Magic Johnson
Magic Johnson
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr.is an American retired professional basketball player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Associationfor 13 seasons. After winning championships in high school and college, Johnson was selected first overall in the 1979 NBA draft by the Lakers. He won a championship and an NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award in his rookie season, and won four more championships with the Lakers during the 1980s. Johnson retired abruptly in 1991 after...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth14 August 1959
CityLansing, MI
CountryUnited States of America
People will live here, work here and shop here,
Los Angeles was jump-started by the construction of the Staples Center.
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And the road games would have been worse.
He told me to go for it, ... He told me he'd be coming to some of our games to check me out.
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I grew up poor, but I didn't have poor dreams
I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers' duel.
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If the community is happy, then they support your business and if your business is doing well, then you can give back even more to the community.