After practicing and playing in several pre-season games, he returned to retirement before the start of the regular season, citing controversy over his return sparked by opposition from several active players. Playing power forward , he averaged Johnson first fathered a son in , when Andre Johnson was born to Melissa Mitchell. Although Andre was raised by his mother, he visited Johnson each summer, and as of October was working for Magic Johnson Enterprises as a marketing director. In , Johnson hosted a late night talk show on the Fox network called The Magic Hour , but the show was canceled after two months because of low ratings.
He also held the title of team vice president. Johnson is a supporter of the Democratic Party —in , he publicly endorsed Phil Angelides for governor of California , [96 ] and in he supported Hillary Clinton for president of the United States.
After announcing his infection in November , Johnson created the Magic Johnson Foundation to help combat HIV, [99 ] although he later diversified the foundation to include other charitable goals.
The conference brings speakers from Finance and other business industries. HIV had been associated with drug addicts and homosexuals, [99 ] but Johnson's campaigns sought to show that the risk of infection was not limited to those groups. In NBA games, Johnson scored 17, points, 6, rebounds, and 10, assists, translating to career averages of 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. Johnson asserted that for him, the game regular season was composed of 80 normal games, and two Lakers—Celtics games.
Similarly, Bird admitted that Johnson's daily box score was the first thing he checked in the morning. Despite their on-court rivalry, Johnson and Bird became close friends during the filming of a Converse shoe advertisement that depicted them as enemies.
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Harden , S. Curry , L. All-Time Greats : E. Hayes , J. Stockton , H. Olajuwon , W. Chamberlain , D. Earvin Magic Johnson Jr. In fact, by the eighth grade, Johnson was sure he wanted a future in basketball. With idols like Bill Russell and Earl Monroe, Johnson dedicated himself to the court and his handwork earned him the nickname Magic at merely 15 years of age.
He attended Michigan State University MSU where his aspirations had been different on becoming a television commentator, however, he led his University to multiple championships and became a star player as a freshman itself. In spite of a rocky playing career due to health obtrusions and other factors, he had been extremely successful in his day, becoming the top-paid player in the league at one point.
He has won a total of 5 NBA championship rings in the years — , , , , and Ending Father's day on top! In my trophy room with Elisa, EJ and Andre.
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