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Magic Johnson

“Magic”

Career (regular season)

GP
906
PTS
19.5
REB
7.2
AST
11.2

Personal details

Position
Forward-Guard
Height and weight
2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) · 100 kg (220 lb)
Born
August 14, 1959 (age 67)
Birthplace
Lansing, Estados Unidos
School / club
Michigan State
Draft
1979: round 1, pick 1
NBA career
1979-1995 · 13 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1979-80 LAL 77 1,387 596 563 2,795 187 41 305 53.0 22.6 81.0
1980-81 LAL 37 798 320 317 1,371 127 27 143 53.2 17.6 76.0
1981-82 LAL 78 1,447 751 743 2,991 208 34 286 53.7 20.7 76.0
1982-83 LAL 79 1,326 683 829 2,907 176 47 301 54.8 0.0 80.0
1983-84 LAL 67 1,178 491 875 2,567 150 49 306 56.5 20.7 81.0
1984-85 LAL 77 1,406 476 968 2,781 113 25 305 56.1 18.9 84.3
1985-86 LAL 72 1,354 426 907 2,578 113 16 273 52.6 23.3 87.1
1986-87 LAL 80 1,909 504 977 2,904 138 36 300 52.2 20.5 84.8
1987-88 LAL 72 1,408 449 858 2,637 114 13 269 49.2 19.6 85.3
1988-89 LAL 77 1,730 607 988 2,886 138 22 312 50.9 31.4 91.1
1989-90 LAL 79 1,765 522 907 2,937 132 34 289 48.0 38.4 89.0
1990-91 LAL 79 1,531 551 989 2,933 102 17 314 47.7 32.0 90.6
1995-96 LAL 32 468 183 220 958 26 13 103 46.6 37.9 85.6
Career 906 17,707 6,559 10,141 33,245 1,724 374 3,506 52.0 30.3 84.8

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1979-80 LAL 16 293 168 151 658 49 6 65 51.8 25.0 80.2
1980-81 LAL 3 51 41 21 127 8 3 11 38.8 — 65.0
1981-82 LAL 14 243 158 130 562 40 3 44 52.9 0.0 82.8
1982-83 LAL 15 268 128 192 643 34 12 64 48.5 0.0 84.0
1983-84 LAL 21 382 139 284 837 42 20 79 55.1 0.0 80.0
1984-85 LAL 19 333 134 289 687 32 4 76 51.3 14.3 84.7
1985-86 LAL 14 302 100 211 541 27 1 45 53.7 0.0 76.6
1986-87 LAL 18 392 139 219 666 31 7 51 53.9 20.0 83.1
1987-88 LAL 24 477 130 303 965 34 4 83 51.4 50.0 85.2
1988-89 LAL 14 258 83 165 518 27 3 53 48.9 28.6 90.7
1989-90 LAL 9 227 57 115 376 11 1 36 49.0 20.0 88.6
1990-91 LAL 19 414 154 240 823 23 0 77 44.0 29.6 88.2
1995-96 LAL 4 61 34 26 135 0 0 12 38.5 33.3 84.8
Career 190 3,701 1,465 2,346 7,538 358 64 696 50.6 24.1 83.8

Awards and titles

  • Hall of Fame: 2002 (as a player)
  • NBA champion (5): 1979-80, 1981-82, 1984-85, 1986-87, 1987-88
  • Most Valuable Player (3): 1986-87, 1988-89, 1989-90
  • Finals MVP (3): 1979-80, 1981-82, 1986-87
  • All-Star Game MVP (2): 1989-90, 1991-92
  • All-NBA First Team (9): 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91
  • All-NBA Second Team: 1981-82
  • All-Rookie First Team: 1979-80
  • 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996): 1996-97
  • Assists leader (4): 1982-83, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1986-87
  • Steals leader (2): 1980-81, 1981-82
  • Free throw percentage leader: 1988-89
  • IBM Award: 1983-84
  • J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award: 1991-92
  • All-Star (12): 1980 (starter), 1982, 1983 (starter), 1984 (starter), 1985 (starter), 1986 (starter), 1987 (starter), 1988 (starter), 1989, 1990 (starter), 1991 (starter), 1992 (starter)

Championship rings (5)

  • Drawing of the Los Angeles Lakers championship ring, 1979-8019801979-80

    Maker: Balfour

    Oro de 14 quilates y punzón «Balfour 14K»: un diamante de unos 0,70 quilates en un balón de plata, la fachada del Forum y el resultado del sexto partido (123-107) en los laterales (según la casa de subastas).

    Los Angeles Lakers

  • 19821981-82

    La cara dice «1982 WORLD CHAMPIONS» alrededor de ocho diamantes y una piedra de color amatista. El ejemplar de muestra que se conserva lleva marcas de Jostens, pero las fuentes no aclaran quién hizo el anillo de los jugadores.

    Los Angeles Lakers

  • Drawing of the Los Angeles Lakers championship ring, 1984-8519851984-85

    En la cara, un balón con su canasta hecho de diamantes sobre una piedra morada. Aparecen ejemplares con punzón de Balfour (oro de 14 quilates, de directivos) y de Jostens (muestras de oro de 10 quilates), así que las fuentes no dejan claro el fabricante.

    Los Angeles Lakers

  • Drawing of the Los Angeles Lakers championship ring, 1986-8719871986-87

    Maker: Balfour

    Oro de 14 quilates con cinco diamantes redondos, uno por cada título de los Lakers en Los Ángeles, el resultado de las Finales (LA 4, BOS 2) y el punzón «LGB 14K», el de L.G. Balfour (anillo de Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, según la casa de subastas).

    Los Angeles Lakers

  • Drawing of the Los Angeles Lakers championship ring, 1987-8819881987-88

    Maker: Balfour

    Se conserva la muestra de vendedor, de oro de 10 quilates y unos 34 g, con marca de Balfour (la de Magic Johnson, según la casa de subastas).

    Los Angeles Lakers

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Medals

  • Gold · 1992 Olympic Games (United States)

Retired number

  • Los Angeles Lakers: No. 32 (1979-1991 with the team)
    He played for the franchise again in 1995-96 season. And was the coach in 1994 too

Draft

Transactions

  1. · Signing

    The Los Angeles Lakers signed Magic Johnson as a free agent.

  2. · Retirement

    Magic Johnson retired from the Los Angeles Lakers.

  3. · Coaching staff

    Los Lakers destituyen a Mitch Kupchak y Jim Buss y nombran a Magic Johnson nuevo Presidente de Operaciones baloncestísticas y a Rob Pelinka nuevo General Manager.

  4. · Waived

    El presidente Magic Johnson presenta su dimisión de los Lakers.

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Salaries

Season Team Salary
1979-80 LAL $0.5M
1980-81 LAL $0.5M
1981-82 LAL $0.5M
1982-83 LAL $0.5M
1983-84 LAL $0.5M
1984-85 LAL $1.0M
1985-86 LAL $2.5M
1986-87 LAL $1.0M
1987-88 LAL $2.5M
1988-89 LAL $3.1M
1989-90 LAL $1.0M
1990-91 LAL $2.4M
1991-92 LAL $2.5M
1992-93 LAL $2.5M
1993-94 LAL $2.5M
1994-95 LAL $1.0M
1995-96 LAL $1.0M
1996-97 LAL $1.0M
1997-98 LAL $1.0M
1998-99 LAL $1.0M
1999-00 LAL $1.0M
2000-01 LAL $1.0M
2001-02 LAL $1.0M
2002-03 LAL $1.0M
2003-04 LAL $1.0M
2004-05 LAL $1.0M
2005-06 LAL $1.0M
2006-07 LAL $1.0M
2007-08 LAL $1.0M
2008-09 LAL $1.0M
2009-10 LAL $1.0M
Career total $39.3M

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