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Earvin Johnson" redirects here. For the NBA center, see Ervin Johnson. Earvin "Magic" Johnson /wiki/File:Magic_Lipofsky.jpg/wiki/File:Magic_Lipofsky.jpg Magic Johnson in 1987 No. 32 Point guard/Power forward Personal information Date of birth August 14, 1959 (1959-08-14) (age 51) Place of birth Lansing, Michigan Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)[1] Listed weight 255 lb (116 kg)[2] Career information College Michigan State NBA Draft 1979 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1 Pro career 1979–1996 Career history Los Angeles Lakers (1979–1991, 1996) Career highlights and awards 5× NBA Champion (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987–1988) 3× NBA Most Valuable Player (1987, 1989–1990) 12× All-Star (1980, 1982–1992) 3× NBA Finals MVP (1980, 1982, 1987) 9× All-NBA First Team (1983–1991) All-NBA Second Team (1982) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1980) 2× NBA All-Star Game MVP (1990, 1992) NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team NCAA Men's Basketball Champion (1979) Career NBA statistics Points 17,707 (19.5 ppg) Rebounds 6,559 (7.2 rpg) Assists 10,141 (11.2 apg) Info Page Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com Basketball Hall of Fame as player Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After winning championships in high school and college, Johnson was selected first overall in the 1979 NBA Draft by the Lakers. He won a championship and an NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award in his rookie season, and won four more championships with the Lakers during the 1980s. Johnson retired abruptly in 1991 after announcing that he had HIV, but returned to play in the 1992 All-Star Game, winning the All-Star MVP Award. After protests from his fellow players, he retired again for four years, but returned in 1996 to play 32 games for the Lakers before retiring for the third and final time. Johnson's career achievements include three NBA MVP Awards, nine NBA Finals appearances, twelve All-Star games, and ten All-NBA First and Second Team nominations. He led the league in regular-season assists four times, and is the NBA's all-time leader in assists per game, with an average of 11.2.[3] Johnson was a member of the "Dream Team", the U.S. basketball team that won the Olympic gold medal in 1992. Johnson was honored as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996, and enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002.[4] He was rated the greatest NBA point guard of all time by ESPN in 2007.[5] His friendship and rivalry with Boston Celtics star Larry Bird, whom he faced in the 1979 NCAA finals and three NBA championship series, were well documented. Since his retirement, Johnson has been an advocate for HIV/AIDS prevention and safe sex,[4] as well as an entrepreneur,[6] philanthropistHYPERLINK \l "cite_note-6"[7] and motivational speaker.[8]