3%A5s_Basket" title="Borås Basket">Magic M7 Borås</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Basketligaen" title="Basketligaen">2000</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">Magic Great Danes</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">As coach:</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_NBA_season" title="1993–94 NBA season">1994</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;">Los Angeles Lakers</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li>5× <a href="/wiki/NBA_champion" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA champion">NBA champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_Finals" title="1980 NBA Finals">1980</a>, <a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_Finals" title="1982 NBA Finals">1982</a>, <a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a>, <a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987</a>, <a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Finals" title="1988 NBA Finals">1988</a>)</li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Finals MVP">NBA Finals MVP</a> (<a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_Finals" title="1980 NBA Finals">1980</a>, <a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_Finals" title="1982 NBA Finals">1982</a>, <a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987</a>)</li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player" title="NBA Most Valuable Player">NBA Most Valuable Player</a> (<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season" title="1986–87 NBA season">1987</a>, <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season" title="1988–89 NBA season">1989</a>, <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_NBA_season" title="1989–90 NBA season">1990</a>)</li> <li>12× <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Star">NBA All-Star</a> (<a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1980 NBA All-Star Game">1980</a>, <a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1982 NBA All-Star Game">1982</a>–<a href="/wiki/1992_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1992 NBA All-Star Game">1992</a>)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Star Game MVP">NBA All-Star Game MVP</a> (<a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1990 NBA All-Star Game">1990</a>, <a href="/wiki/1992_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1992 NBA All-Star Game">1992</a>)</li> <li>9× <a href="/wiki/All-NBA_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA First Team">All-NBA First Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_NBA_season" title="1982–83 NBA season">1983</a>–<a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_NBA_season" title="1990–91 NBA season">1991</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/All-NBA_Second_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA Second Team">All-NBA Second Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">1982</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Rookie_Team" title="NBA All-Rookie Team">NBA All-Rookie Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NBA_season" title="1979–80 NBA season">1980</a>)</li> <li>4× <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_annual_assists_leaders" title="List of NBA annual assists leaders">NBA assists leader</a> (<a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_NBA_season" title="1982–83 NBA season">1983</a>, <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_NBA_season" title="1983–84 NBA season">1984</a>, <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_NBA_season" title="1985–86 NBA season">1986</a>, <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season" title="1986–87 NBA season">1987</a>)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_annual_steals_leaders" title="List of NBA annual steals leaders">NBA steals leader</a> (<a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_NBA_season" title="1980–81 NBA season">1981</a>, <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">1982</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_anniversary_team" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA anniversary team">NBA anniversary team</a> (<a href="/wiki/50_Greatest_Players_in_NBA_History" title="50 Greatest Players in NBA History">50th</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBA_75th_Anniversary_Team" title="NBA 75th Anniversary Team">75th</a>)</li> <li><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 32 <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers#Hall_of_Famers,_retired_and_honored_numbers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">retired by Los Angeles Lakers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_champions" class="mw-redirect" title="List of NCAA Men's Division I Basketball champions">NCAA champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1979_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1979 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1979</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Final_Four_Most_Outstanding_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player">NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player</a> (1979)</li> <li>Consensus first-team <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">All-American</a> (<a href="/wiki/1979_NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="1979 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">1979</a>)</li> <li>Second-team All-American – <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Basketball_Coaches" title="National Association of Basketball Coaches">NABC</a> (<a href="/wiki/1978_NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="1978 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">1978</a>)</li> <li>Third-team All-American – <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">AP</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Press_International" title="United Press International">UPI</a> (1978)</li> <li>2× first-team All-<a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten</a> (1978, 1979)<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></li> <li>No. 33 <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_men%27s_basketball#Retired_numbers" title="Michigan State Spartans men's basketball">retired by Michigan State Spartans</a></li> <li>First-team <a href="/wiki/Parade_All-America_Boys_Basketball_Team" title="Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team">Parade All-American</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s_All-American_Game" title="McDonald's All-American Game">McDonald's All-American</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr._Basketball_of_Michigan" title="Mr. Basketball of Michigan">Mr. Basketball of Michigan</a> (1977)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career NBA statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Points</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">17,707 (19.5 ppg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">6,559 (7.2 rpg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">10,141 (11.2 apg)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nba.com/player/77142">Stats</a> at NBA.com <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134183#P3647" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" 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colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><div class="mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"> <div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="line-height:1.6em; background-color:#ccf; font-size:105%; background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important;"><div style="margin:0 4em;">Medals</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size:105%"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151960987">body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox table{display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox caption{display:table-caption}</style> <table class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; background-color:#f9f9f9; color:#000000; font-weight:normal"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;">Men's <a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the Summer Olympics">basketball</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;" class="adr">Representing the <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /> <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympic Games</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><img alt="Gold medal – first place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/1992_Summer_Olympics" title="1992 Summer Olympics">1992 Barcelona</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team">Men's basketball</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/FIBA_AmeriCup" title="FIBA AmeriCup">Tournament of the Americas</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><img alt="Gold medal – first place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/1992_Tournament_of_the_Americas" title="1992 Tournament of the Americas">1992 Portland</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team">Men's basketball</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is an American businessman and former professional <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> player. Often regarded as the greatest <a href="/wiki/Point_guard" title="Point guard">point guard</a> of all time,<a href="#cite_note-greatestpg-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-top10pg-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-Oram-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> Johnson <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_players_who_have_spent_their_entire_career_with_one_franchise" title="List of NBA players who have spent their entire career with one franchise">spent his entire career</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA). After winning a <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">national championship</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_men%27s_basketball" title="Michigan State Spartans men's basketball">Michigan State Spartans</a> in <a href="/wiki/1979_NCAA_Division_I_basketball_tournament" title="1979 NCAA Division I basketball tournament">1979</a>, Johnson was selected <a href="/wiki/List_of_first_overall_NBA_draft_picks" title="List of first overall NBA draft picks">first overall</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_draft" title="1979 NBA draft">1979 NBA draft</a> by the Lakers, leading the team to five <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">NBA championships</a> during their "<a href="/wiki/Showtime_(basketball)" title="Showtime (basketball)">Showtime</a>" era. Johnson retired abruptly in 1991 after announcing that he had contracted <a href="/wiki/HIV" title="HIV">HIV</a>, but returned to play in the <a href="/wiki/1992_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1992 NBA All-Star Game">1992 All-Star Game</a>, winning the <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award">All-Star MVP Award</a>. After protests against his return from his fellow players, he retired again for four years, but returned in 1996, at age 36, to play 32 games for the Lakers before retiring for the third and final time. Known for his extraordinary court vision, passing abilities, and leadership, Johnson was one of the most dominant players of his era. His career achievements include three <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Most Valuable Player Awards</a>, three <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Finals MVP">NBA Finals MVPs</a>, nine <a href="/wiki/All-NBA_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA First Team">All-NBA First Team</a> designations, and twelve <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_All-Stars" title="List of NBA All-Stars">All-Star</a> games selections. He <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_annual_assists_leaders" title="List of NBA annual assists leaders">led the league in regular season assists</a> four times, and is the NBA's all-time leader in average assists per game in both the regular season (11.19 assists per game) and the playoffs (12.35 assists per game).<a href="#cite_note-alltimeassist-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> He also holds the records for <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_career_playoff_assists_leaders" title="List of NBA career playoff assists leaders">most career playoff assists</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_career_playoff_triple-double_leaders" title="List of NBA career playoff triple-double leaders">most career playoff triple-doubles</a>.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> Johnson was the co-captain of the <a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team">1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team</a> ("The Dream Team"),<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> which won the <a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics">Olympic</a> gold medal in <a href="/wiki/Barcelona" title="Barcelona">Barcelona</a>. After leaving the NBA in 1991, he formed the Magic Johnson All-Stars, a <a href="/wiki/Barnstorming_(sports)" title="Barnstorming (sports)">barnstorming</a> team that traveled around the world playing <a href="/wiki/Exhibition_game" title="Exhibition game">exhibition games</a>.<a href="#cite_note-barnstorm-13">[13]</a> Johnson was honored as one of the <a href="/wiki/50_Greatest_Players_in_NBA_History" title="50 Greatest Players in NBA History">50 Greatest Players in NBA History</a> in 1996 and selected to the <a href="/wiki/NBA_75th_Anniversary_Team" title="NBA 75th Anniversary Team">NBA 75th Anniversary Team</a> in 2021, and became a two-time inductee into the <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame</a>—being enshrined in 2002 for his individual career and as a member of the Dream Team in 2010.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> His friendship and rivalry with <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> star <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a>, whom he faced in the <a href="/wiki/1979_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1979 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1979 NCAA finals</a> and three NBA championship series, are well documented. Since his retirement, Johnson has been an advocate for <a href="/wiki/HIV/AIDS_prevention" class="mw-redirect" title="HIV/AIDS prevention">HIV/AIDS prevention</a> and <a href="/wiki/Safe_sex" title="Safe sex">safe sex</a>,<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> as well as an entrepreneur,<a href="#cite_note-espnticket-16">[16]</a> philanthropist,<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> broadcaster and motivational speaker.<a href="#cite_note-mot-18">[18]</a> Johnson is a former part-owner of the Lakers and was the team's president of basketball operations in the late 2010s. He is a founding member of <a href="/wiki/Guggenheim_Baseball_Management" title="Guggenheim Baseball Management">Guggenheim Baseball Management</a>, managing entity of <a href="/wiki/MLB" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB">MLB</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>, and is additionally part of ownership groups of the <a href="/wiki/WNBA" class="mw-redirect" title="WNBA">WNBA</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles Sparks</a>, <a href="/wiki/MLS" class="mw-redirect" title="MLS">MLS</a>' <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_FC" title="Los Angeles FC">Los Angeles FC</a>, the <a href="/wiki/NFL" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL">NFL</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Washington_Commanders" title="Washington Commanders">Washington Commanders</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/NWSL" class="mw-redirect" title="NWSL">NWSL</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Washington_Spirit" title="Washington Spirit">Washington Spirit</a>. Johnson has won 15 total championships during his career, one in college, five as an NBA player, and nine as an owner.<a href="#cite_note-Magic_rings-19">[19]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2></div> Earvin Johnson Jr. was born in <a href="/wiki/Lansing,_Michigan" title="Lansing, Michigan">Lansing, Michigan</a>, to <a href="/wiki/General_Motors" title="General Motors">General Motors</a> assembly worker Earvin Sr. and school janitor Christine.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> Johnson, who had six siblings and three half-siblings by his father's previous marriage,<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-mylife-22">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-24">[a]</a> was influenced by his parents' strong work ethic. His mother spent many hours after work each night cleaning their home and preparing the next day's meals, while his father did janitorial work at a used car lot and collected garbage, all while never missing a day at General Motors. Johnson would often help his father on the garbage route, and he was teased by neighborhood children who called him "Garbage Man".<a href="#cite_note-siblings-25">[24]</a> His mother raised him in the <a href="/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church" title="Seventh-day Adventist Church">Seventh-day Adventist Church</a>.<a href="#cite_note-26">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-27">[26]</a> Johnson came to love basketball as a young man. His favorite basketball player growing up was <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a>, whom he admired more for his many championships than his athletic ability.<a href="#cite_note-bill-28">[27]</a> He also idolized players such as <a href="/wiki/Earl_Monroe" title="Earl Monroe">Earl Monroe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marques_Haynes" title="Marques Haynes">Marques Haynes</a>,<a href="#cite_note-29">[28]</a> and practiced "all day".<a href="#cite_note-nbafullbio-30">[29]</a> Johnson came from an athletic family. His father played high school basketball in his home state of Mississippi,<a href="#cite_note-senior-31">[30]</a> and Johnson learned the finer points about the game from him. Johnson's mother, originally from <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>,<a href="#cite_note-senior-31">[30]</a> had also played basketball as a child, and she grew up watching her brothers play the game.<a href="#cite_note-bill-28">[27]</a> By the time he had reached the eighth grade, Johnson had begun to think about a future in basketball. He had become a dominant junior high player, once scoring 48 points in a game.<a href="#cite_note-mylife-22">[22]</a> Johnson looked forward to playing at <a href="/wiki/J._W._Sexton_High_School" title="J. W. Sexton High School">Sexton High School</a>, a school with a very successful basketball team and history that also happened to be only five blocks from his home. His plans underwent a dramatic change when he learned that he would be <a href="/wiki/Desegregation_busing" title="Desegregation busing">bused</a> to the predominantly white <a href="/wiki/Everett_High_School_(Michigan)" title="Everett High School (Michigan)">Everett High School</a> instead of going to Sexton,<a href="#cite_note-bill-28">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-allwhite-32">[31]</a> which was predominantly black.<a href="#cite_note-mylife-22">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-integration-33">[32]</a> Johnson's sister Pearl and brother Larry had bused to Everett the previous year and did not have a pleasant experience. There were incidents of racism, with rocks being thrown at buses carrying black students and white parents refusing to send their children to school. Larry was kicked off the basketball team after a confrontation during practice, prompting him to beg his brother not to play. Johnson did join the basketball team but became angry after several days when his new teammates ignored him during practice, not even passing the ball to him. He nearly got into a fight with another player before head coach George Fox intervened. Eventually, Johnson accepted his situation and the small group of black students looked to him as their leader.<a href="#cite_note-mylife-22">[22]</a> When recalling the events in his autobiography, My Life, he talked about how his time at Everett had changed him: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote">As I look back on it today, I see the whole picture very differently. It's true that I hated missing out on Sexton. And the first few months, I was miserable at Everett. But being bused to Everett turned out to be one of the best things that ever happened to me. It got me out of my own little world and taught me how to understand white people, how to communicate and deal with them.<a href="#cite_note-mylife-22">[22]</a></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="High_school_career">High school career</h2></div> Johnson was first dubbed "Magic" at 15, when he recorded a <a href="/wiki/Triple-double" class="mw-redirect" title="Triple-double">triple-double</a> of 36 <a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">points</a>, 18 <a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">rebounds</a>, and 16 assists as a sophomore at Everett.<a href="#cite_note-nbafullbio-30">[29]</a> After the game, Fred Stabley Jr., a sports writer for the <a href="/wiki/Lansing_State_Journal" title="Lansing State Journal">Lansing State Journal</a>, gave him the moniker<a href="#cite_note-magic-34">[33]</a> despite the belief of Johnson's mother, a devout Christian, that the name was sacrilegious.<a href="#cite_note-nbafullbio-30">[29]</a> In his final high school season, Johnson led Everett to a 27–1 win–loss record while averaging 28.8 points and 16.8 rebounds per game,<a href="#cite_note-nbafullbio-30">[29]</a> and took his team to an <a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)" title="Overtime (sports)">overtime</a> victory in the state championship game.<a href="#cite_note-espnshowtime-35">[34]</a> Johnson dedicated the championship victory to his best friend Reggie Chastine, who was killed in a car accident the previous summer.<a href="#cite_note-reggie-36">[35]</a> He gave Chastine much of the credit for his development as a basketball player and as a person,<a href="#cite_note-yearbook-37">[36]</a> saying years later, "I doubted myself back then."<a href="#cite_note-gary-38">[37]</a> Johnson and Chastine were almost always together, playing basketball or riding around in Chastine's car.<a href="#cite_note-siblings-25">[24]</a> Upon learning of Chastine's death, Magic ran from his home, crying uncontrollably.<a href="#cite_note-gary-38">[37]</a> Johnson, who finished his high school career with two All-State selections, was considered at the time to be the best high school player ever to come out of Michigan.<a href="#cite_note-reggie-36">[35]</a> He was also named to the inaugural <a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s_All-America" class="mw-redirect" title="McDonald's All-America">McDonald's All-American</a> team, which played in the 1977 <a href="/wiki/Capital_Classic_(all-star_game)" title="Capital Classic (all-star game)">Capital Classic</a>.<a href="#cite_note-mcdonalds-39">[38]</a><a href="#cite_note-40">[39]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College_career">College career</h2></div> Although Johnson was recruited by several top-ranked colleges such as <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Hoosiers_men%27s_basketball" title="Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball">Indiana</a> and <a href="/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball" title="UCLA Bruins men's basketball">UCLA</a>, he decided to play close to home.<a href="#cite_note-41">[40]</a> His college decision came down to <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_men%27s_basketball" title="Michigan Wolverines men's basketball">Michigan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_men%27s_basketball" title="Michigan State Spartans men's basketball">Michigan State</a> in <a href="/wiki/East_Lansing" class="mw-redirect" title="East Lansing">East Lansing</a>. He ultimately decided to attend Michigan State when coach <a href="/wiki/Jud_Heathcote" title="Jud Heathcote">Jud Heathcote</a> told him he could play the <a href="/wiki/Point_guard" title="Point guard">point guard</a> position. The talent already on Michigan State's roster also drew him to the program.<a href="#cite_note-42">[41]</a> Johnson did not initially aspire to play professionally, focusing instead on his <a href="/wiki/Communication_studies" title="Communication studies">communication studies</a> <a href="/wiki/Academic_major" title="Academic major">major</a> and desire to become a television commentator.<a href="#cite_note-borkstars-43">[42]</a> Playing with future NBA draftees <a href="/wiki/Greg_Kelser" title="Greg Kelser">Greg Kelser</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jay_Vincent" title="Jay Vincent">Jay Vincent</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Brkovich" title="Mike Brkovich">Mike Brkovich</a>, Johnson averaged 17.0 points, 7.9 rebounds, and 7.4 assists per game as a <a href="/wiki/First_year" class="mw-redirect" title="First year">freshman</a>, and led the <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Michigan_State_Spartans_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1977–78 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team">Spartans</a> to a 25–5 record, the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a> title, and a berth in the <a href="/wiki/1978_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1978 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">1978 NCAA tournament</a>.<a href="#cite_note-nbafullbio-30">[29]</a> The Spartans reached the <a href="/wiki/Elite_Eight" title="Elite Eight">Elite Eight</a>, but lost narrowly to eventual national champion <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Kentucky_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1977–78 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team">Kentucky</a>.<a href="#cite_note-44">[43]</a> During the <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_season" title="1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season">1978–79 season</a>, Michigan State again qualified for the <a href="/wiki/1979_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1979 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">NCAA tournament</a>, where they advanced to the <a href="/wiki/1979_NCAA_Division_I_Basketball_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="1979 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game">championship game</a> and faced <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_Indiana_State_Sycamores_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1978–79 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team">Indiana State</a>, which was led by senior <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a>. In what was the most-watched college basketball game ever,<a href="#cite_note-45">[44]</a> Michigan State defeated Indiana State 75–64, and Johnson was voted <a href="/wiki/NCAA_basketball_tournament_Most_Outstanding_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player">Most Outstanding Player</a> of the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship">Final Four</a>.<a href="#cite_note-espnshowtime-35">[34]</a> He was selected to the <a href="/wiki/1979_NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="1979 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">1978–79 All-American team</a> for his performance that season.<a href="#cite_note-46">[45]</a> After two years in college, during which he averaged 17.1 points, 7.6 rebounds, and 7.9 assists per game, Johnson entered the <a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_draft" title="1979 NBA draft">1979 NBA draft</a>.<a href="#cite_note-stats-47">[46]</a> Jud Heathcote stepped down as coach of the Spartans after the 1994–95 season, and on June 8, 1995, Johnson returned to the <a href="/wiki/Breslin_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Breslin Center">Breslin Center</a> to play in the Jud Heathcote All-Star Tribute Game. He led all scorers with 39 points.<a href="#cite_note-honor-48">[47]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Showtime_(basketball)" title="Showtime (basketball)">Showtime (basketball)</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rookie_season_in_the_NBA_(1979–1980)">Rookie season in the NBA (1979–1980)</h3></div> Johnson was <a href="/wiki/List_of_first_overall_NBA_draft_picks" title="List of first overall NBA draft picks">drafted first overall</a> in 1979 by the <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1979–80 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a>. Johnson said that what was "most amazing" about joining the Lakers was the chance to play alongside <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a>,<a href="#cite_note-49">[48]</a> the team's 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) <a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">center</a> who became the leading scorer in NBA history.<a href="#cite_note-50">[49]</a> Despite Abdul-Jabbar's dominance, he had failed to win a championship with the Lakers, and Johnson was expected to help them achieve that goal.<a href="#cite_note-1980finals-51">[50]</a> Lakers coach <a href="/wiki/Jack_McKinney_(basketball)" title="Jack McKinney (basketball)">Jack McKinney</a> had the 6-foot-9-inch (2.06 m) rookie Johnson, who some analysts thought should play <a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">forward</a>, be a point guard, even though incumbent <a href="/wiki/Norm_Nixon" title="Norm Nixon">Norm Nixon</a> was already one of the best in the league.<a href="#cite_note-extra-52">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-53">[52]</a> Johnson averaged 18.0 points, 7.7 rebounds, and 7.3 assists per game for the season, was selected to the <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Rookie_Team" title="NBA All-Rookie Team">NBA All-Rookie Team</a>, and was named an <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game" title="NBA All-Star Game">NBA All-Star Game</a> starter.<a href="#cite_note-54">[53]</a> The Lakers compiled a 60–22 record in the regular season and reached the <a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_Finals" title="1980 NBA Finals">1980 NBA Finals</a>,<a href="#cite_note-55">[54]</a> where they faced the <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1979–80 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia 76ers</a>, who were led by <a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">forward</a> <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a>. The Lakers took a 3–2 lead in the series, but Abdul-Jabbar, who averaged 33 points a game in the series,<a href="#cite_note-56">[55]</a> sprained his ankle in Game 5 and could not play in Game 6.<a href="#cite_note-1980finals-51">[50]</a> Coach <a href="/wiki/Paul_Westhead" title="Paul Westhead">Paul Westhead</a>, who had replaced McKinney early in the season after he had a near-fatal bicycle accident,<a href="#cite_note-extra-52">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-57">[56]</a> decided to start Johnson at center in Game 6; Johnson recorded 42 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 <a href="/wiki/Steal_(basketball)" title="Steal (basketball)">steals</a> in a 123–107 win, while playing guard, forward, and center at different times during the game.<a href="#cite_note-1980finals-51">[50]</a> Johnson became the only rookie to win the <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Finals MVP</a> award,<a href="#cite_note-1980finals-51">[50]</a> and his clutch performance is still regarded as one of the finest in NBA history.<a href="#cite_note-greatestpg-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-1980nbafinals-58">[57]</a><a href="#cite_note-playoffmoments-59">[58]</a> He also became one of four players to win NCAA and NBA championships in consecutive years.<a href="#cite_note-60">[59]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ups_and_downs_(1980–1983)">Ups and downs (1980–1983)</h3></div> Early in the <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_NBA_season" title="1980–81 NBA season">1980–81 season</a>, Johnson was sidelined after he suffered torn <a href="/wiki/Cartilage" title="Cartilage">cartilage</a> in his left knee. He missed 45 games,<a href="#cite_note-stats-47">[46]</a> and said that his <a href="/wiki/Physical_therapy" title="Physical therapy">rehabilitation</a> was the "most down" he had ever felt.<a href="#cite_note-61">[60]</a> Johnson returned before the start of the <a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1981 NBA Playoffs">1981 playoffs</a>, but the Lakers' then-assistant and future head coach <a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Pat Riley</a> later said Johnson's much-anticipated return made the Lakers a "divided team".<a href="#cite_note-62">[61]</a> The 54-win Lakers faced the 40–42 <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1980–81 Houston Rockets season">Houston Rockets</a> in the first round of playoffs,<a href="#cite_note-63">[62]</a><a href="#cite_note-64">[63]</a> where Houston upset the Lakers 2–1 after Johnson <a href="/wiki/Air_ball" title="Air ball">airballed</a> a last-second shot in Game 3.<a href="#cite_note-65">[64]</a> In 1981, after the 1980–81 season, Johnson signed a 25-year, $25 million contract with the Lakers (equivalent to $84,000,000 in 2023), which was the highest-paying contract in sports history up to that point.<a href="#cite_note-66">[65]</a><a href="#cite_note-67">[66]</a> Early in the <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">1981–82 season</a>, Johnson had a heated dispute with Westhead, who Johnson said made the Lakers "slow" and "predictable".<a href="#cite_note-68">[67]</a> After Johnson demanded to be traded, Lakers owner <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Buss" title="Jerry Buss">Jerry Buss</a> fired Westhead and replaced him with Riley. Although Johnson denied responsibility for Westhead's firing,<a href="#cite_note-69">[68]</a> he was booed across the league, even by Laker fans.<a href="#cite_note-nbafullbio-30">[29]</a> Buss was also unhappy with the Lakers' offense and had intended on firing Westhead days before the Westhead–Johnson altercation, but assistant GM <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> and GM <a href="/wiki/Bill_Sharman" title="Bill Sharman">Bill Sharman</a> had convinced Buss to delay his decision.<a href="#cite_note-70">[69]</a> Despite his off-court troubles, Johnson averaged 18.6 points, 9.6 rebounds, 9.5 assists, and a league-high 2.7 steals per game, and was voted a member of the <a href="/wiki/All-NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA">All-NBA</a> Second Team.<a href="#cite_note-stats-47">[46]</a> He also joined <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Oscar Robertson</a> as the only NBA players to tally at least 700 points, 700 rebounds, and 700 assists in the same season.<a href="#cite_note-espnshowtime-35">[34]</a> The Lakers advanced through the <a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1982 NBA Playoffs">1982 playoffs</a> and faced <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1981–82 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> for the second time in three years in the <a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_Finals" title="1982 NBA Finals">1982 NBA Finals</a>. After a triple-double from Johnson in Game 6, the Lakers defeated the Sixers 4–2, as Johnson won his second NBA Finals MVP award.<a href="#cite_note-71">[70]</a> During the championship series against the Sixers, Johnson averaged 16.2 points on .533 shooting, 10.8 rebounds, 8.0 assists, and 2.5 steals per game.<a href="#cite_note-72">[71]</a> Johnson later said that his third season was when the Lakers first became a great team,<a href="#cite_note-73">[72]</a> and he credited their success to Riley.<a href="#cite_note-74">[73]</a> During the <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_NBA_season" title="1982–83 NBA season">1982–83 NBA season</a>, Johnson's first of nine consecutive <a href="/wiki/Double-double" title="Double-double">double-double</a> seasons, he averaged 16.8 points, 10.5 assists, and 8.6 rebounds per game, and earned his first All-NBA First Team nomination.<a href="#cite_note-stats-47">[46]</a> The Lakers again reached the <a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_Finals" title="1983 NBA Finals">Finals</a>, and for a third time faced the <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1982–83 Philadelphia 76ers season">Sixers</a>, who featured <a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">center</a> <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a> as well as Erving.<a href="#cite_note-1983finals-75">[74]</a> With Johnson's teammates Nixon, <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">James Worthy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bob_McAdoo" title="Bob McAdoo">Bob McAdoo</a> all hobbled by injuries, the Lakers were swept by the Sixers, and Malone was crowned the Finals MVP.<a href="#cite_note-1983finals-75">[74]</a> In a losing effort against Philadelphia, Johnson averaged 19.0 points on .403 shooting, 12.5 assists, and 7.8 rebounds per game.<a href="#cite_note-76">[75]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Battles_against_the_Celtics_(1983–1987)">Battles against the Celtics (1983–1987)</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Magic_Lipofsky.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Magic_Lipofsky.jpg/220px-Magic_Lipofsky.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Magic_Lipofsky.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="236" data-file-height="250" /></a><figcaption>Johnson with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1987</figcaption></figure> Prior to Johnson's <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1983–84 Los Angeles Lakers season">fifth season</a>, West—who had become the Lakers general manager—traded Nixon to free Johnson from sharing the ball-handling responsibilities.<a href="#cite_note-77">[76]</a> Johnson averaged another double-double season, with 17.6 points, 13.1 assists, and 7.3 rebounds per game.<a href="#cite_note-stats-47">[46]</a> The Lakers reached the <a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_Finals" title="1984 NBA Finals">Finals</a> for the third year in a row, where Johnson's <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1983–84 Los Angeles Lakers season">Lakers</a> and Bird's <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1983–84 Boston Celtics season">Celtics</a> met for the first time in the postseason.<a href="#cite_note-1984finals-78">[77]</a> The Lakers won the first game, and led by two points in Game 2 with 18 seconds to go, but after a <a href="/wiki/Layup" title="Layup">layup</a> by <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Henderson" title="Gerald Henderson">Gerald Henderson</a>, Johnson failed to get a shot off before the final buzzer sounded, and the Lakers lost 124–121 in overtime.<a href="#cite_note-1984finals-78">[77]</a> In Game 3, Johnson responded with 21 assists in a 137–104 win, but he made several crucial errors late in the contest during Game 4. In the final minute of the game, Johnson had the ball stolen by Celtics center <a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Robert Parish</a>, and then missed two free throws that could have won the game. The Celtics won Game 4 in overtime, and the teams split the next two games. In the decisive Game 7 in Boston, as the Lakers trailed by three points in the final minute, opposing point guard <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">Dennis Johnson</a> stole the ball from Johnson, a play that effectively ended the series.<a href="#cite_note-1984finals-78">[77]</a> Friends <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Aguirre" title="Mark Aguirre">Mark Aguirre</a> consoled him that night, talking until the morning in his Boston hotel room amidst fan celebrations on the street.<a href="#cite_note-auto-79">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-thomsen-80">[79]</a> During the Finals, Johnson averaged 18.0 points on .560 shooting, 13.6 assists, and 7.7 rebounds per game.<a href="#cite_note-81">[80]</a> Johnson later described the series as "the one championship we should have had but didn't get".<a href="#cite_note-82">[81]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_NBA_season" title="1984–85 NBA season">1984–85 regular season</a>, Johnson averaged 18.3 points, 12.6 assists, and 6.2 rebounds per game, and led the <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1984–85 Los Angeles Lakers season">Lakers</a> into the <a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985 NBA Finals</a>, where they faced the <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1984–85 Boston Celtics season">Celtics</a> again. The series started poorly for the Lakers when they allowed an NBA Finals record 148 points to the Celtics in a 34-point loss in Game 1.<a href="#cite_note-85finals-83">[82]</a> However, Abdul-Jabbar, who was now 38 years old, scored 30 points and grabbed 17 rebounds in Game 2, and his 36 points in a Game 5 win were instrumental in establishing a 3–2 lead for Los Angeles.<a href="#cite_note-85finals-83">[82]</a> After the Lakers defeated the Celtics in six games, Abdul-Jabbar and Johnson, who averaged 18.3 points on .494 shooting, 14.0 assists, and 6.8 rebounds per game in the championship series,<a href="#cite_note-84">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-85">[84]</a> said the Finals win was the highlight of their careers.<a href="#cite_note-86">[85]</a> Johnson again averaged a double-double in the <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_NBA_season" title="1985–86 NBA season">1985–86 NBA season</a>, with 18.8 points, 12.6 assists, and 5.9 rebounds per game.<a href="#cite_note-stats-47">[46]</a> The <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1985–86 Los Angeles Lakers season">Lakers</a> advanced to the <a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1986 NBA Playoffs">Western Conference Finals</a>, but were unable to defeat the <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1985–86 Houston Rockets season">Houston Rockets</a>, who advanced to the Finals in five games.<a href="#cite_note-87">[86]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season" title="1986–87 NBA season">next season</a>, Johnson averaged a career-high of 23.9 points, as well as 12.2 assists and 6.3 rebounds per game,<a href="#cite_note-stats-47">[46]</a> and earned his first <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">regular season MVP award</a>.<a href="#cite_note-88">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-89">[88]</a> The <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1986–87 Los Angeles Lakers season">Lakers</a> met the <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1986–87 Boston Celtics season">Celtics</a> for the third time in the <a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a>, and in Game 4 Johnson hit a last-second hook shot over Celtics <a href="/wiki/Frontcourt" class="mw-redirect" title="Frontcourt">big men</a> Parish and <a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">Kevin McHale</a> to win the game 107–106.<a href="#cite_note-finals87-90">[89]</a> The game-winning shot, which Johnson dubbed his "junior, junior, junior <a href="/wiki/Hook_shot" title="Hook shot">sky-hook</a>",<a href="#cite_note-finals87-90">[89]</a> helped Los Angeles defeat Boston in six games. Johnson was awarded his third Finals MVP title after averaging 26.2 points on .541 shooting, 13.0 assists, 8.0 rebounds, and 2.33 steals per game.<a href="#cite_note-finals87-90">[89]</a><a href="#cite_note-91">[90]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Repeat_and_falling_short_(1987–1991)">Repeat and falling short (1987–1991)</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pat_Riley_and_Earvin_%22Magic%22_Johnsonat_the_Century_Plaza_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Pat_Riley_and_Earvin_%22Magic%22_Johnsonat_the_Century_Plaza_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Pat_Riley_and_Earvin_%22Magic%22_Johnsonat_the_Century_Plaza_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Pat_Riley_and_Earvin_%22Magic%22_Johnsonat_the_Century_Plaza_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Pat_Riley_and_Earvin_%22Magic%22_Johnsonat_the_Century_Plaza_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Pat_Riley_and_Earvin_%22Magic%22_Johnsonat_the_Century_Plaza_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Pat_Riley_and_Earvin_%22Magic%22_Johnsonat_the_Century_Plaza_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1863" data-file-height="2043" /></a><figcaption>Johnson with Lakers' head coach <a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Pat Riley</a> (left)</figcaption></figure> Before the <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_NBA_season" title="1987–88 NBA season">1987–88 NBA season</a>, Lakers coach Pat Riley publicly promised that they would defend the NBA title, even though no team had won consecutive titles since the <a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1968–69 Boston Celtics season">Celtics</a> did so in the <a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_Finals" title="1969 NBA Finals">1969 NBA Finals</a>.<a href="#cite_note-92">[91]</a> Johnson had another productive season with averages of 19.6 points, 11.9 assists, and 6.2 rebounds per game despite missing 10 games with a groin injury.<a href="#cite_note-stats-47">[46]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1988 NBA Playoffs">1988 playoffs</a>, the Lakers swept the <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1987–88 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio Spurs</a> in 3 games, then survived two 4–3 series against the <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Utah_Jazz_season" title="1987–88 Utah Jazz season">Utah Jazz</a> and <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="1987–88 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas Mavericks</a> to reach <a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Finals" title="1988 NBA Finals">the Finals</a> and face Thomas and the <a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1987–88 Detroit Pistons season">Detroit Pistons</a>,<a href="#cite_note-93">[92]</a> who with players such as <a href="/wiki/Bill_Laimbeer" title="Bill Laimbeer">Bill Laimbeer</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Salley" title="John Salley">John Salley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vinnie_Johnson" title="Vinnie Johnson">Vinnie Johnson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Rodman" title="Dennis Rodman">Dennis Rodman</a> were known as the "Bad Boys" for their physical style of play.<a href="#cite_note-laimbeer-94">[93]</a> Johnson and Thomas greeted each other with a kiss on the cheek before the <a href="/wiki/Opening_tip" class="mw-redirect" title="Opening tip">opening tip</a> of Game 1, which they called a display of brotherly love.<a href="#cite_note-thomsen-80">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-gaydenial-95">[94]</a><a href="#cite_note-96">[95]</a> After the teams split the first six games, Lakers forward and Finals MVP <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">James Worthy</a> had his first career <a href="/wiki/Triple-double" class="mw-redirect" title="Triple-double">triple-double</a> of 36 points, 16 rebounds, and 10 assists, and led his team to a 108–105 win.<a href="#cite_note-97">[96]</a> Despite not being named MVP, Johnson had a strong championship series, averaging 21.1 points on .550 shooting, 13 assists, and 5.7 rebounds per game.<a href="#cite_note-98">[97]</a> It was the fifth and final NBA championship of his career.<a href="#cite_note-99">[98]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season" title="1988–89 NBA season">1988–89 NBA season</a>, Johnson's 22.5 points, 12.8 assists, and 7.9 rebounds per game<a href="#cite_note-stats-47">[46]</a> earned him his second MVP award,<a href="#cite_note-100">[99]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1988–89 Los Angeles Lakers season">Lakers</a> reached the <a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Finals" title="1989 NBA Finals">1989 NBA Finals</a>, in which they again faced the <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Detroit_Pistons_season" title="1988–89 Detroit Pistons season">Pistons</a>. However, after Johnson went down with a hamstring injury in Game 2, the Lakers were no match for the Pistons, who swept them 4–0.<a href="#cite_note-101">[100]</a> Playing without Abdul-Jabbar for the first time, Johnson won his third MVP award<a href="#cite_note-102">[101]</a> after a strong <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_NBA_season" title="1989–90 NBA season">1989–90 NBA season</a> in which he averaged 22.3 points, 11.5 assists, and 6.6 rebounds per game.<a href="#cite_note-stats-47">[46]</a> However, the <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1989–90 Los Angeles Lakers season">Lakers</a> bowed out to the <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Phoenix_Suns_season" title="1989–90 Phoenix Suns season">Phoenix Suns</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1990 NBA Playoffs">Western Conference semifinals</a>, which was the Lakers' earliest playoffs elimination in nine years.<a href="#cite_note-103">[102]</a> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Dunleavy_Sr." title="Mike Dunleavy Sr.">Mike Dunleavy</a> became the Lakers' head coach in <a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1990–91 Los Angeles Lakers season">1990–91</a>, when Johnson had grown to be the league's third-oldest point guard. He had become more powerful and stronger than in his earlier years, but was also slower and less nimble.<a href="#cite_note-104">[103]</a> Under Dunleavy, the offense used more half-court sets, and the team had a renewed emphasis on defense.<a href="#cite_note-105">[104]</a> Johnson performed well during the season, with averages of 19.4 points, 12.5 assists, and 7 rebounds per game, and the Lakers reached the <a href="/wiki/1991_NBA_Finals" title="1991 NBA Finals">1991 NBA Finals</a>. There they faced the <a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_Chicago_Bulls_season" title="1990–91 Chicago Bulls season">Chicago Bulls</a>, led by <a href="/wiki/Shooting_guard" title="Shooting guard">shooting guard</a> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a>, a five-time scoring champion regarded as the finest player of his era.<a href="#cite_note-106">[105]</a><a href="#cite_note-107">[106]</a> Although the series was portrayed as a matchup between Johnson and Jordan,<a href="#cite_note-108">[107]</a> Bulls forward <a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Scottie Pippen</a> defended effectively against Johnson. Despite two triple-doubles from Johnson during the series, Finals MVP Jordan led his team to a 4–1 win.<a href="#cite_note-nbafullbio-30">[29]</a> In the last championship series of his career, Johnson averaged 18.6 points on .431 shooting, 12.4 assists, and 8 rebounds per game.<a href="#cite_note-109">[108]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="HIV_announcement_and_Olympics_(1991–1992)">HIV announcement and Olympics (1991–1992)</h3></div> After a <a href="/wiki/Physical_examination" title="Physical examination">physical examination</a> before the <a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_NBA_season" title="1991–92 NBA season">1991–92 NBA season</a>, Johnson discovered that he had tested positive for <a href="/wiki/HIV" title="HIV">HIV</a>. In a press conference held on November 7, 1991, Johnson made a public announcement that he would retire immediately.<a href="#cite_note-espn-110">[109]</a> He stated that his wife, Cookie, and their unborn child did not have HIV, and that he would dedicate his life to "battle this deadly disease".<a href="#cite_note-espn-110">[109]</a> Johnson initially said that he did not know how he contracted the disease,<a href="#cite_note-espn-110">[109]</a> but later acknowledged that it was through having numerous sexual partners during his playing career.<a href="#cite_note-stunning-111">[110]</a> He admitted to having "harems of women" and talked openly about his sexual activities because "he was convinced that heterosexuals needed to know that they, too, were at risk".<a href="#cite_note-stunning-111">[110]</a> At the time, only a small percentage of HIV-positive American men had contracted it from heterosexual sex,<a href="#cite_note-gaydenial-95">[94]</a><a href="#cite_note-gender-112">[111]</a> and it was initially rumored that Johnson was <a href="/wiki/Gay" title="Gay">gay</a> or <a href="/wiki/Bisexuality" title="Bisexuality">bisexual</a>, although he denied both.<a href="#cite_note-gaydenial-95">[94]</a> Johnson later accused <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a> of spreading the rumors, a claim Thomas denied.<a href="#cite_note-thomsen-80">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-113">[112]</a> Johnson's HIV announcement became a major news story in the United States,<a href="#cite_note-gender-112">[111]</a> and in 2004 was named as ESPN's seventh-most memorable moment of the previous 25 years.<a href="#cite_note-espn-110">[109]</a> Many articles praised Johnson as a hero, and the then-U.S. President <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> said, "For me, Magic is a hero, a hero for anyone who loves sports."<a href="#cite_note-gender-112">[111]</a> Despite his retirement, Johnson was voted by fans as a starter for the <a href="/wiki/1992_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1992 NBA All-Star Game">1992 NBA All-Star Game</a> at <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Orlando Arena">Orlando Arena</a>, although his former teammates <a href="/wiki/Byron_Scott" title="Byron Scott">Byron Scott</a> and <a href="/wiki/A.C._Green" class="mw-redirect" title="A.C. Green">A.C. Green</a> said that Johnson should not play,<a href="#cite_note-114">[113]</a> and several NBA players, including Utah Jazz forward <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a>, argued that they would be at risk of contamination if Johnson sustained an open wound while on court.<a href="#cite_note-115">[114]</a> Johnson led the West to a 153–113 win and was crowned All-Star MVP after recording 25 points, 9 assists, and 5 rebounds.<a href="#cite_note-116">[115]</a> The game ended after he made a last-minute <a href="/wiki/Three-pointer" class="mw-redirect" title="Three-pointer">three-pointer</a>, and players from both teams ran onto the court to congratulate Johnson.<a href="#cite_note-magiclarryquotes-117">[116]</a> Johnson was chosen to compete in the <a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics">Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympics</a> for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="United States men's national basketball team">U.S. national team</a>, dubbed the "<a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team">Dream Team</a>" because of the NBA stars on the roster.<a href="#cite_note-118">[117]</a> The Dream Team, which along with Johnson included fellow <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Hall of Famers</a> such as Bird, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a>, was considered unbeatable.<a href="#cite_note-gold-119">[118]</a> After qualifying for the Olympics with a gold medal at the <a href="/wiki/1992_Tournament_of_the_Americas" title="1992 Tournament of the Americas">1992 Tournament of the Americas</a>,<a href="#cite_note-120">[119]</a> the Dream Team dominated in Olympic competition, winning the gold medal with an 8–0 record, beating their opponents by an average of 43.8 points per game. Johnson averaged 8.0 points per game during the Olympics, and his 5.5 assists per game was second on the team.<a href="#cite_note-gold-119">[118]</a><a href="#cite_note-121">[120]</a> Johnson played infrequently because of knee problems,<a href="#cite_note-knee-122">[121]</a> but he received <a href="/wiki/Standing_ovation" title="Standing ovation">standing ovations</a> from the crowd, and used the opportunity to inspire HIV-positive people.<a href="#cite_note-borkstars-43">[42]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-Olympics_and_later_life">Post-Olympics and later life</h3></div> Before the <a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_NBA_season" title="1992–93 NBA season">1992–93 NBA season</a>, Johnson announced his intention to stage an NBA comeback. After practicing and playing in several pre-season games, he retired again before the start of the regular season, citing controversy over his return sparked by opposition from several active players.<a href="#cite_note-espnshowtime-35">[34]</a> In an August 2011 interview, Johnson said that in retrospect he wished that he had never retired after being diagnosed with HIV, saying, "If I knew what I know now, I wouldn't have retired."<a href="#cite_note-memory-123">[122]</a> Johnson said that despite the physical, highly competitive practices and scrimmages leading up to the 1992 Olympics, some of those same teammates still expressed concerns about his return to the NBA. He said that he retired because he "didn't want to hurt the game."<a href="#cite_note-memory-123">[122]</a> During his retirement, Johnson has written a book on <a href="/wiki/Safe_sex" title="Safe sex">safe sex</a>, run several businesses, worked for <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Color_commentator" title="Color commentator">commentator</a>, and toured Asia, Australia, and New Zealand with a basketball team of former college and NBA players.<a href="#cite_note-nbafullbio-30">[29]</a> In 1985, Johnson created "A Midsummer Night's Magic", a yearly charity event which included a celebrity basketball game and a <a href="/wiki/Black_tie_event" class="mw-redirect" title="Black tie event">black tie</a> dinner. The proceeds went to the <a href="/wiki/United_Negro_College_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="United Negro College Fund">United Negro College Fund</a>, and Johnson held this event for twenty years, ending in 2005. "A Midsummer Night's Magic" eventually came under the umbrella of the <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson_Foundation" title="Magic Johnson Foundation">Magic Johnson Foundation</a>, which he founded in 1991.<a href="#cite_note-charity-124">[123]</a> The 1992 event, which was the first one held after Johnson's appearance in the <a href="/wiki/1992_Summer_Olympics" title="1992 Summer Olympics">1992 Olympics</a>, raised over $1.3 million for UNCF. Johnson joined <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> and celebrity coach <a href="/wiki/Spike_Lee" title="Spike Lee">Spike Lee</a> to lead the blue team to a 147–132 victory over the white team, which was coached by <a href="/wiki/Arsenio_Hall" title="Arsenio Hall">Arsenio Hall</a>.<a href="#cite_note-gala-125">[124]</a><a href="#cite_note-event-126">[125]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Return_to_the_Lakers_as_coach_and_player_(1994,_1996)">Return to the Lakers as coach and player (1994, 1996)</h4></div> Johnson returned to the NBA as coach for the Lakers near the end of the <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_NBA_season" title="1993–94 NBA season">1993–94 NBA season</a>, replacing <a href="/wiki/Randy_Pfund" title="Randy Pfund">Randy Pfund</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bertka" title="Bill Bertka">Bill Bertka</a>, who served as an interim coach for two games.<a href="#cite_note-pfund-127">[126]</a><a href="#cite_note-newcoach-128">[127]</a> Johnson, who took the job at the urging of owner <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Buss" title="Jerry Buss">Jerry Buss</a>, admitted "I've always had the desire (to coach) in the back of my mind." He insisted that his health was not an issue, while downplaying questions about returning as a player, saying, "I'm retired. Let's leave it at that."<a href="#cite_note-brief-129">[128]</a> Amid speculation from general manager <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> that he may only coach until the end of the season,<a href="#cite_note-brief-129">[128]</a> Johnson took over a team that had a 28–38 record, and won his first game as head coach, a 110–101 victory over the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a>.<a href="#cite_note-bucks-130">[129]</a> He was coaching a team that had five of his former teammates on the roster: <a href="/wiki/Vlade_Divac" title="Vlade Divac">Vlade Divac</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elden_Campbell" title="Elden Campbell">Elden Campbell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Smith_(basketball)" title="Tony Smith (basketball)">Tony Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Rambis" title="Kurt Rambis">Kurt Rambis</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">James Worthy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Cooper" title="Michael Cooper">Michael Cooper</a>, who was brought in as an assistant coach.<a href="#cite_note-brief-129">[128]</a><a href="#cite_note-worthy-131">[130]</a> Johnson, who still had a guaranteed player contract that would pay him $14.6 million during the <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_NBA_season" title="1994–95 NBA season">1994–95 NBA season</a>, signed a separate contract to coach the team that had no compensation.<a href="#cite_note-brief-129">[128]</a> The Lakers played well initially, winning five of their first six games under Johnson, but after losing the next five games, Johnson announced that he was resigning as coach after the season. The Lakers finished the season on a ten-game losing streak, and Johnson's final record as a head coach was 5–11.<a href="#cite_note-newcoach-128">[127]</a> Stating that it was never his dream to coach, he chose instead to purchase a 5% share of the team in June 1994.<a href="#cite_note-nbafullbio-30">[29]</a> At the age of 36, Johnson attempted another comeback as a player when he rejoined the Lakers during the <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_NBA_season" title="1995–96 NBA season">1995–96 NBA season</a>. During his retirement, Johnson began intense workouts to help his fight against HIV, raising his <a href="/wiki/Bench_press" title="Bench press">bench press</a> from 135 to 300 pounds, and increasing his weight to 255 pounds.<a href="#cite_note-gary-38">[37]</a> He officially returned to the team on January 29, 1996,<a href="#cite_note-deseret-132">[131]</a> and played his first game the following day against the <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Golden_State_Warriors_season" title="1995–96 Golden State Warriors season">Golden State Warriors</a>. Coming off the bench, Johnson had 19 points, 8 rebounds, and 10 assists to help the Lakers to a 128–118 victory.<a href="#cite_note-first-133">[132]</a> On February 14, Johnson recorded the final triple-double of his career, when he scored 15 points, along with 10 rebounds and 13 assists in a victory against the <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="1995–96 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta Hawks</a>.<a href="#cite_note-first-133">[132]</a> Playing <a href="/wiki/Power_forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power forward (basketball)">power forward</a>, he averaged 14.6 points, 6.9 assists, and 5.7 rebounds per game in 32 games, and finished tied for 12th place with <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a> in voting for the MVP Award.<a href="#cite_note-stats-47">[46]</a><a href="#cite_note-mvpvote-134">[133]</a> The Lakers had a record of 22–10 in the games Johnson played, and he considered his final comeback "a success."<a href="#cite_note-deseret-132">[131]</a> While Johnson played well in 1996, there were struggles both on and off the court. <a href="/wiki/Cedric_Ceballos" title="Cedric Ceballos">Cedric Ceballos</a>, upset over a reduction in his playing time after Johnson's arrival, left the team for several days.<a href="#cite_note-135">[134]</a><a href="#cite_note-136">[135]</a> He missed two games and was stripped of his title as team captain.<a href="#cite_note-137">[136]</a> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Van_Exel" title="Nick Van Exel">Nick Van Exel</a> received a seven-game suspension for bumping referee <a href="/wiki/Ron_Garretson" title="Ron Garretson">Ron Garretson</a> during a game on April 9. Johnson was publicly critical of Van Exel, saying his actions were "inexcusable."<a href="#cite_note-nick-138">[137]</a> Johnson was himself suspended five days later, when he bumped referee <a href="/wiki/Scott_Foster_(basketball)" title="Scott Foster (basketball)">Scott Foster</a>, missing three games. He also missed several games due to a calf injury.<a href="#cite_note-deseret-132">[131]</a> Despite these difficulties, the Lakers finished with a record of 53–29 and fourth seed in the <a href="/wiki/1996_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1996 NBA Playoffs">NBA Playoffs</a>. Although they were facing the defending NBA champion <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Houston_Rockets_season" title="1995–96 Houston Rockets season">Houston Rockets</a>, the Lakers had home court advantage in the five-game series. The Lakers played poorly in a Game 1 loss, prompting Johnson to express frustration with his role in coach <a href="/wiki/Del_Harris" title="Del Harris">Del Harris</a>' offense.<a href="#cite_note-del-139">[138]</a> Johnson led the way to a Game 2 victory with 26 points, but averaged only 7.5 points per game for the remainder of the series, which the Rockets won three games to one.<a href="#cite_note-first-133">[132]</a> After the Lakers lost to the Houston Rockets in the first round of the playoffs,<a href="#cite_note-140">[139]</a> Johnson initially expressed a desire to return to the team for the <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_NBA_season" title="1996–97 NBA season">1996–97 NBA season</a>, but he also talked about joining another team as a free agent, hoping to see more playing time at point guard instead of power forward.<a href="#cite_note-deseret-132">[131]</a> A few days later, Johnson changed his mind and retired permanently, saying, "I am going out on my terms, something I couldn't say when I aborted a comeback in 1992."<a href="#cite_note-espnshowtime-35">[34]</a><a href="#cite_note-deseret-132">[131]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Magic_Johnson_All-Stars">Magic Johnson All-Stars</h4></div> Determined to play competitive basketball despite being out of the NBA, Johnson formed the Magic Johnson All-Stars, a <a href="/wiki/Barnstorm_(sports)" class="mw-redirect" title="Barnstorm (sports)">barnstorming</a> team composed of former NBA and college players. In 1994, Johnson joined with former pros <a href="/wiki/Mark_Aguirre" title="Mark Aguirre">Mark Aguirre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Theus" title="Reggie Theus">Reggie Theus</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Long_(basketball,_born_1956)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Long (basketball, born 1956)">John Long</a>, <a href="/wiki/Earl_Cureton" title="Earl Cureton">Earl Cureton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Farmer" title="Jim Farmer">Jim Farmer</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lester_Conner" title="Lester Conner">Lester Conner</a>, as his team played games in Australia, Israel, South America, Europe, New Zealand, and Japan. They also toured the United States, playing five games against teams from the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Basketball_Association" title="Continental Basketball Association">CBA</a>. In the final game of the CBA series, Johnson had 30 points, 17 rebounds, and 13 assists, leading the All-Stars to a 126–121 victory over the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Cavalry" class="mw-redirect" title="Oklahoma City Cavalry">Oklahoma City Cavalry</a>.<a href="#cite_note-cba-141">[140]</a> By the time he returned to the Lakers in 1996, the Magic Johnson All-Stars had amassed a record of 55–0, and Johnson was earning as much as $365,000 per game.<a href="#cite_note-gary-38">[37]</a> Johnson played with the team frequently over the next several years, with possibly the most memorable game occurring in November 2001. At the age of 42, Johnson played with the All-Stars against his <a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">alma mater</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_men%27s_basketball" title="Michigan State Spartans men's basketball">Michigan State</a>. Although he played in a celebrity game to honor coach Jud Heathcoate in 1995,<a href="#cite_note-honor-48">[47]</a> this was Johnson's first meaningful game played in his hometown of Lansing in 22 years. Playing in front of a sold-out arena, Johnson had a <a href="/wiki/Triple-double" class="mw-redirect" title="Triple-double">triple-double</a> and played the entire game, but his all-star team lost to the Spartans by two points. Johnson's half-court shot at the buzzer would have won the game, but it fell short.<a href="#cite_note-spartan-142">[141]</a><a href="#cite_note-msuhoops-143">[142]</a> On November 1, 2002, Johnson returned to play a second exhibition game against Michigan State. Playing with the <a href="/wiki/Canberra_Cannons" title="Canberra Cannons">Canberra Cannons</a> of Australia's <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_League_(Australasia)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball League (Australasia)">National Basketball League</a> instead of his usual group of players, Johnson's team defeated the Spartans 104–85, as he scored 12 points and had 10 assists and 10 rebounds.<a href="#cite_note-cnnsi-144">[143]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Brief_period_in_Scandinavia">Brief period in Scandinavia</h4></div> In 1999, Johnson joined the Swedish squad <a href="/wiki/Bor%C3%A5s_Basket" title="Borås Basket">M7 Borås</a> (now known as 'Borås Basket'), and was undefeated in five games with the team.<a href="#cite_note-indsweden-145">[144]</a><a href="#cite_note-dane-146">[145]</a> Johnson also became a co-owner of the club;<a href="#cite_note-solosweden-147">[146]</a> however, the project failed after one season and the club was forced into reconstruction.<a href="#cite_note-solosweden-147">[146]</a> He later joined the Danish team The Great Danes.<a href="#cite_note-solosweden-147">[146]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rivalry_with_Larry_Bird">Rivalry with Larry Bird</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Lakers_rivalry" title="Celtics–Lakers rivalry">Celtics–Lakers rivalry</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1987_NBA_Finals_Lipofsky.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/1987_NBA_Finals_Lipofsky.jpg" decoding="async" width="177" height="250" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="177" data-file-height="250" /></a><figcaption>Johnson against the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> during the <a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987 NBA Finals</a></figcaption></figure> Johnson and Bird were first linked as rivals after Johnson's Michigan State Spartans squad defeated Bird's Indiana State Sycamores team in the 1979 <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a> finals. The rivalry continued in the NBA, and reached its climax when Boston and Los Angeles met in three out of four NBA Finals from 1984 to 1987, with the Lakers winning two out of three Finals. Johnson asserted that for him, the 82-game regular season was composed of 80 normal games, and two Lakers–Celtics games. Similarly, Bird admitted that Johnson's daily <a href="/wiki/Box_score" title="Box score">box score</a> was the first thing he checked in the morning.<a href="#cite_note-magiclarryquotes-117">[116]</a> Several journalists hypothesized that the Johnson–Bird rivalry was so appealing because it represented many other contrasts, such as the clash between the Lakers and Celtics, between Hollywood flashiness ("Showtime") and Boston/Indiana <a href="/wiki/Blue-collar_worker" title="Blue-collar worker">blue collar</a> grit ("Celtic Pride"), and between blacks and whites.<a href="#cite_note-148">[147]</a><a href="#cite_note-149">[148]</a> The rivalry was also significant because it drew national attention to the faltering NBA. Prior to Johnson and Bird's arrival, the NBA had gone through a decade of declining interest and low TV ratings.<a href="#cite_note-150">[149]</a> With the two future Hall of Famers, the league won a whole generation of new fans,<a href="#cite_note-cbc-151">[150]</a> drawing both traditionalist adherents of Bird's dirt court Indiana game and those appreciative of Johnson's public park flair. According to sports journalist Larry Schwartz of ESPN, Johnson and Bird saved the NBA from <a href="/wiki/Bankruptcy" title="Bankruptcy">bankruptcy</a>.<a href="#cite_note-espnshowtime-35">[34]</a> Despite their on-court rivalry, Johnson and Bird became close friends during the filming of a 1984 <a href="/wiki/Converse_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Converse (company)">Converse</a> shoe advertisement that depicted them as enemies.<a href="#cite_note-152">[151]</a><a href="#cite_note-153">[152]</a> Johnson appeared at Bird's retirement ceremony in 1992, and described Bird as a "friend forever";<a href="#cite_note-magiclarryquotes-117">[116]</a> during Johnson's Hall of Fame ceremony, Bird formally inducted his old rival.<a href="#cite_note-cbc-151">[150]</a> In 2009, Johnson and Bird collaborated with journalist <a href="/wiki/Jackie_MacMullan" title="Jackie MacMullan">Jackie MacMullan</a> on a non-fiction book titled When the Game Was Ours. The book detailed their on-court rivalry and friendship with one another.<a href="#cite_note-154">[153]</a> The following year, <a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a> developed a documentary about their rivalry titled <a href="/wiki/Magic_%26_Bird:_A_Courtship_of_Rivals" title="Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals">Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals</a>, which was directed by <a href="/wiki/Ezra_Edelman" title="Ezra Edelman">Ezra Edelman</a>.<a href="#cite_note-155">[154]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2></div> In 905 NBA games, Johnson tallied 17,707 points, 6,559 rebounds, and 10,141 assists, translating to career averages of 19.5 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 11.2 assists per game, the highest assists per game average in NBA history.<a href="#cite_note-stats-47">[46]</a> Johnson shares the single-game playoff record for assists (24),<a href="#cite_note-assrec-156">[155]</a> holds the Finals record for assists in a game (21),<a href="#cite_note-assrec-156">[155]</a> and has the most playoff assists (2,346).<a href="#cite_note-157">[156]</a> He is the only player to average 12 assists in an NBA Finals series, achieving it six times.<a href="#cite_note-espn_alltime_rank-158">[157]</a> He holds the All-Star Game single-game record for assists (22), and the All-Star Game record for career assists (127).<a href="#cite_note-assrec-156">[155]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:25em; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> "Magic is head-and-shoulders above everybody else [...] I've never seen [anybody] as good as him." </blockquote> <cite class="left-aligned" style="">—<a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a><a href="#cite_note-LegendProfile-159">[158]</a></cite> </div> Johnson introduced a fast-paced style of basketball called "<a href="/wiki/Showtime_(basketball)" title="Showtime (basketball)">Showtime</a>", described as a mix of "no-look passes off the <a href="/wiki/Fast_break" title="Fast break">fast break</a>, pin-point <a href="/wiki/Alley-oop" title="Alley-oop">alley-oops</a> from halfcourt, spinning feeds and overhand bullets under the basket through <a href="/wiki/Double_team" title="Double team">triple teams</a>."<a href="#cite_note-nbafullbio-30">[29]</a> Fellow Lakers guard <a href="/wiki/Michael_Cooper" title="Michael Cooper">Michael Cooper</a> said, "There have been times when [Johnson] has thrown passes and I wasn't sure where he was going. Then one of our guys catches the ball and scores, and I run back up the floor convinced that he must've thrown it through somebody."<a href="#cite_note-nbafullbio-30">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-espnshowtime-35">[34]</a> Johnson could dominate a game without scoring, running the offense and distributing the ball with flair.<a href="#cite_note-espn_alltime_rank-158">[157]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_Finals" title="1982 NBA Finals">1982 NBA Finals</a>, he was named the Finals MVP averaging just 16.2 points, the lowest average of any Finals MVP award recipient in the three-point shot era.<a href="#cite_note-espn_alltime_rank-158">[157]</a> Johnson was exceptional because he played point guard despite being 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), a size reserved normally for <a href="/wiki/Frontcourt" class="mw-redirect" title="Frontcourt">frontcourt</a> players.<a href="#cite_note-nbafullbio-30">[29]</a> His career 138 triple-double games places him third all-time behind <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Oscar Robertson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Russell_Westbrook" title="Russell Westbrook">Russell Westbrook</a>.<a href="#cite_note-160">[159]</a> Johnson is the only player in NBA Finals history to have triple-doubles in multiple series-clinching games.<a href="#cite_note-espn_alltime_rank-158">[157]</a> For his feats, Johnson was voted as one of the <a href="/wiki/50_Greatest_Players_in_NBA_History" title="50 Greatest Players in NBA History">50 Greatest Players of All Time</a> by the NBA in 1996,<a href="#cite_note-161">[160]</a> and selected to the <a href="/wiki/NBA_75th_Anniversary_Team" title="NBA 75th Anniversary Team">NBA 75th Anniversary Team</a> in 2021.<a href="#cite_note-75th-162">[161]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame</a> inducted him in 2002.<a href="#cite_note-163">[162]</a> ESPN's SportsCentury ranked Johnson <abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> 17 in their "50 Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century"<a href="#cite_note-164">[163]</a> In 2006, <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>.com rated Johnson the greatest point guard of all time, stating, "It could be argued that he's the one player in NBA history who was better than Michael Jordan."<a href="#cite_note-greatestpg-3">[3]</a> <a href="/wiki/Bleacher_Report" title="Bleacher Report">Bleacher Report</a> also listed Johnson first in its all-time NBA point guard rankings.<a href="#cite_note-top10pg-4">[4]</a> In 2022, to commemorate the NBA's 75th anniversary, <a href="/wiki/The_Athletic" title="The Athletic">The Athletic</a> ranked their top 75 players of all time, and named Johnson as the 5th greatest player in NBA history, and the highest ranked point guard.<a href="#cite_note-Oram-6">[6]</a> Several of his achievements in individual games have also been named among the top moments in the NBA.<a href="#cite_note-playoffmoments-59">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-165">[164]</a><a href="#cite_note-166">[165]</a> At the <a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_Awards" title="2019 NBA Awards">2019 NBA Awards</a>, Johnson received the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" title="NBA Lifetime Achievement Award">NBA Lifetime Achievement Award</a> (shared with Bird).<a href="#cite_note-167">[166]</a> In 2022, the NBA began awarding MVPs for the conference finals; the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Conference_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Conference Finals Most Valuable Player Award">Western Conference Finals MVP</a> trophy is named after Johnson, while the Eastern Conference trophy is named after Bird.<a href="#cite_note-168">[167]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="NBA_career_statistics">NBA career statistics</h2></div> <table class="toccolours" style="white-space: nowrap;"> <caption>Legend </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;">  GP </td> <td>Games played </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black">  GS  </td> <td>Games started </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> MPG  </td> <td>Minutes per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> FG%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Field_goal_(basketball)" title="Field goal (basketball)">Field goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> 3P%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">3-point field goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> FT%  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Free_throw" title="Free throw">Free throw</a> percentage </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> RPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> APG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> SPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steal_(basketball)" title="Steal (basketball)">Steals</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> BPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Block_(basketball)" title="Block (basketball)">Blocks</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> PPG  </td> <td>Points per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> Bold  </td> <td>Career high </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #afe6ba; border: 1px solid black;"> †  </td> <td>Won an <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_champions" title="List of NBA champions">NBA championship</a></td> <td style="background-color: #CFECEC; border: 1px solid black;"> *  </td> <td>Led the league</td> <td style="background-color: #E0CEF2; border: 1px solid black;"> ‡  </td> <td>NBA record </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h3></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption>Magic Johnson regular season statistics<a href="#cite_note-stats-47">[46]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games started">GS</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Minutes per game">MPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Field goal percentage">FG%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="3-point field-goal percentage">3P%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Free-throw percentage">FT%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Rebounds per game">RPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Assists per game">APG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Steals per game">SPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Blocks per game">BPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Points per game">PPG</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NBA_season" title="1979–80 NBA season">1979–80</a>† </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1979–80 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>77</td> <td>72</td> <td>36.3</td> <td>.530</td> <td>.226</td> <td>.810</td> <td>7.7</td> <td>7.3</td> <td>2.4</td> <td>0.5</td> <td>18.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_NBA_season" title="1980–81 NBA season">1980–81</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1980–81 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>37</td> <td>35</td> <td>37.1</td> <td>.532</td> <td>.176</td> <td>.760</td> <td>8.6</td> <td>8.6</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">3.4*</td> <td>0.7</td> <td>21.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">1981–82</a>† </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1981–82 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>78</td> <td>77</td> <td>38.3</td> <td>.537</td> <td>.207</td> <td>.760</td> <td>9.6</td> <td>9.5</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">2.7*</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>18.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_NBA_season" title="1982–83 NBA season">1982–83</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1982–83 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>79</td> <td>79</td> <td>36.8</td> <td>.548</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.800</td> <td>8.6</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">10.5*</td> <td>2.2</td> <td>0.6</td> <td>16.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_NBA_season" title="1983–84 NBA season">1983–84</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1983–84 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>67</td> <td>66</td> <td>38.3</td> <td>.565</td> <td>.207</td> <td>.810</td> <td>7.3</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">13.1*</td> <td>2.2</td> <td>0.7</td> <td>17.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_NBA_season" title="1984–85 NBA season">1984–85</a>† </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1984–85 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>77</td> <td>77</td> <td>36.1</td> <td>.561</td> <td>.189</td> <td>.843</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>12.6</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>18.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_NBA_season" title="1985–86 NBA season">1985–86</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1985–86 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>72</td> <td>70</td> <td>35.8</td> <td>.526</td> <td>.233</td> <td>.871</td> <td>5.9</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">12.6*</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>18.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season" title="1986–87 NBA season">1986–87</a>† </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1986–87 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>80</td> <td>80</td> <td>36.3</td> <td>.522</td> <td>.205</td> <td>.848</td> <td>6.3</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">12.2*</td> <td>1.7</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>23.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_NBA_season" title="1987–88 NBA season">1987–88</a>† </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1987–88 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>72</td> <td>70</td> <td>36.6</td> <td>.492</td> <td>.196</td> <td>.853</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>11.9</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>19.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season" title="1988–89 NBA season">1988–89</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1988–89 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>77</td> <td>77</td> <td>37.5</td> <td>.509</td> <td>.314</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">.911*</td> <td>7.9</td> <td>12.8</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>22.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_NBA_season" title="1989–90 NBA season">1989–90</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1989–90 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>79</td> <td>79</td> <td>37.2</td> <td>.480</td> <td>.384</td> <td>.890</td> <td>6.6</td> <td>11.5</td> <td>1.7</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>22.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_NBA_season" title="1990–91 NBA season">1990–91</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1990–91 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>79</td> <td>79</td> <td>37.1</td> <td>.477</td> <td>.320</td> <td>.906</td> <td>7.0</td> <td>12.5</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>19.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_NBA_season" title="1995–96 NBA season">1995–96</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1995–96 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>32</td> <td>9</td> <td>29.9</td> <td>.466</td> <td>.379</td> <td>.856</td> <td>5.7</td> <td>6.9</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>14.6 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career </th> <td>906</td> <td>870</td> <td>36.7</td> <td>.520</td> <td>.303</td> <td>.848</td> <td>7.2</td> <td style="background:#E0CEF2;">11.2‡</td> <td>1.9</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>19.5 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">All-Star </th> <td>11</td> <td>10</td> <td>30.1</td> <td>.489</td> <td>.476</td> <td>.905</td> <td>5.2</td> <td>11.5</td> <td>1.9</td> <td>0.6</td> <td>16.0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Playoffs">Playoffs</h3></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption>Magic Johnson post-season statistics<a href="#cite_note-stats-47">[46]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games started">GS</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Minutes per game">MPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Field goal percentage">FG%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="3-point field-goal percentage">3P%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Free-throw percentage">FT%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Rebounds per game">RPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Assists per game">APG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Steals per game">SPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Blocks per game">BPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Points per game">PPG</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1980 NBA Playoffs">1980</a>† </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1979–80 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>41.1</td> <td>.518</td> <td>.250</td> <td>.802</td> <td>10.5</td> <td>9.4</td> <td>3.1</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>18.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1981 NBA Playoffs">1981</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1980–81 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>42.3</td> <td>.388</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.650</td> <td>13.7</td> <td>7.0</td> <td>2.7</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>17.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1982 NBA Playoffs">1982</a>† </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1981–82 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>40.1</td> <td>.529</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.828</td> <td>11.3</td> <td>9.3</td> <td>2.9</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>17.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1983 NBA Playoffs">1983</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1982–83 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>42.9</td> <td>.485</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.840</td> <td>8.5</td> <td>12.8</td> <td>2.3</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>17.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1984 NBA Playoffs">1984</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1983–84 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>39.9</td> <td>.551</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.800</td> <td>6.6</td> <td>13.5</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>18.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1985 NBA Playoffs">1985</a>† </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1984–85 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>36.2</td> <td>.513</td> <td>.143</td> <td>.847</td> <td>7.1</td> <td>15.2</td> <td>1.7</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>17.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1986 NBA Playoffs">1986</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1985–86 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>38.6</td> <td>.537</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.766</td> <td>7.1</td> <td>15.1</td> <td>1.9</td> <td>0.1</td> <td>21.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1987 NBA Playoffs">1987</a>† </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1986–87 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>18</td> <td>18</td> <td>37.0</td> <td>.539</td> <td>.200</td> <td>.831</td> <td>7.7</td> <td>12.2</td> <td>1.7</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>21.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1988 NBA Playoffs">1988</a>† </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1987–88 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>24</td> <td>24</td> <td>40.2</td> <td>.514</td> <td>.500</td> <td>.852</td> <td>5.4</td> <td>12.6</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>19.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1989 NBA Playoffs">1989</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1988–89 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>14</td> <td>14</td> <td>37.0</td> <td>.489</td> <td>.286</td> <td>.907</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>11.8</td> <td>1.9</td> <td>0.2</td> <td>18.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1990 NBA Playoffs">1990</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1989–90 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>41.8</td> <td>.490</td> <td>.200</td> <td>.886</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>12.8</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>0.1</td> <td>25.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1991_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1991 NBA Playoffs">1991</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1990–91 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>43.3</td> <td>.440</td> <td>.296</td> <td>.882</td> <td>8.1</td> <td>12.6</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>21.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1996_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1996 NBA Playoffs">1996</a> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1995–96 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>33.8</td> <td>.385</td> <td>.333</td> <td>.848</td> <td>8.5</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>15.3 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career </th> <td>190</td> <td>186</td> <td>39.7</td> <td>.506</td> <td>.241</td> <td>.838</td> <td>7.7</td> <td style="background:#E0CEF2;">12.3‡</td> <td>1.9</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>19.5 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Head_coaching_record">Head coaching record</h2></div> <table class="toccolours" style="white-space: nowrap;"> <caption style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;">Legend </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;">Regular season </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black; width:50px; text-align:center;">G </td> <td>Games coached </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black; width:50px; text-align:center;">W </td> <td>Games won </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black; width:50px; text-align:center;">L </td> <td>Games lost </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black; width:50px; text-align:center;">W–L % </td> <td>Win–loss % </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">Playoffs </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black; width:50px; text-align:center;">PG </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px">Playoff games </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black; width:50px; text-align:center;">PW </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px">Playoff wins </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black; width:50px; text-align:center;">PL </td> <td>Playoff losses </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black; width:50px; text-align:center;">PW–L % </td> <td>Playoff win–loss % </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption>Magic Johnson coaching statistics </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Games">G</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Games won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Games lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Win–loss perecentage">W–L%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Finish </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Playoff games">PG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Playoff games won">PW</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Playoff games lost">PL</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Playoff games win–loss percentage">PW–L%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1993–94 Los Angeles Lakers season">L.A. Lakers</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_NBA_season" title="1993–94 NBA season">1993–94</a> </td> <td>16</td> <td>5</td> <td>11</td> <td>.313</td> <td style="text-align:center;">(resigned)</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career<a href="#cite_note-169">[168]</a> </td> <td>16</td> <td>5</td> <td>11</td> <td>.313</td> <td></td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_career_achievements_by_Magic_Johnson" title="List of career achievements by Magic Johnson">List of career achievements by Magic Johnson</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Earvin_Magic_Johnson%27s_star_on_the_Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A five-point star engraved on a tile. In the center of the star are the words "EARVIN MAGIC JOHNSON". An image of a movie camera is etched directly below these words, though still in the star." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Earvin_Magic_Johnson%27s_star_on_the_Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame.jpg/250px-Earvin_Magic_Johnson%27s_star_on_the_Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Earvin_Magic_Johnson%27s_star_on_the_Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame.jpg/375px-Earvin_Magic_Johnson%27s_star_on_the_Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Earvin_Magic_Johnson%27s_star_on_the_Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame.jpg/500px-Earvin_Magic_Johnson%27s_star_on_the_Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Johnson's Hollywood Walk of Fame star</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LakersRetiredJerseys.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A display of yellow basketball jerseys bearing the names and uniform numbers of players" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/LakersRetiredJerseys.jpg/250px-LakersRetiredJerseys.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="333" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/LakersRetiredJerseys.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Johnson's number 32 jersey was retired by the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> in 1992.</figcaption></figure> <dl><dt>NBA</dt></dl> <ul><li>Five-time <a href="/wiki/NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA">NBA</a> champion – <a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_Finals" title="1980 NBA Finals">1980</a>, <a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_Finals" title="1982 NBA Finals">1982</a>, <a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a>, <a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987</a>, <a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Finals" title="1988 NBA Finals">1988</a><a href="#cite_note-Magic_rings-19">[19]</a></li> <li>Three-time <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Most Valuable Player</a> – <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season" title="1986–87 NBA season">1987</a>, <a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_NBA_season" title="1988–89 NBA season">1989</a>, <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_NBA_season" title="1989–90 NBA season">1990</a><a href="#cite_note-stats-47">[46]</a></li> <li>Three-time <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Finals MVP</a> – <a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_Finals" title="1980 NBA Finals">1980</a>, <a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_Finals" title="1982 NBA Finals">1982</a>, <a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987</a><a href="#cite_note-stats-47">[46]</a></li> <li>Nine-time <a href="/wiki/All-NBA_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA First Team">All-NBA First Team</a> – <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_NBA_season" title="1982–83 NBA season">1983</a>–<a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_NBA_season" title="1990–91 NBA season">1991</a><a href="#cite_note-stats-47">[46]</a></li> <li>One-time <a href="/wiki/All-NBA_Second_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA Second Team">All-NBA Second Team</a> – <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">1982</a><a href="#cite_note-stats-47">[46]</a></li> <li>12-time <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award">NBA All-Star</a> – <a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1980 NBA All-Star Game">1980</a>, <a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1982 NBA All-Star Game">1982</a>–<a href="/wiki/1992_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1992 NBA All-Star Game">1992</a><a href="#cite_note-stats-47">[46]</a></li> <li>Two-time <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Star Game MVP">NBA All-Star Game MVP</a> – <a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1990 NBA All-Star Game">1990</a>, <a href="/wiki/1992_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1992 NBA All-Star Game">1992</a><a href="#cite_note-stats-47">[46]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Walter_Kennedy_Citizenship_Award" title="J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award">J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award</a> – <a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_NBA_season" title="1991–92 NBA season">1992</a><a href="#cite_note-stats-47">[46]</a></li> <li>Named one of the <a href="/wiki/50_Greatest_Players_in_NBA_History" title="50 Greatest Players in NBA History">50 Greatest Players in NBA History</a> in 1996<a href="#cite_note-LegendProfile-159">[158]</a></li> <li>Selected on the <a href="/wiki/NBA_75th_Anniversary_Team" title="NBA 75th Anniversary Team">NBA 75th Anniversary Team</a> in 2021<a href="#cite_note-75th-162">[161]</a></li> <li>No. 32 <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers#Retired_numbers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">retired by the Los Angeles Lakers</a><a href="#cite_note-MSHOF-170">[169]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Magic_Johnson" title="Statue of Magic Johnson">Statue</a> in front of <a href="/wiki/Crypto.com_Arena" title="Crypto.com Arena">Crypto.com Arena</a><a href="#cite_note-171">[170]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" title="NBA Lifetime Achievement Award">NBA Lifetime Achievement Award</a> – <a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_Awards" title="2019 NBA Awards">2019</a></li> <li>Trophy named in Johnson's honor (Earvin "Magic" Johnson Trophy) awarded to <a href="/wiki/NBA_Conference_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Conference Finals Most Valuable Player Award">Western Conference Finals MVP</a> (established in 2022)<a href="#cite_note-172">[171]</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>USA Basketball</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the Summer Olympics">Olympic</a> gold medal winner – <a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics">1992</a><a href="#cite_note-Dream_Team-173">[172]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIBA_AmeriCup" title="FIBA AmeriCup">Tournament of the Americas</a> gold medal winner – <a href="/wiki/1992_Tournament_of_the_Americas" title="1992 Tournament of the Americas">1992</a><a href="#cite_note-174">[173]</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>NCAA</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_NCAA_Division_I_basketball_tournament" title="1979 NCAA Division I basketball tournament">NCAA national championship</a> – <a href="/wiki/1979_NCAA_Division_I_basketball_tournament" title="1979 NCAA Division I basketball tournament">1979</a><a href="#cite_note-espnshowtime-35">[34]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_basketball_tournament_Most_Outstanding_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player">NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player</a> – <a href="/wiki/1979_NCAA_Division_I_basketball_tournament" title="1979 NCAA Division I basketball tournament">1979</a><a href="#cite_note-espnshowtime-35">[34]</a></li> <li>No. 33 <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_men%27s_basketball#Retired_numbers" title="Michigan State Spartans men's basketball">retired by Michigan State</a><a href="#cite_note-MSHOF-170">[169]</a></li> <li>Statue at Michigan State<a href="#cite_note-175">[174]</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>High school</dt></dl> <ul><li>1977 Michigan high school state champion (<a href="/wiki/Everett_High_School_(Michigan)" title="Everett High School (Michigan)">Lansing Everett High School</a>)<a href="#cite_note-MSHOF-170">[169]</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Halls of Fame</dt></dl> <ul><li>Two-time <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame</a> inductee: <ul><li>2002 – individual</li> <li>2010 – member of "The Dream Team"<a href="#cite_note-Dream_Team-173">[172]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame">National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame</a> (class of 2006)<a href="#cite_note-176">[175]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIBA_Hall_of_Fame" title="FIBA Hall of Fame">FIBA Hall of Fame</a> (class of 2017 as a member of "The Dream Team")<a href="#cite_note-177">[176]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Olympic_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame">U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame</a> (class of 2009 as a member of "The Dream Team")<a href="#cite_note-178">[177]</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Sports ownership</dt></dl> <ul><li>Five-time <a href="/wiki/NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA">NBA</a> champion – <a href="/wiki/2000_NBA_Finals" title="2000 NBA Finals">2000</a>, <a href="/wiki/2001_NBA_Finals" title="2001 NBA Finals">2001</a>, <a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_Finals" title="2002 NBA Finals">2002</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_Finals" title="2009 NBA Finals">2009</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_Finals" title="2010 NBA Finals">2010</a>—as part owner/executive of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a><a href="#cite_note-Magic_rings-19">[19]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNBA" class="mw-redirect" title="WNBA">WNBA</a> champion – <a href="/wiki/2016_WNBA_Finals" title="2016 WNBA Finals">2016</a>—as part owner of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles Sparks</a><a href="#cite_note-Magic_rings-19">[19]</a></li> <li>Two-time <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> champion – <a href="/wiki/2020_World_Series" title="2020 World Series">2020</a>, <a href="/wiki/2024_World_Series" title="2024 World Series">2024</a> — as part owner of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a><a href="#cite_note-Magic_rings-19">[19]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLS_Cup" title="MLS Cup">MLS Cup</a> champion – <a href="/wiki/2022_MLS_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 MLS Cup">2022</a>—as part owner of <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_FC" title="Los Angeles FC">Los Angeles FC</a><a href="#cite_note-MLSCup-179">[178]</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Media and entertainment</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NAACP_Image_Awards" title="NAACP Image Awards">NAACP Image Awards</a> – 1992 <a href="/wiki/NAACP_Image_Award_%E2%80%93_Jackie_Robinson_Sports_Award" title="NAACP Image Award – Jackie Robinson Sports Award">Jackie Robinson Sports Award</a><a href="#cite_note-180">[179]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/35th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="35th Annual Grammy Awards">1993 Grammy Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Spoken_Word_Album" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album">Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album</a><a href="#cite_note-181">[180]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marca_Leyenda" title="Marca Leyenda">Marca Leyenda</a> – 2001<a href="#cite_note-182">[181]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_stars_on_the_Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame">Star</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> – 2001<a href="#cite_note-183">[182]</a><a href="#cite_note-184">[183]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Executive_career">Executive career</h2></div> On February 21, 2017, Johnson replaced <a href="/wiki/Jim_Buss" title="Jim Buss">Jim Buss</a> as the president of basketball operations for the Los Angeles Lakers.<a href="#cite_note-185">[184]</a> Under Johnson, the Lakers sought to acquire multiple star players and cleared existing players, including future All-Star <a href="/wiki/D%27Angelo_Russell" title="D'Angelo Russell">D'Angelo Russell</a>, off of their roster in an attempt to free up room under the <a href="/wiki/NBA_salary_cap" title="NBA salary cap">league's salary cap</a>. The franchise reached an agreement with free agent <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> on a four-year contract in 2018, but efforts to trade for <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Davis" title="Anthony Davis">Anthony Davis</a> during the 2018–19 season proved unsuccessful. The Lakers did not reach the playoffs during Johnson's executive tenure.<a href="#cite_note-abruptly-186">[185]</a> In an impromptu news conference on April 9, 2019, Johnson resigned from the Lakers, citing his desire to return to his role as an NBA ambassador.<a href="#cite_note-abruptly-186">[185]</a><a href="#cite_note-187">[186]</a><a href="#cite_note-188">[187]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Team_ownership">Team ownership</h2></div> In January 2012, Johnson joined with <a href="/wiki/Guggenheim_Partners" title="Guggenheim Partners">Guggenheim Partners</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stan_Kasten" title="Stan Kasten">Stan Kasten</a> in a bid for ownership of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> baseball team.<a href="#cite_note-189">[188]</a> In March 2012, Johnson's ownership group was announced as the winner of the proceedings to buy the Dodgers.<a href="#cite_note-190">[189]</a> The Johnson-led group, which also includes movie executive <a href="/wiki/Peter_Guber" title="Peter Guber">Peter Guber</a>, paid $2 billion for the Dodgers. Johnson is considered the face of the ownership group while the <a href="/wiki/Controlling_interest" title="Controlling interest">controlling owner</a> is Mark Walter.<a href="#cite_note-frank-191">[190]</a> The Dodgers won the <a href="/wiki/2020_World_Series" title="2020 World Series">2020</a> and <a href="/wiki/2024_World_Series" title="2024 World Series">2024 World Series</a>.<a href="#cite_note-192">[191]</a><a href="#cite_note-193">[192]</a> Johnson and Guber were also partners in the <a href="/wiki/Dayton_Dragons" title="Dayton Dragons">Dayton Dragons</a>,<a href="#cite_note-frank-191">[190]</a> a <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball#Class_A" title="Minor League Baseball">Class-A minor league baseball</a> team based in <a href="/wiki/Dayton,_Ohio" title="Dayton, Ohio">Dayton, Ohio</a>, that sold out more than 1,000 consecutive games, a record for professional sports.<a href="#cite_note-194">[193]</a> Johnson and Guber sold their stake in the Dragons in 2014.<a href="#cite_note-195">[194]</a> Together with Guggenheim, Johnson was also involved in buying the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles Sparks</a> of the <a href="/wiki/WNBA" class="mw-redirect" title="WNBA">WNBA</a> in 2014.<a href="#cite_note-Sparks-196">[195]</a> As such, in 2014, Johnson was named one of ESPNW's Impact 25.<a href="#cite_note-197">[196]</a> He won the WNBA championship as the owner in <a href="/wiki/2016_WNBA_Finals" title="2016 WNBA Finals">2016</a>.<a href="#cite_note-198">[197]</a> Johnson announced co-ownership of a <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a> (MLS) expansion franchise, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_FC" title="Los Angeles FC">Los Angeles FC</a>, which began play in 2018 and won the <a href="/wiki/MLS_Cup" title="MLS Cup">MLS Cup</a> in 2022.<a href="#cite_note-LAFClaunch-199">[198]</a><a href="#cite_note-LAFCname-200">[199]</a><a href="#cite_note-MJ_LAFC-201">[200]</a><a href="#cite_note-MLSCup-179">[178]</a> In 2023, Johnson invested $240 million in a group headed by <a href="/wiki/Josh_Harris_(businessman)" title="Josh Harris (businessman)">Josh Harris</a> that purchased the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Commanders" title="Washington Commanders">Washington Commanders</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL) for $6.05 billion, the highest price ever paid for a sports team.<a href="#cite_note-NFL-202">[201]</a><a href="#cite_note-203">[202]</a> A lifelong fan of the NFL, he considered it a "dream" and the greatest achievement of his business career.<a href="#cite_note-NFL-202">[201]</a><a href="#cite_note-204">[203]</a> Johnson had previously held talks with other groups interested in buying the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Raiders" title="Las Vegas Raiders">Las Vegas Raiders</a> before meeting and joining Harris on an unsuccessful bid on the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a> in 2022.<a href="#cite_note-NFL-202">[201]</a><a href="#cite_note-205">[204]</a> In September 2024, Johnson joined the investment group for the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Spirit" title="Washington Spirit">Washington Spirit</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Women%27s_Soccer_League" title="National Women's Soccer League">National Women's Soccer League</a> (NWSL).<a href="#cite_note-206">[205]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Magic_Johnson_Mercedes-Benz_Carousel_of_Hope_Gala_2014_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Magic_Johnson_Mercedes-Benz_Carousel_of_Hope_Gala_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Magic_Johnson_Mercedes-Benz_Carousel_of_Hope_Gala_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Magic_Johnson_Mercedes-Benz_Carousel_of_Hope_Gala_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Magic_Johnson_Mercedes-Benz_Carousel_of_Hope_Gala_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Magic_Johnson_Mercedes-Benz_Carousel_of_Hope_Gala_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Magic_Johnson_Mercedes-Benz_Carousel_of_Hope_Gala_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="647" data-file-height="460" /></a><figcaption>Johnson with his wife, Cookie, in 2014</figcaption></figure> Johnson first fathered a son in 1981 when Andre Johnson was born to Melissa Mitchell. Although Andre was raised by his mother, he visited Johnson each summer, and later worked for <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson_Enterprises" title="Magic Johnson Enterprises">Magic Johnson Enterprises</a> as a marketing director.<a href="#cite_note-espnticket-16">[16]</a> In 1991, Johnson married Earlitha "Cookie" Kelly in a small wedding in Lansing which included guests Thomas, Aguirre, and <a href="/wiki/Herb_Williams" title="Herb Williams">Herb Williams</a>.<a href="#cite_note-207">[206]</a> Johnson and Cookie have one son, <a href="/wiki/EJ_Johnson" title="EJ Johnson">Earvin III</a> ("EJ"), who is <a href="/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">openly gay</a> and a star on the reality show <a href="/wiki/Rich_Kids_of_Beverly_Hills" title="Rich Kids of Beverly Hills">Rich Kids of Beverly Hills</a>.<a href="#cite_note-espnticket-16">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-208">[207]</a> The couple adopted a daughter, Elisa, in 1995.<a href="#cite_note-209">[208]</a> Johnson resides in <a href="/wiki/Beverly_Hills,_California" title="Beverly Hills, California">Beverly Hills</a> and has a vacation home in <a href="/wiki/Dana_Point,_California" title="Dana Point, California">Dana Point, California</a>.<a href="#cite_note-210">[209]</a><a href="#cite_note-211">[210]</a> Johnson is a Christian<a href="#cite_note-212">[211]</a> and has said his faith is "the most important thing" in his life.<a href="#cite_note-213">[212]</a> In 2010, Johnson and then-current and former NBA players such as <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Dwyane Wade</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Maya_Moore" title="Maya Moore">Maya Moore</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_National_Basketball_Association" title="Women's National Basketball Association">WNBA</a>, played a basketball game with President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> as an exhibition for a group of military troops who had been injured in action. The game was played at a gym inside <a href="/wiki/Fort_McNair" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort McNair">Fort McNair</a>, and reporters covering the president were not allowed to enter. The basketball game was a part of other festivities organized to celebrate Obama's 49th birthday.<a href="#cite_note-obama-214">[213]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Relationship_with_Jerry_Buss">Relationship with Jerry Buss</h3></div> Johnson had a close relationship with Lakers owner <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Buss" title="Jerry Buss">Jerry Buss</a>, whom he saw as a mentor and father figure.<a href="#cite_note-father-215">[214]</a> Calling Buss his "second father" and "one of [his] best friends", Johnson spent five hours visiting Buss at the hospital just a few months before his 2013 death from <a href="/wiki/Cancer" title="Cancer">cancer</a>. Speaking to media just hours after Buss had died, Johnson was emotional, saying, "Without Dr. Jerry Buss, there is no Magic."<a href="#cite_note-jbuss-216">[215]</a> Buss acquired the team from <a href="/wiki/Jack_Kent_Cooke" title="Jack Kent Cooke">Jack Kent Cooke</a> in 1979, shortly before he drafted Johnson with the #1 pick in the <a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_draft" title="1979 NBA draft">1979 NBA draft</a>. Buss took a special interest in Johnson, introducing him to important Los Angeles business contacts and showing him how the Lakers organization was run, before eventually selling Johnson a stake in the team in 1994.<a href="#cite_note-jbuss-216">[215]</a> Johnson credits Buss with giving him the business knowledge that enabled him to become part owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers.<a href="#cite_note-jbuss-216">[215]</a><a href="#cite_note-doctor-217">[216]</a> Buss supported Johnson as he revealed his diagnosis of HIV in 1991, and he never hesitated to keep Johnson close to the organization, bringing him in as part-owner, and even as a coach. Johnson had never seriously considered coaching, but he agreed to take the head coaching position with the Lakers in 1994 at Buss' request. In 1992, Buss had given Johnson a contract that paid him $14 million a year, as payback for all the years he was not the league's highest-paid player. Although Johnson's retirement prior to the <a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_NBA_season" title="1992–93 NBA season">1992–93 NBA season</a> voided this contract, Buss insisted that he still be paid.<a href="#cite_note-jbuss-216">[215]</a> It was this arrangement that allowed Johnson to coach the team without receiving any additional salary.<a href="#cite_note-brief-129">[128]</a><a href="#cite_note-father-215">[214]</a> After Johnson ended his coaching stint, Buss sold him a 4% stake in the Lakers for $10 million, and Johnson served as a team executive.<a href="#cite_note-jbuss-216">[215]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media_figure_and_business_interests">Media figure and business interests</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MagicJ3GRBHous-25apr13.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/MagicJ3GRBHous-25apr13.jpg/220px-MagicJ3GRBHous-25apr13.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/MagicJ3GRBHous-25apr13.jpg/330px-MagicJ3GRBHous-25apr13.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/MagicJ3GRBHous-25apr13.jpg/440px-MagicJ3GRBHous-25apr13.jpg 2x" data-file-width="516" data-file-height="607" /></a><figcaption>Johnson giving a speech at the <a href="/wiki/George_R._Brown_Convention_Center" title="George R. Brown Convention Center">George R. Brown Convention Center</a> in 2013</figcaption></figure> In 1997, his production company Magic Johnson Entertainment signed a deal with Fox.<a href="#cite_note-218">[217]</a> In 1998, Johnson hosted a late night talk show on the <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox network</a> called <a href="/wiki/The_Magic_Hour_(talk_show)" title="The Magic Hour (talk show)">The Magic Hour</a>, but the show was canceled after two months because of low <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen ratings">ratings</a>.<a href="#cite_note-219">[218]</a> Shortly after the cancellation of his talk show, Johnson started a record label. The label, initially called Magic 32 Records, was renamed Magic Johnson Music when Johnson signed a <a href="/wiki/Joint_venture" title="Joint venture">joint venture</a> with <a href="/wiki/MCA_Records" title="MCA Records">MCA</a> in 2000. Magic Johnson Music signed R&B artist <a href="/wiki/Avant_(singer)" title="Avant (singer)">Avant</a> as its first act.<a href="#cite_note-magicmusic-220">[219]</a><a href="#cite_note-firstact-221">[220]</a> Johnson also <a href="/wiki/Concert_promoter" class="mw-redirect" title="Concert promoter">co-promoted</a> <a href="/wiki/Janet_Jackson" title="Janet Jackson">Janet Jackson</a>'s <a href="/wiki/The_Velvet_Rope_Tour" title="The Velvet Rope Tour">Velvet Rope Tour</a> through his company Magicworks.<a href="#cite_note-velvet-222">[221]</a> He has also worked as a <a href="/wiki/Motivational_speaker" title="Motivational speaker">motivational speaker</a>,<a href="#cite_note-mot-18">[18]</a> and was an NBA commentator for <a href="/wiki/Turner_Network_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Turner Network Television">Turner Network Television</a> for seven years,<a href="#cite_note-223">[222]</a> before becoming a studio analyst for ESPN's <a href="/wiki/NBA_Countdown" title="NBA Countdown">NBA Countdown</a> in 2008.<a href="#cite_note-224">[223]</a> Johnson runs <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson_Enterprises" title="Magic Johnson Enterprises">Magic Johnson Enterprises</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Conglomerate_(company)" title="Conglomerate (company)">conglomerate</a> that has a net worth of $700 million;<a href="#cite_note-espnticket-16">[16]</a> its subsidiaries include Magic Johnson Productions, a promotional company; <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson_Theaters" class="mw-redirect" title="Magic Johnson Theaters">Magic Johnson Theaters</a>, a nationwide chain of movie theaters; and Magic Johnson Entertainment, a film studio.<a href="#cite_note-225">[224]</a> In addition to these business ventures, Johnson has also created the Magic Card, a <a href="/wiki/Stored-value_card" title="Stored-value card">pre-paid</a> <a href="/wiki/MasterCard" class="mw-redirect" title="MasterCard">MasterCard</a> aimed at helping low-income people save money and participate in <a href="/wiki/Electronic_commerce" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic commerce">electronic commerce</a>.<a href="#cite_note-onlymagic-226">[225]</a> In 2006, Johnson created a contract food service with <a href="/wiki/Sodexo" title="Sodexo">Sodexo</a> USA called Sodexo-Magic.<a href="#cite_note-sodexo-227">[226]</a><a href="#cite_note-228">[227]</a> In 2004, Johnson and his partner Ken Lombard sold Magic Johnson Theaters to <a href="/wiki/Loews_Cineplex_Entertainment" title="Loews Cineplex Entertainment">Loews Cineplex Entertainment</a>. The first Magic Johnson Theater located in the <a href="/wiki/Baldwin_Hills_Crenshaw_Plaza" title="Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza">Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza</a>, closed in 2010 and re-opened in 2011 as <a href="/wiki/Rave_Cinemas" title="Rave Cinemas">Rave Cinema</a> 15.<a href="#cite_note-rave-229">[228]</a> In 2012, Johnson launched a cable TV network called <a href="/wiki/Aspire_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aspire (TV network)">Aspire</a>, featuring programming targeted at black audiences, similar to networks such as <a href="/wiki/Black_Entertainment_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Entertainment Television">Black Entertainment Television</a> (BET) and <a href="/wiki/TV_One_(American_TV_channel)" title="TV One (American TV channel)">TV One</a>.<a href="#cite_note-230">[229]</a> Johnson began thinking of life after basketball while still playing for the Lakers. He wondered why so many athletes had failed at business, and sought advice. During his seventh season in the NBA, he had a meeting with <a href="/wiki/Michael_Ovitz" title="Michael Ovitz">Michael Ovitz</a>, CEO of Creative Artists Agency. Ovitz encouraged him to start reading business magazines and to use every connection available to him. Johnson learned everything he could about business, often meeting with corporate executives during road trips.<a href="#cite_note-ovitz-231">[230]</a> Johnson's first foray into business, a <a href="/wiki/Luxury_goods" title="Luxury goods">high-end</a> sporting goods store named Magic 32,<a href="#cite_note-ovitz-231">[230]</a> failed after only one year, costing him $200,000.<a href="#cite_note-starbucks-232">[231]</a> The experience taught him to listen to his customers and find out what products they wanted. Johnson has become a leading voice on how to invest in urban communities, creating <a href="/wiki/Redevelopment" title="Redevelopment">redevelopment</a> opportunities in underserved areas, most notably through his movie theaters and his <a href="/wiki/Partnership" title="Partnership">partnership</a> with Starbucks. He went to <a href="/wiki/Starbucks" title="Starbucks">Starbucks</a> CEO <a href="/wiki/Howard_Schultz" title="Howard Schultz">Howard Schultz</a> with the idea that he could successfully open the coffee shops in urban areas. After showing Schultz the tremendous buying power of minorities, Johnson was able to purchase 125 Starbucks stores, which reported higher than average per capita sales.<a href="#cite_note-starbucks-232">[231]</a> The partnership, called Urban Coffee Opportunities, placed Starbucks in locations such as <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a>, Washington, D.C., <a href="/wiki/Harlem,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Harlem, New York">Harlem</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Crenshaw_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Crenshaw District">Crenshaw District</a> of Los Angeles. Johnson sold his remaining interest in the stores back to the company in 2010, ending a successful twelve-year partnership.<a href="#cite_note-sale-233">[232]</a><a href="#cite_note-lakerblog-234">[233]</a> He has also made investments in urban real estate through the Canyon-Johnson and Yucaipa-Johnson funds.<a href="#cite_note-235">[234]</a> Another major project is with insurance services company Aon Corp.<a href="#cite_note-236">[235]</a> In 2005–2007, Johnson was a part of a syndicate that bought the <a href="/wiki/Williamsburgh_Savings_Bank_Tower" title="Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower">Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower</a>, then the tallest building in <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, for $71 million and converted the 512-foot high landmark structure from an office building into luxury condominiums.<a href="#cite_note-237">[236]</a><a href="#cite_note-238">[237]</a> According to <a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a>, Johnson became a billionaire in 2023.<a href="#cite_note-239">[238]</a> In 1990, Johnson and <a href="/wiki/Earl_G._Graves_Sr." title="Earl G. Graves Sr.">Earl Graves Sr.</a> obtained a large interest in the Washington, D.C. <a href="/wiki/PepsiCo" title="PepsiCo">PepsiCo</a> bottling operation, making it the company's largest minority-owned facility in the U.S.<a href="#cite_note-240">[239]</a> Johnson became a minority owner of the Lakers in 1994, having reportedly paid more than $10 million for part ownership. He also held the title of team vice president.<a href="#cite_note-johnson-241">[240]</a> Johnson sold his ownership stake in the Lakers in October 2010 to <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Soon-Shiong" title="Patrick Soon-Shiong">Patrick Soon-Shiong</a>, a Los Angeles surgeon and professor at <a href="/wiki/UCLA" class="mw-redirect" title="UCLA">UCLA</a>,<a href="#cite_note-242">[241]</a> but continued as an unpaid vice president of the team.<a href="#cite_note-243">[242]</a> In February 2017, Johnson returned to the Lakers as an advisor to Jeanie Buss.<a href="#cite_note-244">[243]</a> In the wake of the <a href="/wiki/Donald_Sterling" title="Donald Sterling">Donald Sterling</a> controversy, limited media reports indicated that Johnson had expressed an interest in purchasing the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers" title="Los Angeles Clippers">Los Angeles Clippers</a> franchise.<a href="#cite_note-245">[244]</a> In 2015, Johnson completed his planned acquisition for a "majority, controlling interest" in EquiTrust Life Insurance Company, which manages $14.5 billion in annuities, life insurance and other financial products.<a href="#cite_note-246">[245]</a> He is an investor for aXiomatic eSports, the ownership company of <a href="/wiki/Team_Liquid" title="Team Liquid">Team Liquid</a>.<a href="#cite_note-247">[246]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Magic_Johnson_and_Nancy_Pelosi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A middle-aged Caucasian woman shakes the hand of a tall black man." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Magic_Johnson_and_Nancy_Pelosi.jpg/220px-Magic_Johnson_and_Nancy_Pelosi.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="251" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Magic_Johnson_and_Nancy_Pelosi.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="269" data-file-height="307" /></a><figcaption>In 2003, Johnson met with <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a> to discuss federal assistance for those with <a href="/wiki/AIDS" class="mw-redirect" title="AIDS">AIDS</a>.</figcaption></figure> Johnson is a supporter of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>. In 2006, he publicly endorsed <a href="/wiki/Phil_Angelides" title="Phil Angelides">Phil Angelides</a> for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_California" title="Governor of California">Governor of California</a>.<a href="#cite_note-248">[247]</a> He supported <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> during her <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign">2008 presidential campaign</a>,<a href="#cite_note-249">[248]</a> and in 2010, he endorsed <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Boxer" title="Barbara Boxer">Barbara Boxer</a> in her <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_California" title="2010 United States Senate election in California">race for re-election</a> to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a>.<a href="#cite_note-250">[249]</a> In 2012, he endorsed <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> for president.<a href="#cite_note-251">[250]</a> He endorsed and appeared in campaign ads for unsuccessful Los Angeles mayoral candidate <a href="/wiki/Wendy_Greuel" title="Wendy Greuel">Wendy Greuel</a> in 2013.<a href="#cite_note-252">[251]</a> In 2015, he once again endorsed Hillary Clinton in <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton_2016_presidential_campaign" title="Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign">her second presidential campaign</a>.<a href="#cite_note-253">[252]</a> He hosted a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign on August 22, 2016.<a href="#cite_note-Fundraiser-254">[253]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="HIV_activism">HIV activism</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote">I think sometimes we think, "Well, only gay people can get it; it's not going to happen to me", and here I am saying that it can happen to anybody.<div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Magic Johnson (November 7, 1991)<a href="#cite_note-255">[254]</a></cite></div></blockquote> Johnson was one of the first sports stars to go public about having HIV.<a href="#cite_note-256">[255]</a> <a href="/wiki/HIV/AIDS" title="HIV/AIDS">AIDS</a> activist <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Glaser" title="Elizabeth Glaser">Elizabeth Glaser</a>, to whom Johnson had been introduced by a friend,<a href="#cite_note-SMFrontline-257">[256]</a> convinced Johnson to go public about his diagnosis.<a href="#cite_note-SMFrontline-257">[256]</a><a href="#cite_note-258">[257]</a> "She made me promise before she died that I would become the face of the disease and really go out and help people and educate people about it", Johnson recalled in a 2011 interview with <a href="/wiki/Frontline_(American_TV_program)" title="Frontline (American TV program)">Frontline</a>.<a href="#cite_note-SMFrontline-257">[256]</a> After announcing his infection in November 1991, Johnson created the <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson_Foundation" title="Magic Johnson Foundation">Magic Johnson Foundation</a> to help combat HIV,<a href="#cite_note-lifeafterdeath-259">[258]</a> although he later diversified the foundation to include other charitable goals.<a href="#cite_note-espnaids-260">[259]</a> In 1992, he joined the <a href="/wiki/National_Commission_on_AIDS" title="National Commission on AIDS">National Commission on AIDS</a>, a committee appointed by members of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Congress</a> and the <a href="/wiki/George_H.W._Bush" class="mw-redirect" title="George H.W. Bush">Bush Administration</a>. Johnson left after eight months, saying that the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> had "utterly ignored" the work of the panel, and had opposed the commission's recommendations, which included <a href="/wiki/Universal_healthcare" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal healthcare">universal healthcare</a> and the expansion of <a href="/wiki/Medicaid" title="Medicaid">Medicaid</a> to cover all low-income people with AIDS.<a href="#cite_note-lifeafterdeath-259">[258]</a><a href="#cite_note-quits-261">[260]</a> He was also the main speaker for the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> (UN) <a href="/wiki/World_AIDS_Day" title="World AIDS Day">World AIDS Day</a> Conference in 1999,<a href="#cite_note-espnaids-260">[259]</a> and has served as a <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Messengers_of_Peace" title="United Nations Messengers of Peace">United Nations Messenger of Peace</a>.<a href="#cite_note-262">[261]</a> HIV had been associated with intravenous drug users and homosexuals,<a href="#cite_note-lifeafterdeath-259">[258]</a> but Johnson's campaigns sought to show that the risk of infection was not limited to those groups. Johnson stated that his aim was to "help educate all people about what [HIV] is about" and teach others not to "discriminate against people who have HIV and AIDS".<a href="#cite_note-espnaids-260">[259]</a> Johnson was later criticized by the AIDS community for his decreased involvement in publicizing the spread of the disease.<a href="#cite_note-lifeafterdeath-259">[258]</a><a href="#cite_note-espnaids-260">[259]</a> A number of research papers have been written on the "Magic Johnson effect", the effect Johnson's HIV announcement had on various populations, particularly those outside the stereotypes of who got infected with HIV – that is, heterosexuals.<a href="#cite_note-263">[262]</a> Johnson's announcement was a "<a href="/wiki/Public_health" title="Public health">public-health</a> catalyst", according to a <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_University" title="West Virginia University">West Virginia University</a> paper,<a href="#cite_note-264">[263]</a> "rapidly correcting the public's understanding of who was at risk of infection".<a href="#cite_note-265">[264]</a> The paper argues there was a "large but temporary increase in the number of AIDS diagnoses for heterosexual men following the announcement" and suggests that, for some of those people, Johnson's announcement "prolonged patients' lifespans as a result of earlier access to medical care".<a href="#cite_note-ACJCMZR-266">[265]</a> A paper published in <a href="/wiki/AIDS_Education_and_Prevention" title="AIDS Education and Prevention">AIDS Education and Prevention</a> found that "the announcement by Magic Johnson that he had been infected with HIV was associated with increased concern about HIV and with attitude and behavior changes that would lead to reduced risk".<a href="#cite_note-267">[266]</a> To prevent his HIV infection from progressing to AIDS, Johnson takes a daily combination of <a href="/wiki/Management_of_HIV/AIDS" title="Management of HIV/AIDS">antiretroviral drugs</a>, blocking and containing the virus.<a href="#cite_note-268">[267]</a><a href="#cite_note-269">[268]</a> He has advertised <a href="/wiki/GlaxoSmithKline" class="mw-redirect" title="GlaxoSmithKline">GlaxoSmithKline</a>'s drugs,<a href="#cite_note-270">[269]</a> and partnered with <a href="/wiki/Abbott_Laboratories" title="Abbott Laboratories">Abbott Laboratories</a> to publicize the fight against AIDS in African American communities.<a href="#cite_note-misperception-271">[270]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved February 2, 2017. <q>The Los Angeles Lakers today announced that Earvin "Magic" Johnson will return to the Lakers to assist Jeanie Buss in all areas of basketball and business as an advisor.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Magic+Johnson+to+Advise+Team+Ownership&rft.pub=NBA&rft.date=2017-02-02&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nba.com%2Flakers%2Freleases%2F170202-magic-johnson-advise-ownership&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMagic+Johnson" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-245"><a href="#cite_ref-245">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBotte,_Peter2014" class="citation news cs1">Botte, Peter (April 28, 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/magic-trick-johnson-group-buy-dodgers-article-1.1771433">"Magic Johnson reportedly interested in buying Clippers, NBA plans Tuesday press conference on Donald Sterling investigation"</a>. 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Los Angeles Times. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230411090349/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-xpm-2013-mar-28-la-me-ln-magic-johnson-endorses-greuel-20130328-story.html">Archived</a> from the original on April 11, 2023. 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January 20, 2003. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210141139/http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/drugs/2003-01-20-magic-glaxo_x.htm">Archived</a> from the original on February 10, 2012. 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New York: McGraw-Hill Professional. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-07-143034-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-07-143034-0"><bdi>978-0-07-143034-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Show%3A+The+Inside+Story+of+the+Spectacular+Los+Angeles+Lakers+in+the+Words+of+Those+Who+Lived+It&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=McGraw-Hill+Professional&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-0-07-143034-0&rft.aulast=Lazenby&rft.aufirst=Roland&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fshowinsidestoryo00laze&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMagic+Johnson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRiley1993" class="citation book cs1">Riley, Pat (1993). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/winnerwithinlife00rile_0">The Winner Within</a>. G.P. Putnam's Son. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-425-14175-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-425-14175-5"><bdi>978-0-425-14175-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Winner+Within&rft.pub=G.P.+Putnam%27s+Son&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=978-0-425-14175-5&rft.aulast=Riley&rft.aufirst=Pat&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fwinnerwithinlife00rile_0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMagic+Johnson" class="Z3988"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Biographies">Biographies</h3></div> Johnson's <a href="/wiki/Autobiography" title="Autobiography">autobiography</a> is <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJohnson1992" class="citation book cs1">Johnson, Earvin (1992). Magic Johnson: My Life. Random House. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-449-22254-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-449-22254-3"><bdi>0-449-22254-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Magic+Johnson%3A+My+Life&rft.pub=Random+House&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=0-449-22254-3&rft.aulast=Johnson&rft.aufirst=Earvin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMagic+Johnson" class="Z3988"> Other biographies include: <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHaskins1981" class="citation book cs1">Haskins, James (1981). Magic: A Biography of Earvin Johnson. Hillside, New Jersey: Enslow Publishers. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89490-044-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-89490-044-7"><bdi>0-89490-044-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Magic%3A+A+Biography+of+Earvin+Johnson&rft.place=Hillside%2C+New+Jersey&rft.pub=Enslow+Publishers&rft.date=1981&rft.isbn=0-89490-044-7&rft.aulast=Haskins&rft.aufirst=James&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMagic+Johnson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGutman1991" class="citation book cs1">Gutman, Bill (1991). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/magicmorethanleg00gutm">Magic: More Than a Legend</a>. New York: Harper Paperbacks. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-06-100542-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-06-100542-8"><bdi>0-06-100542-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Magic%3A+More+Than+a+Legend&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Harper+Paperbacks&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=0-06-100542-8&rft.aulast=Gutman&rft.aufirst=Bill&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmagicmorethanleg00gutm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMagic+Johnson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMorgan1991" class="citation book cs1">Morgan, Bill (1991). The Magic: Earvin Johnson. Scholastic. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-606-01895-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-606-01895-6"><bdi>0-606-01895-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Magic%3A+Earvin+Johnson&rft.pub=Scholastic&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=0-606-01895-6&rft.aulast=Morgan&rft.aufirst=Bill&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMagic+Johnson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGutman1992" class="citation book cs1">Gutman, Bill (1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/magicjohnsonhero00gutm">Magic Johnson: Hero On and Off the Court</a>. Brookfield, Connecticut: Millbrook Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-56294-287-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-56294-287-5"><bdi>1-56294-287-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Magic+Johnson%3A+Hero+On+and+Off+the+Court&rft.place=Brookfield%2C+Connecticut&rft.pub=Millbrook+Press&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=1-56294-287-5&rft.aulast=Gutman&rft.aufirst=Bill&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmagicjohnsonhero00gutm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMagic+Johnson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJohnson1992" class="citation book cs1">Johnson, Rick L. (1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/magicjohnsonbask0000john">Magic Johnson: Basketball's Smiling Superstar</a>. New York: Dillon Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87518-553-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-87518-553-3"><bdi>0-87518-553-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Magic+Johnson%3A+Basketball%27s+Smiling+Superstar&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Dillon+Press&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=0-87518-553-3&rft.aulast=Johnson&rft.aufirst=Rick+L.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmagicjohnsonbask0000john&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMagic+Johnson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRozakis1993" class="citation book cs1">Rozakis, Laurie (1993). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/magicjohnsonbask0000roza">Magic Johnson: Basketball Immortal</a>. Vero Beach, Florida: Rourke Enterprises. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-86592-025-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-86592-025-7"><bdi>0-86592-025-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Magic+Johnson%3A+Basketball+Immortal&rft.place=Vero+Beach%2C+Florida&rft.pub=Rourke+Enterprises&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=0-86592-025-7&rft.aulast=Rozakis&rft.aufirst=Laurie&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmagicjohnsonbask0000roza&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMagic+Johnson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchwabacher1993" class="citation book cs1">Schwabacher, Martin (1993). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/magicjohnsonjuni00mart">Magic Johnson (Junior World Biographies)</a>. New York: Chelsea Juniors. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7910-2038-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-7910-2038-X"><bdi>0-7910-2038-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Magic+Johnson+%28Junior+World+Biographies%29&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Chelsea+Juniors&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=0-7910-2038-X&rft.aulast=Schwabacher&rft.aufirst=Martin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmagicjohnsonjuni00mart&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMagic+Johnson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBork,_Günter1994" class="citation book cs1">Bork, Günter (1994). Die großen Basketball Stars. Copress-Verl. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-7679-0369-5" title="Special:BookSources/3-7679-0369-5"><bdi>3-7679-0369-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Die+gro%C3%9Fen+Basketball+Stars&rft.pub=Copress-Verl&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=3-7679-0369-5&rft.au=Bork%2C+G%C3%BCnter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMagic+Johnson" class="Z3988"> (German)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrank1994" class="citation book cs1">Frank, Steven (1994). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/magicjohnson00fran">Magic Johnson (Basketball Legends)</a>. New York: Chelsea House Publishers. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7910-2430-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-7910-2430-X"><bdi>0-7910-2430-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Magic+Johnson+%28Basketball+Legends%29&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Chelsea+House+Publishers&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=0-7910-2430-X&rft.aulast=Frank&rft.aufirst=Steven&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmagicjohnson00fran&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMagic+Johnson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBork,_Günter1995" class="citation book cs1">Bork, Günter (1995). Basketball: Sternstunden. Copress-Verl. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-7679-0456-X" title="Special:BookSources/3-7679-0456-X"><bdi>3-7679-0456-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Basketball%3A+Sternstunden&rft.pub=Copress-Verl&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=3-7679-0456-X&rft.au=Bork%2C+G%C3%BCnter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMagic+Johnson" class="Z3988"> (German)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBlatt1996" class="citation book cs1">Blatt, Howard (1996). Magic! Against The Odds. New York: Pocket Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-671-00301-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-671-00301-1"><bdi>0-671-00301-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Magic%21+Against+The+Odds&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Pocket+Books&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=0-671-00301-1&rft.aulast=Blatt&rft.aufirst=Howard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMagic+Johnson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRosner1999" class="citation book cs1">Rosner, Mark (1999). Michael MacCambridge (ed.). Earvin "Magic" Johnson: The Star of Showtime. New York: Hyperion ESPN Books. pp. 251–52.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Earvin+%22Magic%22+Johnson%3A+The+Star+of+Showtime&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=251-52&rft.pub=Hyperion+ESPN+Books&rft.date=1999&rft.aulast=Rosner&rft.aufirst=Mark&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMagic+Johnson" class="Z3988"> (In ESPN SportsCentury)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGottfried2001" class="citation book cs1">Gottfried, Ted (2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/earvinmagicjohns0000gott">Earvin Magic Johnson: Champion and Crusader</a>. New York: F. Watts. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-531-11675-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-531-11675-1"><bdi>0-531-11675-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Earvin+Magic+Johnson%3A+Champion+and+Crusader&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=F.+Watts&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=0-531-11675-1&rft.aulast=Gottfried&rft.aufirst=Ted&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fearvinmagicjohns0000gott&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMagic+Johnson" class="Z3988"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Instructional">Instructional</h3></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJohnson1992" class="citation book cs1">Johnson, Earvin "Magic" (1992). Magic's Touch: From Fundamentals to Fast Break With One of Basketball's All-Time Greats. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-201-63222-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-201-63222-5"><bdi>0-201-63222-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Magic%27s+Touch%3A+From+Fundamentals+to+Fast+Break+With+One+of+Basketball%27s+All-Time+Greats&rft.place=Reading%2C+Massachusetts&rft.pub=Addison-Wesley+Pub.+Co&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=0-201-63222-5&rft.aulast=Johnson&rft.aufirst=Earvin+%22Magic%22&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMagic+Johnson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJohnson1996" class="citation book cs1">Johnson, Earvin "Magic" (1996). What You Can Do to Avoid AIDS. New York: Times Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8129-2844-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-8129-2844-X"><bdi>0-8129-2844-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=What+You+Can+Do+to+Avoid+AIDS&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Times+Books&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=0-8129-2844-X&rft.aulast=Johnson&rft.aufirst=Earvin+%22Magic%22&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMagic+Johnson" class="Z3988"> <ul><li>Updated version of <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJohnson1992" class="citation book cs1">Johnson, Earvin "Magic" (1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/whatyoucandotoav00john">Unsafe Sex in the Age of AIDS</a>. New York: Times Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8129-2063-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-8129-2063-5"><bdi>0-8129-2063-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Unsafe+Sex+in+the+Age+of+AIDS&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Times+Books&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=0-8129-2063-5&rft.aulast=Johnson&rft.aufirst=Earvin+%22Magic%22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fwhatyoucandotoav00john&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMagic+Johnson" class="Z3988"></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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Kennedy Memorial Stadium">RFK Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Stadium" title="Northwest Stadium">Northwest Stadium</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Key personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Managing partner: <a href="/wiki/Josh_Harris_(businessman)" title="Josh Harris (businessman)">Josh Harris</a></li> <li>Prominent limited partners: <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Rales" title="Mitchell Rales">Mitchell Rales</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Magic Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ein" title="Mark Ein">Mark Ein</a></li> <li>General manager: <a href="/wiki/Adam_Peters" title="Adam Peters">Adam Peters</a></li> <li>Head coach: <a href="/wiki/Dan_Quinn_(American_football)" title="Dan Quinn (American football)">Dan Quinn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Culture and lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Hail_to_the_Commanders" title="Hail to the Commanders">Hail to the Commanders</a>" <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Commanders_Marching_Band" title="Washington Commanders Marching Band">Marching Band</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_Tuddy" title="Major Tuddy">Major Tuddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hogettes" title="Hogettes">Hogettes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Zee" title="Chief Zee">Chief Zee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins_name_controversy" title="Washington Redskins name controversy">Redskins name controversy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Washington_Redskins_name_change_advocates" title="List of Washington Redskins name change advocates">Name change advocates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins_name_opinion_polls" title="Washington Redskins name opinion polls">Opinion polls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins_trademark_dispute" title="Washington Redskins trademark dispute">Trademark dispute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins_Original_Americans_Foundation" title="Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation">Original Americans Foundation</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Go_Fund_Yourself" title="Go Fund Yourself">Go Fund Yourself</a>"</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Replacements_(film)" title="The Replacements (film)">The Replacements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everybody%27s_All-American_(film)" title="Everybody's All-American (film)">Everybody's All-American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redskins_Rule" title="Redskins Rule">Redskins Rule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Flagship" title="Operation Flagship">Operation Flagship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hogs_(American_football)" title="The Hogs (American football)">The Hogs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Fun_Bunch" title="The Fun Bunch">The Fun Bunch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Over-the-Hill_Gang_(American_football)" title="The Over-the-Hill Gang (American football)">The Over-the-Hill Gang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1940 NFL Championship Game">Bears 73, Redskins 0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Body_Bag_Game" title="Body Bag Game">Body Bag Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhouse_in_Maryland" title="Madhouse in Maryland">Madhouse in Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Williams_trade" title="Ricky Williams trade">Ricky Williams trade</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commanders%E2%80%93Cowboys_rivalry" title="Commanders–Cowboys rivalry">Dallas Cowboys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commanders%E2%80%93Giants_rivalry" title="Commanders–Giants rivalry">New York Giants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commanders%E2%80%93Eagles_rivalry" title="Commanders–Eagles rivalry">Philadelphia Eagles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Division championships (15)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1936_Boston_Redskins_season" title="1936 Boston Redskins season">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1937 Washington Redskins season">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1940 Washington Redskins season">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1942 Washington Redskins season">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1943 Washington Redskins season">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1945 Washington Redskins season">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1972 Washington Redskins season">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1983 Washington Redskins season">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1984 Washington Redskins season">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1987 Washington Redskins season">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1991 Washington Redskins season">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Washington_Redskins_season" title="1999 Washington Redskins season">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Washington_Redskins_season" title="2012 Washington Redskins season">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Washington_Redskins_season" title="2015 Washington Redskins season">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Washington_Football_Team_season" title="2020 Washington Football Team season">2020</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Conference championships (5)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1972_NFC_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="1972 NFC Championship Game">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_NFL_season" title="1982 NFL season">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_NFL_season" title="1983 NFL season">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NFL_season" title="1987 NFL season">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_NFL_season" title="1991 NFL season">1991</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">League championships (2)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1937_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1937 NFL Championship Game">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1942 NFL Championship Game">1942</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Super Bowl championships (3)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XVII" title="Super Bowl XVII">1982 (XVII)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXII" title="Super Bowl XXII">1987 (XXII)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXVI" title="Super Bowl XXVI">1991 (XXVI)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Retired numbers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Jurgensen" title="Sonny Jurgensen">9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Taylor" title="Sean Taylor">21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darrell_Green" title="Darrell Green">28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Baugh" title="Sammy Baugh">33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Mitchell" title="Bobby Mitchell">49</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFB612 !important; color: #000000 !important; ;;width:1%">Hall of Famers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Battles" title="Cliff Battles">Cliff Battles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Baugh" title="Sammy Baugh">Sammy Baugh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Dudley" title="Bill Dudley">Bill Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turk_Edwards" title="Turk Edwards">Turk Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Gibbs" title="Joe Gibbs">Joe Gibbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darrell_Green" title="Darrell Green">Darrell Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russ_Grimm" title="Russ Grimm">Russ Grimm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Hanburger" title="Chris Hanburger">Chris Hanburger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Houston" title="Ken Houston">Ken Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Huff" title="Sam Huff">Sam Huff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deacon_Jones" title="Deacon Jones">Deacon Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Jones_(American_football)" title="Stan Jones (American football)">Stan Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Jurgensen" title="Sonny Jurgensen">Sonny Jurgensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Krause" title="Paul Krause">Paul Krause</a></li> <li><a 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Born">Born</a></li> <li>1954: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Gola" title="Tom Gola">Gola</a></li> <li>1955: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Russell</a></li> <li>1956: <a href="/wiki/Hal_Lear" title="Hal Lear">Lear</a></li> <li>1957: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li>1958: <a href="/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor">Baylor</a></li> <li>1959: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">West</a></li> <li>1960: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a></li> <li>1961: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a></li> <li>1962: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Hogue" title="Paul Hogue">Hogue</a></li> <li>1963: <a href="/wiki/Art_Heyman" title="Art Heyman">Heyman</a></li> <li>1964: <a href="/wiki/Walt_Hazzard" title="Walt Hazzard">Hazzard</a></li> <li>1965: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley" title="Bill Bradley">Bradley</a></li> <li>1966: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Chambers" title="Jerry Chambers">Chambers</a></li> <li>1967: <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Alcindor</a></li> <li>1968: <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Alcindor</a></li> <li>1969: <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Alcindor</a></li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Wicks" title="Sidney Wicks">Wicks</a></li> <li>1971: <a href="/wiki/Howard_Porter_(basketball)" title="Howard Porter (basketball)">Porter</a> *</li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">Thompson</a></li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/Richard_Washington" title="Richard Washington">Washington</a></li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Kent_Benson" title="Kent Benson">Benson</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Butch_Lee" title="Butch Lee">Lee</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Givens" title="Jack 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title="Carmelo Anthony">Anthony</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Emeka_Okafor" title="Emeka Okafor">Okafor</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Sean_May" title="Sean May">May</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Joakim_Noah" title="Joakim Noah">Noah</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Corey_Brewer" title="Corey Brewer">Brewer</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Mario_Chalmers" title="Mario Chalmers">Chalmers</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Ellington" title="Wayne Ellington">Ellington</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Singler" title="Kyle Singler">Singler</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Kemba_Walker" title="Kemba Walker">Walker</a> </li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Davis" title="Anthony Davis">Davis</a> </li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Luke_Hancock" title="Luke Hancock">Hancock</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Shabazz_Napier" title="Shabazz Napier">Napier</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Tyus_Jones" title="Tyus Jones">Jones</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Arcidiacono" title="Ryan Arcidiacono">Arcidiacono</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Joel_Berry_II" title="Joel Berry II">Berry</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Donte_DiVincenzo" title="Donte DiVincenzo">DiVincenzo</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Guy" title="Kyle Guy">Guy</a></li> <li>2020: None</li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/Jared_Butler" title="Jared Butler">Butler</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Ochai_Agbaji" title="Ochai Agbaji">Agbaji</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Adama_Sanogo" title="Adama Sanogo">Sanogo</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/Tristen_Newton" title="Tristen Newton">Newton</a></li></ul> *Ruled ineligible after tournament </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="1979_NCAA_Men&#039;s_Basketball_Consensus_All-Americans" 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1947_BAA_draft" title="1947 BAA draft">1947</a>: <a href="/wiki/Clifton_McNeely" title="Clifton McNeely">McNeely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_BAA_draft" title="1948 BAA draft">1948</a>: <a href="/wiki/Andy_Tonkovich" title="Andy Tonkovich">Tonkovich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_BAA_draft" title="1949 BAA draft">1949</a>: <a href="/wiki/Howie_Shannon" title="Howie Shannon">Shannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_NBA_draft" title="1950 NBA draft">1950</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Share" title="Chuck Share">Share</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_NBA_draft" title="1951 NBA draft">1951</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gene_Melchiorre" title="Gene Melchiorre">Melchiorre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_NBA_draft" title="1952 NBA draft">1952</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Workman" title="Mark Workman">Workman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_NBA_draft" title="1953 NBA draft">1953</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Felix" title="Ray Felix">Felix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_NBA_draft" title="1954 NBA draft">1954</a>: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Selvy" title="Frank Selvy">Selvy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_NBA_draft" title="1955 NBA draft">1955</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Ricketts" title="Dick Ricketts">Ricketts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_NBA_draft" title="1956 NBA draft">1956</a>: <a href="/wiki/Si_Green" title="Si Green">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_NBA_draft" title="1957 NBA draft">1957</a>: <a href="/wiki/Hot_Rod_Hundley" title="Hot Rod Hundley">Hundley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_NBA_draft" title="1958 NBA draft">1958</a>: <a href="/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor">Baylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_NBA_draft" title="1959 NBA draft">1959</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Boozer" title="Bob Boozer">Boozer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_NBA_draft" title="1960 NBA draft">1960</a>: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_NBA_draft" title="1961 NBA draft">1961</a>: <a href="/wiki/Walt_Bellamy" title="Walt Bellamy">Bellamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_NBA_draft" title="1962 NBA draft">1962</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bill_McGill" title="Bill McGill">McGill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_NBA_draft" title="1963 NBA draft">1963</a>: <a href="/wiki/Art_Heyman" title="Art Heyman">Heyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_NBA_draft" title="1964 NBA draft">1964</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jim_%22Bad_News%22_Barnes" title="Jim "Bad News" Barnes">Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_NBA_draft" title="1965 NBA draft">1965</a>: <a href="/wiki/Fred_Hetzel" title="Fred Hetzel">Hetzel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_NBA_draft" title="1966 NBA draft">1966</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cazzie_Russell" title="Cazzie Russell">Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_NBA_draft" title="1967 NBA draft">1967</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Walker_(basketball,_born_1944)" title="Jimmy Walker (basketball, born 1944)">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_NBA_draft" title="1968 NBA draft">1968</a>: <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_draft" title="1969 NBA draft">1969</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Alcindor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_draft" title="1970 NBA draft">1970</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Lanier" title="Bob Lanier">Lanier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_draft" title="1971 NBA draft">1971</a>: <a href="/wiki/Austin_Carr" title="Austin Carr">Carr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_draft" title="1972 NBA draft">1972</a>: <a href="/wiki/LaRue_Martin" title="LaRue Martin">L. Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_NBA_draft" title="1973 NBA draft">1973</a>: <a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_NBA_draft" title="1974 NBA draft">1974</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_NBA_draft" title="1975 NBA draft">1975</a>: <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">D. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_NBA_draft" title="1976 NBA draft">1976</a>: <a href="/wiki/John_Lucas_II" title="John Lucas II">Lucas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_draft" title="1977 NBA draft">1977</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kent_Benson" title="Kent Benson">Benson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_draft" title="1978 NBA draft">1978</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mychal_Thompson" title="Mychal Thompson">M. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_draft" title="1979 NBA draft">1979</a>: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">E. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_draft" title="1980 NBA draft">1980</a>: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Barry_Carroll" title="Joe Barry Carroll">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_draft" title="1981 NBA draft">1981</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Aguirre" title="Mark Aguirre">Aguirre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_draft" title="1982 NBA draft">1982</a>: <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">Worthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_draft" title="1983 NBA draft">1983</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_draft" title="1984 NBA draft">1984</a>: <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_draft" title="1985 NBA draft">1985</a>: <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Ewing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_draft" title="1986 NBA draft">1986</a>: <a href="/wiki/Brad_Daugherty_(basketball)" title="Brad Daugherty (basketball)">Daugherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_draft" title="1987 NBA draft">1987</a>: <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">D. 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Johnson</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">Worthy</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Dumars</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Thomas</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></li> <li>2000: <a 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<li>2013: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Leonard</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Andre_Iguodala" title="Andre Iguodala">Iguodala</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Leonard</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/Giannis_Antetokounmpo" title="Giannis Antetokounmpo">Antetokounmpo</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Curry</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Nikola_Joki%C4%87" title="Nikola Jokić">Jokić</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/Jaylen_Brown" title="Jaylen Brown">Brown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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Abdul-Jabbar">Abdul-Jabbar</a></li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/Bob_McAdoo" title="Bob McAdoo">McAdoo</a></li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Abdul-Jabbar</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Abdul-Jabbar</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">M. Malone</a></li> <li>1980: <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Abdul-Jabbar</a></li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Erving</a></li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">M. Malone</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">M. Malone</a></li> <li>1984: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></li> <li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></li> <li>1987: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Johnson</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1989: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Johnson</a></li> <li>1990: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Johnson</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Barkley</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">Robinson</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">K. Malone</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">K. Malone</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Iverson</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Garnett</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Nash</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Nash</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Nowitzki</a> </li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Rose" title="Derrick Rose">Rose</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Curry</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Curry</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Russell_Westbrook" title="Russell Westbrook">Westbrook</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/James_Harden" title="James Harden">Harden</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Giannis_Antetokounmpo" title="Giannis Antetokounmpo">Antetokounmpo</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/Giannis_Antetokounmpo" title="Giannis Antetokounmpo">Antetokounmpo</a></li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/Nikola_Joki%C4%87" title="Nikola Jokić">Jokić</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Nikola_Joki%C4%87" title="Nikola Jokić">Jokić</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Joel_Embiid" title="Joel Embiid">Embiid</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/Nikola_Joki%C4%87" title="Nikola Jokić">Jokić</a></li></ul> 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href="/wiki/Ernie_Calverley" title="Ernie Calverley">Calverley</a></li> <li>1948: <a href="/wiki/Howie_Dallmar" title="Howie Dallmar">Dallmar</a></li> <li>1949: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Davies" title="Bob Davies">Davies</a></li> <li>1950: <a href="/wiki/Dick_McGuire" title="Dick McGuire">McGuire</a></li> <li>1951: <a href="/wiki/Andy_Phillip" title="Andy Phillip">Phillip</a></li> <li>1952: <a href="/wiki/Andy_Phillip" title="Andy Phillip">Phillip</a></li> <li>1953: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob Cousy">Cousy</a></li> <li>1954: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob Cousy">Cousy</a></li> <li>1955: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob Cousy">Cousy</a></li> <li>1956: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob Cousy">Cousy</a></li> <li>1957: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob Cousy">Cousy</a></li> <li>1958: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob Cousy">Cousy</a></li> <li>1959: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob Cousy">Cousy</a></li> <li>1960: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob 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title="Slick Watts">Watts</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Don_Buse" title="Don Buse">Buse</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Lee" title="Ron Lee">Lee</a></li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/M._L._Carr" title="M. L. Carr">Carr</a></li> <li>1980: <a href="/wiki/Micheal_Ray_Richardson" title="Micheal Ray Richardson">Richardson</a></li> <li>1981: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Johnson</a></li> <li>1982: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Johnson</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Micheal_Ray_Richardson" title="Micheal Ray Richardson">Richardson</a></li> <li>1984: <a href="/wiki/Rickey_Green" title="Rickey Green">R. Green</a></li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Micheal_Ray_Richardson" title="Micheal Ray Richardson">Richardson</a></li> <li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Alvin_Robertson" title="Alvin Robertson">Robertson</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/Alvin_Robertson" title="Alvin Robertson">Robertson</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">Stockton</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Alvin_Robertson" title="Alvin Robertson">Robertson</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">Stockton</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Nate_McMillan" title="Nate McMillan">McMillan</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Pippen</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Payton" title="Gary Payton">Payton</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Mookie_Blaylock" title="Mookie Blaylock">Blaylock</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Mookie_Blaylock" title="Mookie Blaylock">Blaylock</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Kendall_Gill" title="Kendall Gill">Gill</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Jones_(basketball)" title="Eddie Jones (basketball)">Jones</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Iverson</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Iverson</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Iverson</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Baron_Davis" title="Baron Davis">Davis</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Hughes" title="Larry Hughes">Hughes</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Wallace" title="Gerald Wallace">Wallace</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Baron_Davis" title="Baron Davis">Davis</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paul" title="Chris Paul">Paul</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paul" title="Chris Paul">Paul</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Rajon_Rondo" title="Rajon Rondo">Rondo</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paul" title="Chris Paul">Paul</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paul" title="Chris Paul">Paul</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paul" title="Chris Paul">Paul</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paul" title="Chris Paul">Paul</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Leonard</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Curry</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">D. Green</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Victor_Oladipo" title="Victor Oladipo">Oladipo</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Paul_George" title="Paul George">George</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Simmons" title="Ben Simmons">Simmons</a></li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Butler" title="Jimmy Butler">Butler</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Dejounte_Murray" title="Dejounte Murray">Murray</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/OG_Anunoby" title="OG Anunoby">Anunoby</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/De%27Aaron_Fox" title="De'Aaron Fox">Fox</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="J._Walter_Kennedy_Citizenship_Award" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:J._Walter_Kennedy_Citizenship_Award" title="Template:J. 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Johnson</a></li> <li>1992: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Johnson</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Porter" title="Terry Porter">Porter</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Dumars</a></li> <li>1995: O'Toole</li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Dudley" title="Chris Dudley">Dudley</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/P._J._Brown" title="P. J. Brown">Brown</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Smith_(basketball)" title="Steve Smith (basketball)">Smith</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Brian_Grant" title="Brian Grant">Grant</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Vlade_Divac" title="Vlade Divac">Divac</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Dikembe_Mutombo" title="Dikembe Mutombo">Mutombo</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Alonzo_Mourning" title="Alonzo Mourning">Mourning</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">Robinson</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Miller" title="Reggie Miller">Miller</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Eric_Snow" title="Eric Snow">Snow</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Garnett</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Nash</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Billups</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Dikembe_Mutombo" title="Dikembe Mutombo">Mutombo</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Dalembert" title="Samuel Dalembert">Dalembert</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Metta_Sandiford-Artest" title="Metta Sandiford-Artest">Artest</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Pau_Gasol" title="Pau Gasol">Gasol</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Faried" title="Kenneth Faried">Faried</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Luol_Deng" title="Luol Deng">Deng</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Joakim_Noah" title="Joakim Noah">Noah</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Ellington" title="Wayne Ellington">Ellington</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/J._J._Barea" title="J. J. Barea">Barea</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Damian_Lillard" title="Damian Lillard">Lillard</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Brogdon" title="Malcolm Brogdon">Brogdon</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Curry</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/CJ_McCollum" title="CJ McCollum">McCollum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Grammy_Award_for_Best_Audio_Book,_Narration_&amp;_Storytelling_Recording" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#cedff2;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Grammy_Award_for_Best_Spoken_Word_Album" title="Template:Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Grammy_Award_for_Best_Spoken_Word_Album" title="Template talk:Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Grammy_Award_for_Best_Spoken_Word_Album" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Grammy_Award_for_Best_Audio_Book,_Narration_&amp;_Storytelling_Recording" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Audio_Book,_Narration_%26_Storytelling_Recording" title="Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording">Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>The Best of the Stan Freberg Shows – <a href="/wiki/Stan_Freberg" title="Stan Freberg">Stan Freberg</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Portrait" title="Lincoln Portrait">Lincoln Portrait</a> – <a href="/wiki/Carl_Sandburg" title="Carl Sandburg">Carl Sandburg</a> (1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>FDR Speaks – Robert Bialek (producer) (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein_Discusses_Humor_in_Music_and_Conducts_Till_Eulenspiegel%27s_Merry_Pranks" title="Leonard Bernstein Discusses Humor in Music and Conducts Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks">Humor in Music</a> – <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein" title="Leonard Bernstein">Leonard Bernstein</a> (1961)</li> <li>The Story-Teller: A Session with Charles Laughton – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Laughton" title="Charles Laughton">Charles Laughton</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Who%27s_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf%3F" title="Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?">Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</a> – <a href="/wiki/Edward_Albee" title="Edward Albee">Edward Albee</a> (playwright) (1963)</li> <li>BBC Tribute to John F. Kennedy – <a href="/wiki/That_Was_the_Week_That_Was" title="That Was the Week That Was">That Was the Week That Was</a> (1964)</li> <li>John F. Kennedy: As We Remember Him – <a href="/wiki/Goddard_Lieberson" title="Goddard Lieberson">Goddard Lieberson</a> (producer) (1965)</li> <li>Edward R. Murrow - A Reporter Remembers, Vol. I: The War Years – <a href="/wiki/Edward_R._Murrow" title="Edward R. Murrow">Edward R. Murrow</a> (1966)</li> <li>Gallant Men – <a href="/wiki/Everett_Dirksen" title="Everett Dirksen">Everett Dirksen</a> (1967)</li> <li>Lonesome Cities – <a href="/wiki/Rod_McKuen" title="Rod McKuen">Rod McKuen</a> (1968)</li> <li>We Love You Call Collect – <a href="/wiki/Art_Linkletter" title="Art Linkletter">Art Linkletter</a> & <a href="/wiki/Diane_Linkletter" title="Diane Linkletter">Diane Linkletter</a> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam – <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desiderata_(Les_Crane_album)" title="Desiderata (Les Crane album)">Desiderata</a> – <a href="/wiki/Les_Crane" title="Les Crane">Les Crane</a> (1971)</li> <li>Lenny – <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Botnick" title="Bruce Botnick">Bruce Botnick</a> (producer) & the Original Broadway Cast (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Livingston_Seagull" title="Jonathan Livingston Seagull">Jonathan Livingston Seagull</a> – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Harris" title="Richard Harris">Richard Harris</a> (1973)</li> <li>Good Evening – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cook" title="Peter Cook">Peter Cook</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Moore" title="Dudley Moore">Dudley Moore</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Give_%27em_Hell,_Harry!" title="Give 'em Hell, Harry!">Give 'em Hell, Harry!</a> – <a href="/wiki/James_Whitmore" title="James Whitmore">James Whitmore</a> (1975)</li> <li>Great American Documents – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Fonda" title="Henry Fonda">Henry Fonda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helen_Hayes" title="Helen Hayes">Helen Hayes</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones">James Earl Jones</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Belle_of_Amherst" title="The Belle of Amherst">The Belle of Amherst</a> – <a href="/wiki/Julie_Harris" title="Julie Harris">Julie Harris</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Citizen_Kane" title="Citizen Kane">Citizen Kane (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)</a> – <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> (1978)</li> <li>Ages of Man: Readings from Shakespeare – <a href="/wiki/John_Gielgud" title="John Gielgud">John Gielgud</a> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gertrude_Stein" title="Gertrude Stein">Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pat_Carroll" title="Pat Carroll">Pat Carroll</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donovan%27s_Brain" title="Donovan's Brain">Donovan's Brain</a> – <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark" title="Raiders of the Lost Ark">Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Movie on Record</a> – Tom Voegeli (producer) and Various Artists (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Portrait" title="Lincoln Portrait">Lincoln Portrait</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Warfield" title="William Warfield">William Warfield</a> (1983)</li> <li>The Words of Gandhi – <a href="/wiki/Ben_Kingsley" title="Ben Kingsley">Ben Kingsley</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ma_Rainey%27s_Black_Bottom" title="Ma Rainey's Black Bottom">Ma Rainey's Black Bottom</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Berniker" title="Mike Berniker">Mike Berniker</a> (producer) & the Original Broadway Cast (1985)</li> <li>Interviews from the Class of '55 Recording Sessions – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis" title="Jerry Lee Lewis">Jerry Lee Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chips_Moman" title="Chips Moman">Chips Moman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson">Ricky Nelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roy_Orbison" title="Roy Orbison">Roy Orbison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carl_Perkins" title="Carl Perkins">Carl Perkins</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sam_Phillips" title="Sam Phillips">Sam Phillips</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Wobegon_Days" title="Lake Wobegon Days">Lake Wobegon Days</a> – <a href="/wiki/Garrison_Keillor" title="Garrison Keillor">Garrison Keillor</a> (1987)</li> <li>Speech by Rev. Jesse Jackson – <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Jackson" title="Jesse Jackson">Jesse Jackson</a> (1988)</li> <li>It's Always Something – <a href="/wiki/Gilda_Radner" title="Gilda Radner">Gilda Radner</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gracie:_A_Love_Story" title="Gracie: A Love Story">Gracie: A Love Story</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Burns" title="George Burns">George Burns</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Civil_War_(miniseries)" title="The Civil War (miniseries)">The Civil War</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Burns" title="Ken Burns">Ken Burns</a> (1991)</li> <li>What You Can Do to Avoid AIDS – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Earvin "Magic" Johnson</a> and Robert O'Keefe (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/On_the_Pulse_of_Morning" title="On the Pulse of Morning">On the Pulse of Morning</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Get_in_the_Van" title="Get in the Van">Get in the Van</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Rollins" title="Henry Rollins">Henry Rollins</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phenomenal_Woman:_Four_Poems_Celebrating_Women" title="Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women">Phenomenal Woman</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/It_Takes_a_Village" title="It Takes a Village">It Takes a Village</a> – <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> (1996)</li> <li>Charles Kuralt's Spring – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Kuralt" title="Charles Kuralt">Charles Kuralt</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Still_Me" title="Still Me">Still Me</a> – <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Reeve" title="Christopher Reeve">Christopher Reeve</a> (1998)</li> <li>The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr. – <a href="/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton">LeVar Burton</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Measure_of_a_Man:_A_Spiritual_Autobiography" title="The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography">The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Poitier" title="Sidney Poitier">Sidney Poitier</a>, Rick Harris, and John Runnette (producers) (2000)</li> <li>Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones – <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a>, Jeffrey S. Thomas, Steven Strassman (engineers), and Elisa Shokoff (producer) (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Song_Flung_Up_to_Heaven" title="A Song Flung Up to Heaven">A Song Flung Up to Heaven</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a> and Charles B. Potter (producer) (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lies_and_the_Lying_Liars_Who_Tell_Them" title="Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them">Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them</a> – <a href="/wiki/Al_Franken" title="Al Franken">Al Franken</a> and Paul Ruben (producer) (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/My_Life_(Clinton_autobiography)" title="My Life (Clinton autobiography)">My Life</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dreams_from_My_Father" title="Dreams from My Father">Dreams from My Father</a> – <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Endangered_Values" title="Our Endangered Values">Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> / With Ossie and Ruby – <a href="/wiki/Ossie_Davis" title="Ossie Davis">Ossie Davis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Audacity_of_Hope" title="The Audacity of Hope">The Audacity of Hope</a> – <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> and Jacob Bronstein (producer) (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/An_Inconvenient_Truth_(book)" title="An Inconvenient Truth (book)">An Inconvenient Truth</a> by <a href="/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a> – <a href="/wiki/Beau_Bridges" title="Beau Bridges">Beau Bridges</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Nixon" title="Cynthia Nixon">Cynthia Nixon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Blair_Underwood" title="Blair Underwood">Blair Underwood</a> (2008)</li> <li>Always Looking Up – <a href="/wiki/Michael_J._Fox" title="Michael J. 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Fox</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Earth_(The_Book)" title="Earth (The Book)">The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook)</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jon_Stewart" title="Jon Stewart">Jon Stewart</a> (2010)</li> <li>If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't) – <a href="/wiki/Betty_White" title="Betty White">Betty White</a> (2011)</li> <li>Society's Child – <a href="/wiki/Janis_Ian" title="Janis Ian">Janis Ian</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/America_Again" title="America Again">America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't</a> – <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Colbert" title="Stephen Colbert">Stephen Colbert</a> (2013)</li> <li>Diary of a Mad Diva – <a href="/wiki/Joan_Rivers" title="Joan Rivers">Joan Rivers</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Full_Life:_Reflections_at_90" class="mw-redirect" title="A Full Life: Reflections at 90">A Full Life: Reflections at 90</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> (2015)</li> <li>In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox – <a href="/wiki/Carol_Burnett" title="Carol Burnett">Carol Burnett</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Princess_Diarist" title="The Princess Diarist">The Princess Diarist</a> – <a href="/wiki/Carrie_Fisher" title="Carrie Fisher">Carrie Fisher</a> (2017)</li> <li>Faith: A Journey for All – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Becoming_(book)" title="Becoming (book)">Becoming</a> – <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama">Michelle Obama</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blowout_(book)" title="Blowout (book)">Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth</a> – <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Maddow" title="Rachel Maddow">Rachel Maddow</a> (2020)</li> <li>Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation from John Lewis − <a href="/wiki/Don_Cheadle" title="Don Cheadle">Don Cheadle</a> (2021)</li> <li>Finding Me – <a href="/wiki/Viola_Davis" title="Viola Davis">Viola Davis</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Light_We_Carry" title="The Light We Carry">The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times</a> – <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama">Michelle Obama</a> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nate_Archibald" title="Nate Archibald">Archibald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Barnett" title="Dick Barnett">Barnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Beckman" title="John Beckman">Beckman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Belov" title="Sergei Belov">Belov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Billups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Bing" title="Dave Bing">Bing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Blazejowski" title="Carol Blazejowski">Blazejowski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennie_Borgmann" title="Bennie Borgmann">Borgmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Braun_(basketball)" title="Carl Braun (basketball)">Braun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Brennan_(basketball)" title="Joseph Brennan (basketball)">Brennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Carter" title="Vince Carter">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Cervi" title="Al Cervi">Cervi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Cheeks" title="Maurice Cheeks">Cheeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zack_Clayton" title="Zack Clayton">Clayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Cooper-Dyke" title="Cynthia Cooper-Dyke">Cooper-Dyke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob Cousy">Cousy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louie_Dampier" title="Louie Dampier">Dampier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Davies" title="Bob Davies">Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Drexler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Dumars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_Edwards" title="Teresa Edwards">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Endacott" title="Paul Endacott">Endacott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Frazier" title="Walt Frazier">Frazier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Friedman_(basketball)" title="Marty Friedman (basketball)">Friedman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikos_Galis" title="Nikos Galis">Galis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Gervin" title="George Gervin">Gervin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manu_Gin%C3%B3bili" title="Manu Ginóbili">Ginóbili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gail_Goodrich" title="Gail Goodrich">Goodrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Greer" title="Hal Greer">Greer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theresa_Grentz" title="Theresa Grentz">Grentz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richie_Guerin" title="Richie Guerin">Guerin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Becky_Hammon" title="Becky Hammon">Hammon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vic_Hanson" title="Vic Hanson">Hanson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Hardaway" title="Tim Hardaway">Hardaway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marques_Haynes" title="Marques Haynes">Haynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nat_Holman" title="Nat Holman">Holman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Hyatt" title="Charley Hyatt">Hyatt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Isaacs" title="John Isaacs">Isaacs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Iverson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Jeannette" title="Buddy Jeannette">Jeannette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fats_Jenkins" title="Fats Jenkins">Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">D. Johnson</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._C._Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="K. C. Jones">K. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Jones_(basketball,_born_1933)" title="Sam Jones (basketball, born 1933)">S. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Kidd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Lieberman" title="Nancy Lieberman">Lieberman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Maravich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hort%C3%AAncia_Marcari" title="Hortência Marcari">Marcari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%A0ar%C5%ABnas_Mar%C4%8Diulionis" title="Šarūnas Marčiulionis">Marčiulionis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slater_Martin" title="Slater Martin">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_McDermott" title="Bobby McDermott">McDermott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">McGrady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_McGuire" title="Dick McGuire">D. McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Meyers" title="Ann Meyers">Meyers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Miller" title="Reggie Miller">R. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Moncrief" title="Sidney Moncrief">Moncrief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Monroe" title="Earl Monroe">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Moore" title="Pearl Moore">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calvin_Murphy" title="Calvin Murphy">C. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlan_Page" title="Harlan Page">Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Parker" title="Tony Parker">Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Payton" title="Gary Payton">Payton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dra%C5%BEen_Petrovi%C4%87" title="Dražen Petrović">Petrović</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Phillip" title="Andy Phillip">Phillip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Posey" title="Cumberland Posey">Posey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Richmond" title="Mitch Richmond">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Rodgers" title="Guy Rodgers">Rodgers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Roosma" title="John Roosma">Roosma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honey_Russell" title="Honey Russell">J. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Schommer" title="John Schommer">Schommer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Scott_(basketball)" title="Charlie Scott (basketball)">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barney_Sedran" title="Barney Sedran">Sedran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Sharman" title="Bill Sharman">Sharman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katie_Smith" title="Katie Smith">K. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Staley" title="Dawn Staley">Staley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Steinmetz" title="Christian Steinmetz">Steinmetz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">Stockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheryl_Swoopes" title="Sheryl Swoopes">Swoopes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">D. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michele_Timms" title="Michele Timms">Timms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuzzy_Vandivier" title="Fuzzy Vandivier">Vandivier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Wade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Wanzer" title="Bobby Wanzer">Wanzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_Weatherspoon" title="Teresa Weatherspoon">Weatherspoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Westphal" title="Paul Westphal">Westphal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Whalen" title="Lindsay Whalen">Whalen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Jo_White" title="Jo Jo White">J. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Wilkens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynette_Woodard" title="Lynette Woodard">Woodard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wooden" title="John Wooden">Wooden</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Forwards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Arizin" title="Paul Arizin">Arizin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seimone_Augustus" title="Seimone Augustus">Augustus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Barkley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor">Baylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Bosh" title="Chris Bosh">Bosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Boswell" title="Sonny Boswell">Boswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley" title="Bill Bradley">Bradley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Brown_(basketball,_born_1942)" title="Roger Brown (basketball, born 1942)">R. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swin_Cash" title="Swin Cash">Cash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamika_Catchings" title="Tamika Catchings">Catchings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Cooper_(basketball)" title="Chuck Cooper (basketball)">C. Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cooper" title="Michael Cooper">M. Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denise_Curry" title="Denise Curry">Curry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dra%C5%BEen_Dalipagi%C4%87" title="Dražen Dalipagić">Dalipagić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dandridge" title="Bob Dandridge">Dandridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Dantley" title="Adrian Dantley">Dantley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Davis_(basketball)" title="Walter Davis (basketball)">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_DeBusschere" title="Dave DeBusschere">DeBusschere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Dehnert" title="Dutch Dehnert">Dehnert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_English" title="Alex English">English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Erving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_E._Foster" title="Harold E. Foster">Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Fulks" title="Joe Fulks">Fulks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laddie_Gale" title="Laddie Gale">Gale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Garnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pau_Gasol" title="Pau Gasol">Gasol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_Gates" title="Pop Gates">Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Gola" title="Tom Gola">Gola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Hagan" title="Cliff Hagan">Hagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">Havlicek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connie_Hawkins" title="Connie Hawkins">Hawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Haywood" title="Spencer Haywood">Haywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Heinsohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Hill" title="Grant Hill">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bailey_Howell" title="Bailey Howell">Howell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Hudson" title="Lou Hudson">Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauren_Jackson" title="Lauren Jackson">L. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Gus Johnson (basketball)">G. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(basketball,_born_1951)" title="Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)">B. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_King" title="Bernard King">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radivoj_Kora%C4%87" title="Radivoj Korać">Korać</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toni_Kuko%C4%8D" title="Toni Kukoč">Kukoč</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Luisetti" title="Hank Luisetti">Luisetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">K. Malone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katrina_McClain" title="Katrina McClain">McClain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branch_McCracken" title="Branch McCracken">B. McCracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_McCracken" title="Jack McCracken">J. McCracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_McGinnis" title="George McGinnis">McGinnis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">McHale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vern_Mikkelsen" title="Vern Mikkelsen">Mikkelsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheryl_Miller" title="Cheryl Miller">C. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Mullin" title="Chris Mullin">Mullin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Nowitzki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Pettit" title="Bob Pettit">Pettit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Pierce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Pippen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Pollard" title="Jim Pollard">Pollard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Pullins" title="Albert Pullins">Pullins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dino_Ra%C4%91a" title="Dino Rađa">Radja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Ramsey_(basketball)" title="Frank Ramsey (basketball)">Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Rodman" title="Dennis Rodman">Rodman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolph_Schayes" title="Dolph Schayes">Schayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Schmidt" title="Ernest Schmidt">E. Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Schmidt" title="Oscar Schmidt">O. Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Stokes" title="Maurice Stokes">Stokes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cat_Thompson" title="Cat Thompson">C. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Thompson" title="Tina Thompson">T. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Twyman" title="Jack Twyman">Twyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chet_Walker" title="Chet Walker">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Webber" title="Chris Webber">Webber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nera_White" title="Nera White">N. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Wilkes" title="Jamaal Wilkes">Wilkes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominique_Wilkins" title="Dominique Wilkins">Wilkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">Worthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Yardley" title="George Yardley">Yardley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Centers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Abdul-Jabbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Barlow_(basketball)" title="Thomas Barlow (basketball)">Barlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zelmo_Beaty" title="Zelmo Beaty">Beaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Bellamy" title="Walt Bellamy">Bellamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarzan_Cooper" title="Tarzan Cooper">T. Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kre%C5%A1imir_%C4%86osi%C4%87" title="Krešimir Ćosić">Ćosić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">Cowens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Crawford_(basketball)" title="Joan Crawford (basketball)">Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Daniels" title="Mel Daniels">Daniels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forrest_DeBernardi" title="Forrest DeBernardi">DeBernardi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vlade_Divac" title="Vlade Divac">Divac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Donovan" title="Anne Donovan">Donovan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Ewing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Gallatin" title="Harry Gallatin">Gallatin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artis_Gilmore" title="Artis Gilmore">Gilmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yolanda_Griffith" title="Yolanda Griffith">Griffith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ace_Gruenig" title="Ace Gruenig">Gruenig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lusia_Harris" title="Lusia Harris">Harris-Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Houbregs" title="Bob Houbregs">Houbregs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Issel" title="Dan Issel">Issel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inman_Jackson" title="Inman Jackson">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skinny_Johnson" title="Skinny Johnson">W. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Johnston" title="Neil Johnston">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moose_Krause" title="Moose Krause">M. Krause</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Kurland" title="Bob Kurland">Kurland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Lanier" title="Bob Lanier">Lanier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Leslie" title="Lisa Leslie">Leslie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Lovellette" title="Clyde Lovellette">Lovellette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Lapchick" title="Joe Lapchick">Lapchick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Macauley" title="Ed Macauley">Macauley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ubiratan_Pereira_Maciel" title="Ubiratan Pereira Maciel">Maciel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">M. Malone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_McAdoo" title="Bob McAdoo">McAdoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dino_Meneghin" title="Dino Meneghin">Meneghin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Mikan" title="George Mikan">Mikan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alonzo_Mourning" title="Alonzo Mourning">Mourning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stretch_Murphy" title="Stretch Murphy">S. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dikembe_Mutombo" title="Dikembe Mutombo">Mutombo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Parish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willis_Reed" title="Willis Reed">Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnie_Risen" title="Arnie Risen">Risen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">B. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arvydas_Sabonis" title="Arvydas Sabonis">Sabonis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uljana_Semjonova" title="Uljana Semjonova">Semjonova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Sikma" title="Jack Sikma">Sikma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nate_Thurmond" title="Nate Thurmond">Thurmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Unseld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Wachter" title="Ed Wachter">Wachter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Wallace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ora_Washington" title="Ora Washington">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming">Yao</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_coaches_in_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="List of coaches in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Coaches</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Adelman" title="Rick Adelman">Adelman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lidiya_Alekseyeva" title="Lidiya Alekseyeva">Alexeeva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phog_Allen" title="Phog Allen">P. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Anderson_(basketball)" title="Harold Anderson (basketball)">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Auerbach" title="Red Auerbach">Auerbach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geno_Auriemma" title="Geno Auriemma">Auriemma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Barmore" title="Leon Barmore">Barmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Barry" title="Sam Barry">Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Bess" title="Gene Bess">Bess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Blair" title="Gary Blair">Blair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Blood" title="Ernest Blood">Blood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Boeheim" title="Jim Boeheim">Boeheim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Brown_(basketball)" title="Larry Brown (basketball)">L. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Calhoun" title="Jim Calhoun">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Calipari" title="John Calipari">Calipari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Cann" title="Howard Cann">Cann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doc_Carlson" title="Doc Carlson">Carlson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Carnesecca" title="Lou Carnesecca">Carnesecca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Carnevale" title="Ben Carnevale">Carnevale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Carril" title="Pete Carril">Carril</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Case" title="Everett Case">Case</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Chancellor" title="Van Chancellor">Chancellor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Chaney_(basketball,_born_1932)" title="John Chaney (basketball, born 1932)">Chaney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jody_Conradt" title="Jody Conradt">Conradt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denny_Crum" title="Denny Crum">Crum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Daly" title="Chuck Daly">Daly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Dean" title="Everett Dean">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_D%C3%ADaz-Miguel" title="Antonio Díaz-Miguel">Díaz-Miguel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Diddle" title="Edgar Diddle">Diddle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Drake" title="Bruce Drake">Drake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lefty_Driesell" title="Lefty Driesell">Driesell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Ferr%C3%A1ndiz" title="Pedro Ferrándiz">Ferrándiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Fitch" title="Bill Fitch">Fitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotton_Fitzsimmons" title="Cotton Fitzsimmons">Fitzsimmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Gaines" title="Clarence Gaines">Gaines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandro_Gamba" title="Sandro Gamba">Gamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Gardner_(basketball)" title="Jack Gardner (basketball)">Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Gaze" title="Lindsay Gaze">Gaze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slats_Gill" title="Slats Gill">Gill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Gomelsky" title="Alexander Gomelsky">Gomelsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sue_Gunter" title="Sue Gunter">Gunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Hannum" title="Alex Hannum">Hannum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marv_Harshman" title="Marv Harshman">Harshman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Haskins" title="Don Haskins">Haskins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Hatchell" title="Sylvia Hatchell">Hatchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Heinsohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Hickey" title="Eddie Hickey">Hickey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hixon" title="David Hixon">Hixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Hobson" title="Howard Hobson">Hobson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Holzman" title="Red Holzman">Holzman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Huggins" title="Bob Huggins">Huggins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hughes_(basketball)" title="Robert Hughes (basketball)">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hurley" title="Bob Hurley">Hurley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Iba" title="Henry Iba">Iba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Izzo" title="Tom Izzo">Izzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Jackson" title="Phil Jackson">P. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doggie_Julian" title="Doggie Julian">Julian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Karl" title="George Karl">Karl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Keady" title="Gene Keady">Keady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Keaney" title="Frank Keaney">Keaney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Keogan" title="George Keogan">Keogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Knight" title="Bob Knight">Knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Krzyzewski" title="Mike Krzyzewski">Krzyzewski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kundla" title="John Kundla">Kundla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ward_Lambert" title="Ward Lambert">Lambert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Leonard" title="Bobby Leonard">Leonard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Lewis" title="Guy Lewis">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Litwack" title="Harry Litwack">Litwack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Loeffler" title="Ken Loeffler">Loeffler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Lonborg" title="Dutch Lonborg">Lonborg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Magee" title="Herb Magee">Magee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arad_McCutchan" title="Arad McCutchan">McCutchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muffet_McGraw" title="Muffet McGraw">McGraw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_McGuire" title="Al McGuire">A. McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_McGuire" title="Frank McGuire">F. McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McLendon" title="John McLendon">McLendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Meanwell" title="Walter Meanwell">Meanwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Meyer" title="Ray Meyer">Meyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Miller" title="Ralph Miller">Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billie_Moore" title="Billie Moore">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Mulkey" title="Kim Mulkey">Mulkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Nelson" title="Don Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleksandar_Nikoli%C4%87" title="Aleksandar Nikolić">Nikolić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirko_Novosel" title="Mirko Novosel">Novosel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lute_Olson" title="Lute Olson">Olson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Pitino" title="Rick Pitino">Pitino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregg_Popovich" title="Gregg Popovich">Popovich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ramsay" title="Jack Ramsay">Ramsay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harley_Redin" title="Harley Redin">Redin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nolan_Richardson" title="Nolan Richardson">Richardson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Riley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cesare_Rubini" title="Cesare Rubini">Rubini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolph_Rupp" title="Adolph Rupp">Rupp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Rush" title="Cathy Rush">Rush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">B. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Ryan" title="Bo Ryan">Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Sachs" title="Lenny Sachs">Sachs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Self" title="Bill Self">Self</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Sharman" title="Bill Sharman">Sharman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Shelton" title="Everett Shelton">Shelton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Sloan" title="Jerry Sloan">Sloan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Smith_(basketball_coach)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Smith (basketball coach) (page does not exist)">C. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Smith" title="Dean Smith">D. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marianne_Stanley" title="Marianne Stanley">Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Stevens_(basketball)" title="Barbara Stevens (basketball)">Stevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Vivian_Stringer" title="C. Vivian Stringer">Stringer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Summitt" title="Pat Summitt">Summitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Sutton" title="Eddie Sutton">Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Tarkanian" title="Jerry Tarkanian">Tarkanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Taylor_(basketball,_born_1924)" title="Fred Taylor (basketball, born 1924)">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertha_Teague" title="Bertha Teague">Teague</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Thompson_(basketball)" title="John Thompson (basketball)">J. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Tomjanovich" title="Rudy Tomjanovich">Tomjanovich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tara_VanDerveer" title="Tara VanDerveer">VanDerveer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Wade_(basketball)" title="Margaret Wade (basketball)">Wade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Watts" title="Stan Watts">Watts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Wilkens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Williams" title="Gary Williams">G. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Williams_(basketball_coach)" title="Roy Williams (basketball coach)">R. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wooden" title="John Wooden">Wooden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Woolpert" title="Phil Woolpert">Woolpert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Wootten" title="Morgan Wootten">Wootten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Wright_(basketball)" title="Jay Wright (basketball)">Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kay_Yow" title="Kay Yow">Yow</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame#Contributors" title="List of members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Contributors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Senda_Berenson_Abbott" title="Senda Berenson Abbott">Abbott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Val_Ackerman" title="Val Ackerman">Ackerman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Attles" title="Al Attles">Attles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Barksdale" title="Don Barksdale">Barksdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Baumann_(basketball)" title="Patrick Baumann (basketball)">Baumann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clair_Bee" title="Clair Bee">Bee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Biasone" title="Danny Biasone">Biasone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">H. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_A._Brown" title="Walter A. Brown">W. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bunn_(basketball)" title="John Bunn (basketball)">Bunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Buss" title="Jerry Buss">Buss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nat_Clifton" title="Nat Clifton">Clifton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Colangelo" title="Jerry Colangelo">Colangelo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Costello" title="Larry Costello">Costello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Davidson_(businessman)" title="Bill Davidson (businessman)">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Douglas" title="Bob Douglas">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alva_Duer" title="Alva Duer">Duer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Embry" title="Wayne Embry">Embry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Fagan" title="Cliff Fagan">Fagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_A._Fisher" title="Harry A. Fisher">Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Fleisher" title="Larry Fleisher">Fleisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Garfinkel" title="Howard Garfinkel">Garfinkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Gavitt" title="Dave Gavitt">Gavitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Gottlieb" title="Eddie Gottlieb">Gottlieb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russ_Granik" title="Russ Granik">Granik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luther_Gulick_(physician)" title="Luther Gulick (physician)">Gulick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Harris" title="Del Harris">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Harrison_(basketball)" title="Les Harrison (basketball)">Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chick_Hearn" title="Chick Hearn">Hearn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Henderson" title="Edwin Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferenc_Hepp" title="Ferenc Hepp">Hepp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_J._Hickox" title="Edward J. Hickox">Hickox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Hinkle" title="Tony Hinkle">Hinkle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Irish" title="Ned Irish">Irish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannie_Jackson" title="Mannie Jackson">M. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Jernstedt" title="Tom Jernstedt">Jernstedt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renato_William_Jones" title="Renato William Jones">R. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Walter_Kennedy" title="J. Walter Kennedy">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Knight" title="Phil Knight">Knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Krause" title="Jerry Krause">J. Krause</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meadowlark_Lemon" title="Meadowlark Lemon">Lemon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emil_Liston" title="Emil Liston">Liston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Lloyd" title="Earl Lloyd">Lloyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Lobo" title="Rebecca Lobo">Lobo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McLendon" title="John McLendon">McLendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Mokray" title="Bill Mokray">Mokray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Morgan_(basketball)" title="Ralph Morgan (basketball)">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_Morgenweck" title="Pop Morgenweck">Morgenweck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Naismith" title="James Naismith">Naismith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Newell" title="Pete Newell">Newell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._M._Newton" title="C. M. Newton">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_O%27Brien_(basketball,_born_1888)" title="John O'Brien (basketball, born 1888)">J. O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_O%27Brien" title="Larry O'Brien">L. O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Olsen" title="Harold Olsen">Olsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Podoloff" title="Maurice Podoloff">Podoloff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._V._Porter" title="H. V. Porter">Porter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Raveling" title="George Raveling">Raveling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Reid_(basketball)" title="William Reid (basketball)">Reid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Reinsdorf" title="Jerry Reinsdorf">Reinsdorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmer_Ripley" title="Elmer Ripley">Ripley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satch_Sanders" title="Satch Sanders">Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abe_Saperstein" title="Abe Saperstein">Saperstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Schabinger" title="Arthur Schabinger">Schabinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Simon_(businessman)" title="Herb Simon (businessman)">Simon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_St._John" title="Lynn St. John">St. John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amos_Alonzo_Stagg" title="Amos Alonzo Stagg">Stagg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borislav_Stankovi%C4%87" title="Borislav Stanković">Stanković</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Steitz" title="Ed Steitz">Steitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Stern" title="David Stern">Stern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Taylor_(salesman)" title="Chuck Taylor (salesman)">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Thorn" title="Rod Thorn">Thorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oswald_Tower" title="Oswald Tower">Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Trester" title="Arthur Trester">Trester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Valvano" title="Jim Valvano">Valvano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Vitale" title="Dick Vitale">Vitale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifford_Wells" title="Clifford Wells">Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Welts" title="Rick Welts">Welts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Wilke" title="Louis Wilke">Wilke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tex_Winter" title="Tex Winter">Winter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Zollner" title="Fred Zollner">Zollner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame#Referees" title="List of members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Referees</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Bavetta" title="Dick Bavetta">Bavetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Enright_(referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Enright (referee)">Enright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Evans_(basketball)" title="Hugh Evans (basketball)">Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darell_Garretson" title="Darell Garretson">Garretson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Hepbron" title="George Hepbron">Hepbron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Hoyt" title="George Hoyt">Hoyt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_P._Kennedy" title="Matthew P. Kennedy">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Leith" title="Lloyd Leith">Leith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Mihalik" title="Red Mihalik">Mihalik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Nichols" title="Hank Nichols">Nichols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Nucatola" title="John Nucatola">Nucatola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_C._Quigley" title="Ernest C. Quigley">Quigley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mendy_Rudolph" title="Mendy Rudolph">Rudolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Shirley" title="Dallas Shirley">Shirley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Strom" title="Earl Strom">Strom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Tobey_(basketball)" title="Dave Tobey (basketball)">Tobey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Walsh_(referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Walsh (referee)">Walsh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame#Teams" title="List of members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Teams</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wayland_Baptist_University#Women's_basketball" title="Wayland Baptist University">1948–1982 Wayland Baptist women's teams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956%E2%80%9357_Tennessee_A%26I_State_Tigers_basketball_team" title="1956–57 Tennessee A&I State Tigers basketball team">1956–57 Tennessee A&I State men's team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957%E2%80%9358_Tennessee_A%26I_State_Tigers_basketball_team" title="1957–58 Tennessee A&I State Tigers basketball team">1957–58 Tennessee A&I State men's team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Tennessee_A%26I_State_Tigers_basketball_team" title="1958–59 Tennessee A&I State Tigers basketball team">1958–59 Tennessee A&I State men's team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1960 United States men's Olympic basketball team">1960 United States men's Olympic team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_Texas_Western_Miners_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team">1965–66 Texas Western men's team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_women%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1976 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href="/wiki/Jeanie_Buss" title="Jeanie Buss">Jeanie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Buss" title="Jim Buss">Jim</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Buss" title="Johnny Buss">Johnny Buss</a> (majority)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Anschutz_Entertainment_Group" title="Anschutz Entertainment Group">Anschutz Entertainment Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ed_Roski_Jr." title="Ed Roski Jr.">Ed Roski Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Soon-Shiong" title="Patrick Soon-Shiong">Patrick Soon-Shiong</a> (minority)</dd> <dt>President</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jeanie_Buss" title="Jeanie Buss">Jeanie Buss</a></dd> <dt>General manager</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rob_Pelinka" title="Rob Pelinka">Rob Pelinka</a></dd> <dt>Head coach</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/JJ_Redick" title="JJ Redick">JJ Redick</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FDB927 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #31006F, inset -2px -2px 0 #31006F; !important;;;width:1%">G League 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title="1950 NBA Finals">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_NBA_Finals" title="1952 NBA Finals">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_NBA_Finals" title="1953 NBA Finals">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_NBA_Finals" title="1954 NBA Finals">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_Finals" title="1972 NBA Finals">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_Finals" title="1980 NBA Finals">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_Finals" title="1982 NBA Finals">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Finals" title="1988 NBA Finals">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_NBA_Finals" title="2000 NBA Finals">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_NBA_Finals" title="2001 NBA Finals">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_Finals" title="2002 NBA Finals">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_Finals" title="2009 NBA Finals">2009</a></li> 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Mikan">George Mikan</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kundla" title="John Kundla">John Kundla</a> (1958–1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Castellani" title="John Castellani">John Castellani</a> (1959–1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Pollard" title="Jim Pollard">Jim Pollard</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Schaus" title="Fred Schaus">Fred Schaus</a> (1960–1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butch_van_Breda_Kolff" title="Butch van Breda Kolff">Butch van Breda Kolff</a> (1967–1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Mullaney_(basketball)" title="Joe Mullaney (basketball)">Joe Mullaney</a> (1969–1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Sharman" title="Bill Sharman">Bill Sharman</a> (1971–1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a> (1976–1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_McKinney_(basketball)" title="Jack McKinney (basketball)">Jack McKinney</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Westhead" title="Paul Westhead">Paul Westhead</a> (1979–1981)</li> <li><a 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(2005–2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Brown_(basketball,_born_1970)" title="Mike Brown (basketball, born 1970)">Mike Brown</a> (2011–2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Bickerstaff" title="Bernie Bickerstaff">Bernie Bickerstaff</a> # (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_D%27Antoni" title="Mike D'Antoni">Mike D'Antoni</a> (2012–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byron_Scott" title="Byron Scott">Byron Scott</a> (2014–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Walton" title="Luke Walton">Luke Walton</a> (2016–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Vogel" title="Frank Vogel">Frank Vogel</a> (2019–2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darvin_Ham" title="Darvin Ham">Darvin Ham</a> (2022–2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/JJ_Redick" title="JJ Redick">JJ Redick</a> (2024– )</li></ul> # denotes interim head coach </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/2002_FIBA_World_Championship" title="2002 FIBA World Championship">2002 FIBA World Championship</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Regional_Networks" title="NBC Sports Regional Networks">NBC Sports Regional Networks</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Bay_Area" title="NBC Sports Bay Area">Bay Area</a> (<a href="/wiki/Category:Golden_State_Warriors_announcers" title="Category:Golden State Warriors announcers">Golden State Warriors</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Boston" title="NBC Sports Boston">Boston</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Boston_Celtics_broadcasters" title="List of Boston Celtics broadcasters">Boston Celtics</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_California" title="NBC Sports California">California</a> (<a href="/wiki/Category:Sacramento_Kings_announcers" title="Category:Sacramento Kings announcers">Sacramento Kings</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Chicago" title="NBC Sports Chicago">Chicago</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Bulls_broadcasters" title="List of Chicago Bulls broadcasters">Chicago Bulls</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Northwest" title="NBC Sports Northwest">Northwest</a> (<a href="/wiki/Category:Portland_Trail_Blazers_announcers" title="Category:Portland Trail Blazers announcers">Portland Trail Blazers</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Philadelphia" title="NBC Sports Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Category:Philadelphia_76ers_announcers" title="Category:Philadelphia 76ers announcers">Philadelphia 76ers</a>)</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_1950s" title="NBA on television in the 1950s">1950s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_1960s" title="NBA on television in the 1960s">1960s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_1990s" title="NBA on television in the 1990s">1990s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_2000s" title="NBA on television in the 2000s">2000s</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_on_NBC_broadcasters" title="List of NBA on NBC broadcasters">Commentators</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_All-Star_Game_broadcasters" title="List of NBA All-Star Game broadcasters">All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_Finals_broadcasters" title="List of NBA Finals broadcasters">NBA Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_WNBA_Finals_broadcasters" title="List of WNBA Finals broadcasters">WNBA Finals</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Key figures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Play-by-play</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marv_Albert" title="Marv Albert">Marv Albert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Breen" title="Mike Breen">Mike Breen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Costas" title="Bob Costas">Bob Costas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Criqui" title="Don Criqui">Don Criqui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Enberg" title="Dick Enberg">Dick Enberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Gumbel" title="Greg Gumbel">Greg Gumbel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Hammond" title="Tom Hammond">Tom Hammond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Hicks_(sportscaster)" title="Dan Hicks (sportscaster)">Dan Hicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Lampley" title="Jim Lampley">Jim Lampley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Meyers" title="Joel Meyers">Joel Meyers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Neal_(Atlanta_sportscaster)" title="Bob Neal (Atlanta sportscaster)">Bob Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Sunderland" title="Paul Sunderland">Paul Sunderland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Color commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quinn_Buckner" title="Quinn Buckner">Quinn Buckner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._J._Carlesimo" title="P. J. Carlesimo">P. J. Carlesimo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Doug Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Daly" title="Chuck Daly">Chuck Daly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Dunleavy_Sr." title="Mike Dunleavy Sr.">Mike Dunleavy Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotton_Fitzsimmons" title="Cotton Fitzsimmons">Cotton Fitzsimmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Fratello" title="Mike Fratello">Mike Fratello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Guokas" title="Matt Guokas">Matt Guokas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Issel" title="Dan Issel">Dan Issel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_%22Snapper%22_Jones" title="Steve "Snapper" Jones">Steve Jones</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Magic Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Lapchick" title="Joe Lapchick">Joe Lapchick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Meyers" title="Ann Meyers">Ann Meyers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Rothstein" title="Ron Rothstein">Ron Rothstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Bill Walton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sideline reporters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Beck" title="Bruce Beck">Bruce Beck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gray_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Gray (sportscaster)">Jim Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Johnson_(commentator)" title="Lewis Johnson (commentator)">Lewis Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_Jones" title="Marion Jones">Marion Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Joyce" title="Andrea Joyce">Andrea Joyce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Malosky" title="Lisa Malosky">Lisa Malosky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Rashad" title="Ahmad Rashad">Ahmad Rashad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summer_Sanders" title="Summer Sanders">Summer Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannah_Storm" title="Hannah Storm">Hannah Storm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Wragge" title="Chris Wragge">Chris Wragge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio analysts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Croce" title="Pat Croce">Pat Croce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Julius Erving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Kevin Johnson (basketball)">Kevin Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Pat Riley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Salley" title="John Salley">John Salley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Tolbert" title="Tom Tolbert">Tom Tolbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Vecsey_(sports_columnist)" title="Peter Vecsey (sports columnist)">Peter Vecsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayson_Williams" title="Jayson Williams">Jayson Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Play-by-play (<a href="/wiki/1954%E2%80%9355_NBA_season" title="1954–55 NBA season">1954</a>–<a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_NBA_season" title="1961–62 NBA season">62</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Doggett" title="Jerry Doggett">Jerry Doggett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Glickman" title="Marty Glickman">Marty Glickman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gordon_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Gordon (sportscaster)">Jim Gordon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curt_Gowdy" title="Curt Gowdy">Curt Gowdy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_O%27Donnell_(sportscaster)" title="Bill O'Donnell (sportscaster)">Bill O'Donnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bud_Palmer" title="Bud Palmer">Bud Palmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Nelson" title="Lindsey Nelson">Lindsey Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Wolff" title="Bob Wolff">Bob Wolff</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1955_NBA_Finals" title="1955 NBA Finals">1955</a> (Games 2, 6)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_NBA_Finals" title="1956 NBA Finals">1956</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_NBA_Finals" title="1957 NBA Finals">1957</a> (Games 1, 7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_NBA_Finals" title="1958 NBA Finals">1958</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_NBA_Finals" title="1959 NBA Finals">1959</a> (Games 1–2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_NBA_Finals" title="1960 NBA Finals">1960</a> (Games 1, 3–4, 7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_NBA_Finals" title="1961 NBA Finals">1961</a> (Games 1, 3–4)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_NBA_Finals" title="1962 NBA Finals">1962</a> (Games 1–2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_NBA_Finals" title="1991 NBA Finals">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_NBA_Finals" title="1992 NBA Finals">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_NBA_Finals" title="1993 NBA Finals">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_NBA_Finals" title="1994 NBA Finals">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_NBA_Finals" title="1995 NBA Finals">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_NBA_Finals" title="1996 NBA Finals">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_NBA_Finals" title="1997 NBA Finals">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_Finals" title="1998 NBA Finals">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_NBA_Finals" title="1999 NBA Finals">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_NBA_Finals" title="2000 NBA Finals">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_NBA_Finals" title="2001 NBA Finals">2001</a></li> <li><a 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2)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game" title="NBA All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1959_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1959 NBA All-Star Game">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1991 NBA All-Star Game">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1992 NBA All-Star Game">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1993 NBA All-Star Game">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1994 NBA All-Star Game">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1995 NBA All-Star Game">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1996 NBA All-Star Game">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1997 NBA All-Star Game">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1998 NBA All-Star Game">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2000 NBA All-Star Game">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2001 NBA All-Star Game">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2002 NBA All-Star Game">2002</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Roundball_Rock" title="Roundball Rock">Roundball Rock</a>"</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_Christmas_games" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association Christmas games">Christmas Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murder_trial_of_O._J._Simpson" title="Murder trial of O. J. Simpson">O.J. Simpson's low-speed freeway chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Clock_Incident_(1994)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Clock Incident (1994)">The Clock Incident (1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clutch_City" title="Clutch City">Clutch City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Game_6_of_the_1998_NBA_Finals" title="Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals">Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memorial_Day_Miracle" title="Memorial Day Miracle">Memorial Day Miracle</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Rivalries" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bulls%E2%80%93Knicks_rivalry" title="Bulls–Knicks rivalry">Bulls–Knicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulls%E2%80%93Pistons_rivalry" title="Bulls–Pistons rivalry">Bulls–Pistons</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/College_Basketball_on_ABC" title="College Basketball on ABC">College Basketball on ABC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ABC_Olympic_broadcasts" title="ABC Olympic broadcasts">Olympics on ABC</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_on_television" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association on television">NBA on TV</a> (<a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_television_ratings" title="NBA Finals television ratings">NBA Finals TV ratings</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_1960s" title="NBA on television in the 1960s">1960s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_1970s" title="NBA on television in the 1970s">1970s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_2000s" title="NBA on television in the 2000s">2000s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_2010s" title="NBA on television in the 2010s">2010s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_2020s" title="NBA on television in the 2020s">2020s</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_on_ABC_commentators" title="List of NBA on ABC commentators">Key figures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_All-Star_Game_broadcasters" title="List of NBA All-Star Game broadcasters">All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_on_ESPN_commentators" title="List of NBA on ESPN commentators">ESPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_Finals_broadcasters" title="List of NBA Finals broadcasters">NBA Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_WNBA_All-Star_Game_broadcasters" title="List of WNBA All-Star Game broadcasters">WNBA All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_WNBA_Finals_broadcasters" title="List of WNBA Finals broadcasters">WNBA Finals</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Play-by-play</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Breen" title="Mike Breen">Mike Breen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Durham" title="Jim Durham">Jim Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Flemming" title="Bill Flemming">Bill Flemming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chet_Forte" title="Chet Forte">Chet Forte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gordon_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Gordon (sportscaster)">Jim Gordon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curt_Gowdy" title="Curt Gowdy">Curt Gowdy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Howard" title="Chuck Howard">Chuck Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Jackson" title="Keith Jackson">Keith Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Jones_(sportscaster)" title="Mark Jones (sportscaster)">Mark Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McKay" title="Jim McKay">Jim McKay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Michaels" title="Al Michaels">Al Michaels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_Musburger" title="Brent Musburger">Brent Musburger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Nessler" title="Brad Nessler">Brad Nessler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Pasch" title="Dave Pasch">Dave Pasch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Ruocco" title="Ryan Ruocco">Ryan Ruocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Saunders_(journalist)" title="John Saunders (journalist)">John Saunders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Schenkel" title="Chris Schenkel">Chris Schenkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Tirico" title="Mike Tirico">Mike Tirico</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Color commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Anthony" title="Greg Anthony">Greg Anthony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">Hubie Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doris_Burke" title="Doris Burke">Doris Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Carter" title="Vince Carter">Vince Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob Cousy">Bob Cousy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Elliott" title="Sean Elliott">Sean Elliott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Elmore" title="Len Elmore">Len Elmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Legler" title="Tim Legler">Tim Legler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Jackson" title="Mark Jackson">Mark Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Jefferson" title="Richard Jefferson">Richard Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_%22Snapper%22_Jones" title="Steve "Snapper" Jones">Steve "Snapper" Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Kerr" title="Johnny Kerr">Johnny Kerr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Majerle" title="Dan Majerle">Dan Majerle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ramsay" title="Jack Ramsay">Jack Ramsay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JJ_Redick" title="JJ Redick">JJ Redick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doc_Rivers" title="Doc Rivers">Doc Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Tolbert" title="Tom Tolbert">Tom Tolbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Twyman" title="Jack Twyman">Jack Twyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Van_Gundy" title="Jeff Van Gundy">Jeff Van Gundy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Bill Walton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">Jerry West</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sideline reporters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Aldridge" title="David Aldridge">David Aldridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malika_Andrews" title="Malika Andrews">Malika Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doris_Burke" title="Doris Burke">Doris Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Cosell" title="Howard Cosell">Howard Cosell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heather_Cox" title="Heather Cox">Heather Cox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Diles" title="Dave Diles">Dave Diles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israel_Gutierrez" title="Israel Gutierrez">Israel Gutierrez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassidy_Hubbarth" title="Cassidy Hubbarth">Cassidy Hubbarth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Jones_(sportscaster)" title="Mark Jones (sportscaster)">Mark Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sal_Masekela" class="mw-redirect" title="Sal Masekela">Sal Masekela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Rinaldi" title="Tom Rinaldi">Tom Rinaldi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Sager" title="Craig Sager">Craig Sager</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Salters" title="Lisa Salters">Lisa Salters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Scott" title="Stuart Scott">Stuart Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jorge_Sedano" title="Jorge Sedano">Jorge Sedano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michele_Tafoya" title="Michele Tafoya">Michele Tafoya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Wolff" title="Bob Wolff">Bob Wolff</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio hosts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malika_Andrews" title="Malika Andrews">Malika Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Beadle" title="Michelle Beadle">Michelle Beadle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Greenberg" title="Mike Greenberg">Mike Greenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Nichols_(journalist)" title="Rachel Nichols (journalist)">Rachel Nichols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Patrick_(sportscaster)" title="Dan Patrick (sportscaster)">Dan Patrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Saunders_(journalist)" title="John Saunders (journalist)">John Saunders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Scott" title="Stuart Scott">Stuart Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sage_Steele" title="Sage Steele">Sage Steele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannah_Storm" title="Hannah Storm">Hannah Storm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Taylor_(sportscaster)" title="Maria Taylor (sportscaster)">Maria Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Tirico" title="Mike Tirico">Mike Tirico</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio analysts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Barry" title="Jon Barry">Jon Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Chauncey Billups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Broussard" title="Chris Broussard">Chris Broussard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Doug Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Javie" title="Steve Javie">Steve Javie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Jefferson" title="Richard Jefferson">Richard Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avery_Johnson" title="Avery Johnson">Avery Johnson</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Magic Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Karl" title="George Karl">George Karl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Myers" title="Bob Myers">Bob Myers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiney_Ogwumike" title="Chiney Ogwumike">Chiney Ogwumike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Perkins" title="Kendrick Perkins">Kendrick Perkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Paul Pierce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Scottie Pippen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalen_Rose" title="Jalen Rose">Jalen Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byron_Scott" title="Byron Scott">Byron Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Simmons" title="Bill Simmons">Bill Simmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_A._Smith" title="Stephen A. Smith">Stephen A. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Wilbon" title="Michael Wilbon">Michael Wilbon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Williams_(basketball)" title="Jay Williams (basketball)">Jay Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Wojnarowski" title="Adrian Wojnarowski">Adrian Wojnarowski</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ABC_Radio_(1945%E2%80%932009)" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Radio (1945–2009)">ABC Radio</a> announcers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marv_Albert" title="Marv Albert">Marv Albert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Barnett" title="Dave Barnett">Dave Barnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chick_Hearn" title="Chick Hearn">Chick Hearn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_Rod_Hundley" title="Hot Rod Hundley">Rod Hundley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_%22Snapper%22_Jones" title="Steve "Snapper" Jones">Steve "Snapper" Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Manfra" title="Fred Manfra">Fred Manfra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Monroe" title="Earl Monroe">Earl Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Most" title="Johnny Most">Johnny Most</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Oscar Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Vitale" title="Dick Vitale">Dick Vitale</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1965_NBA_Finals" title="1965 NBA Finals">1965</a> (Games 1, 5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_NBA_Finals" title="1966 NBA Finals">1966</a> (Games 1, 5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_NBA_Finals" title="1967 NBA Finals">1967</a> (Games 2, 5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_NBA_Finals" title="1968 NBA Finals">1968</a> (Games 1, 4)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_Finals" title="1969 NBA Finals">1969</a> (Games 3, 5-7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_Finals" title="1970 NBA Finals">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_Finals" title="1971 NBA Finals">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_Finals" title="1972 NBA Finals">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_NBA_Finals" title="1973 NBA Finals">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_NBA_Finals" title="2003 NBA Finals">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_NBA_Finals" title="2004 NBA Finals">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_NBA_Finals" title="2005 NBA Finals">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_Finals" title="2006 NBA Finals">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_NBA_Finals" title="2007 NBA Finals">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_Finals" title="2008 NBA Finals">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_Finals" title="2009 NBA Finals">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_Finals" title="2010 NBA Finals">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_Finals" title="2011 NBA Finals">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_NBA_Finals" title="2012 NBA Finals">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_NBA_Finals" title="2013 NBA Finals">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_NBA_Finals" title="2014 NBA Finals">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_Finals" title="2015 NBA Finals">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Finals" title="2016 NBA Finals">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_NBA_Finals" title="2017 NBA Finals">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_NBA_Finals" title="2018 NBA Finals">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_Finals" title="2019 NBA Finals">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_NBA_Finals" title="2020 NBA Finals">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_NBA_Finals" title="2021 NBA Finals">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_NBA_Finals" title="2022 NBA Finals">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_NBA_Finals" title="2023 NBA Finals">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_NBA_Finals" title="2024 NBA Finals">2024</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ABC_Radio_(1945%E2%80%932009)" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Radio (1945–2009)">ABC Radio</a>'s coverage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_Finals" title="1985 NBA Finals">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_Finals" title="1986 NBA Finals">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_Finals" title="1987 NBA Finals">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_Finals" title="1988 NBA Finals">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_Finals" title="1989 NBA Finals">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_Finals" title="1990 NBA Finals">1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WNBA_Finals" title="WNBA Finals">WNBA Finals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2003_WNBA_Finals" title="2003 WNBA Finals">2003</a> (Game 2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_WNBA_Finals" title="2005 WNBA Finals">2005</a> (Game 3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_WNBA_Finals" title="2010 WNBA Finals">2010</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_WNBA_Finals" title="2014 WNBA Finals">2014</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_WNBA_Finals" title="2015 WNBA Finals">2015</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_WNBA_Finals" title="2016 WNBA Finals">2016</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_WNBA_Finals" title="2017 WNBA Finals">2017</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_WNBA_Finals" title="2018 WNBA Finals">2018</a> (Game 2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_WNBA_Finals" title="2019 WNBA Finals">2019</a> (Game 3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_WNBA_Finals" title="2020 WNBA Finals">2020</a> (Game 2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_WNBA_Finals" title="2021 WNBA Finals">2021</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_WNBA_Finals" title="2022 WNBA Finals">2022</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_WNBA_Finals" title="2023 WNBA Finals">2023</a> (Games 1, 3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_WNBA_Finals" title="2024 WNBA Finals">2024</a> (Game 2)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game" title="NBA All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1968_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1968 NBA All-Star Game">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1969 NBA All-Star Game">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1970 NBA All-Star Game">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1971 NBA All-Star Game">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1972 NBA All-Star Game">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1973 NBA All-Star Game">1973</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ABC_Radio_(1945%E2%80%932009)" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Radio (1945–2009)">ABC Radio</a>'s coverage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1985 NBA All-Star Game">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1986 NBA All-Star Game">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1987 NBA All-Star Game">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1988 NBA All-Star Game">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1989 NBA All-Star Game">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1990 NBA All-Star Game">1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="WNBA All-Star Game">WNBA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2003_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2003 WNBA All-Star Game">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2005 WNBA All-Star Game">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2007 WNBA All-Star Game">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2009 WNBA All-Star Game">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2011 WNBA All-Star Game">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2013 WNBA All-Star Game">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2015 WNBA All-Star Game">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2017 WNBA All-Star Game">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2018 WNBA All-Star Game">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2019 WNBA All-Star Game">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2022 WNBA All-Star Game">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2023 WNBA All-Star Game">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="2024 WNBA All-Star Game">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Twyman#Broadcasting_career" title="Jack Twyman">"I think we see Willis coming out!"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Block_(basketball)" title="The Block (basketball)">"The Block (2016)"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_Christmas_games" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association Christmas games">Christmas Day</a> </li></ul></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaq%E2%80%93Kobe_feud" title="Shaq–Kobe feud">Bryant–O'Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakers%E2%80%93Pistons_rivalry" title="Lakers–Pistons rivalry">Lakers–Pistons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%93Lakers_rivalry" title="Celtics–Lakers rivalry">Celtics–Lakers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavaliers%E2%80%93Warriors_rivalry" title="Cavaliers–Warriors rivalry">Cavaliers–Warriors</a></li> 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television in the 1980s">1980s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_1990s" title="NBA on television in the 1990s">1990s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_2000s" title="NBA on television in the 2000s">2000s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_2010s" title="NBA on television in the 2010s">2010s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_on_television_in_the_2020s" title="NBA on television in the 2020s">2020s</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_on_TNT_commentators" title="List of NBA on TNT commentators">Commentators</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Play-by-play</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marv_Albert" title="Marv Albert">Marv Albert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Anderson_(sportscaster)" title="Brian Anderson (sportscaster)">Brian Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Bender" title="Gary Bender">Gary Bender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Brando" title="Tim Brando">Tim Brando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Breen" title="Mike Breen">Mike Breen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Calabro" title="Kevin Calabro">Kevin Calabro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skip_Caray" title="Skip Caray">Skip Caray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spero_Dedes" title="Spero Dedes">Spero Dedes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Devlin_(sportscaster)" title="Matt Devlin (sportscaster)">Matt Devlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Durham" title="Jim Durham">Jim Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Eagle" title="Ian Eagle">Ian Eagle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Fitzgerald" title="Bob Fitzgerald">Bob Fitzgerald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Harlan" title="Kevin Harlan">Kevin Harlan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Todd_Harris" title="Todd Harris">Todd Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Johnson_(sportscaster)" title="Gus Johnson (sportscaster)">Gus Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verne_Lundquist" title="Verne Lundquist">Verne Lundquist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Meyers" title="Joel Meyers">Joel Meyers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Neal_(Atlanta_sportscaster)" title="Bob Neal (Atlanta sportscaster)">Bob Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Proctor" title="Mel Proctor">Mel Proctor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Stockton" title="Dick Stockton">Dick Stockton</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Thulin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ron Thulin (page does not exist)">Ron Thulin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Van_Wieren" title="Pete Van Wieren">Pete Van Wieren</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Color commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Ainge" title="Danny Ainge">Danny Ainge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Anthony" title="Greg Anthony">Greg Anthony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brent_Barry" title="Brent Barry">Brent Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Rick Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">Hubie Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._J._Carlesimo" title="P. J. Carlesimo">P. J. Carlesimo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rex_Chapman" title="Rex Chapman">Rex Chapman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Doug Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Daly" title="Chuck Daly">Chuck Daly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Dunleavy_Sr." title="Mike Dunleavy Sr.">Mike Dunleavy Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Fratello" title="Mike Fratello">Mike Fratello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Givens" title="Jack Givens">Jack Givens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Hill" title="Grant Hill">Grant Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Jackson_(basketball)" title="Jim Jackson (basketball)">Jim Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Kerr" title="Steve Kerr">Steve Kerr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">Kevin McHale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Miller" title="Reggie Miller">Reggie Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doc_Rivers" title="Doc Rivers">Doc Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Smith_(basketball)" title="Steve Smith (basketball)">Steve Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Thompson_(basketball)" title="John Thompson (basketball)">John Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Van_Gundy" title="Jeff Van Gundy">Jeff Van Gundy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Van_Gundy" title="Stan Van Gundy">Stan Van Gundy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Versace" title="Dick Versace">Dick Versace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Webber" title="Chris Webber">Chris Webber</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sideline reporters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Aldridge" title="David Aldridge">David Aldridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Haarlow" title="Rebecca Haarlow">Rebecca Haarlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosalyn_Gold-Onwude" class="mw-redirect" title="Rosalyn Gold-Onwude">Rosalyn Gold-Onwude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Johnson_(commentator)" title="Lewis Johnson (commentator)">Lewis Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allie_LaForce" title="Allie LaForce">Allie LaForce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kristen_Ledlow" title="Kristen Ledlow">Kristen Ledlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheryl_Miller" title="Cheryl Miller">Cheryl Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pam_Oliver" title="Pam Oliver">Pam Oliver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Ready" title="Stephanie Ready">Stephanie Ready</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Sager" title="Craig Sager">Craig Sager</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Scott_(basketball)" title="Dennis Scott (basketball)">Dennis Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracy_Wolfson" title="Tracy Wolfson">Tracy Wolfson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio hosts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Cellini" title="Vince Cellini">Vince Cellini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Lefkoe" title="Adam Lefkoe">Adam Lefkoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Fein" title="Marc Fein">Marc Fein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Johnson_Jr." title="Ernie Johnson Jr.">Ernie Johnson Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Lorenz" title="Bob Lorenz">Bob Lorenz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casey_Stern" title="Casey Stern">Casey Stern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Winer" title="Matt Winer">Matt Winer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio analysts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamal_Crawford" title="Jamal Crawford">Jamal Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Draymond_Green" title="Draymond Green">Draymond Green</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Magic Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Leslie" title="Lisa Leslie">Lisa Leslie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">Kevin McHale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candace_Parker" title="Candace Parker">Candace Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Payton" title="Gary Payton">Gary Payton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Smith" title="Kenny Smith">Kenny Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Theus" title="Reggie Theus">Reggie Theus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Dwyane Wade</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Contributors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Huber" title="Jim Huber">Jim Huber</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">NBA drafts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1990_NBA_draft" title="1990 NBA draft">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_NBA_draft" title="1991 NBA draft">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_NBA_draft" title="1992 NBA draft">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_NBA_draft" title="1993 NBA draft">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_NBA_draft" title="1994 NBA draft">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_NBA_draft" title="1995 NBA draft">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_NBA_draft" title="1996 NBA draft">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_NBA_draft" title="1997 NBA draft">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_draft" title="1998 NBA 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