词条 | Johnson, Magic |
释义 | Johnson, Magic American basketball player byname of Earvin Johnson, Jr. born Aug. 14, 1959, Lansing, Mich., U.S. ![]() The son of an auto worker, Johnson earned his nickname “Magic” for his creative and entertaining ball handling. He was an intense competitor. He led his high school team to a state championship in 1977, Michigan State University to the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship in 1979—handing Larry Bird (Bird, Larry) and Indiana State its only defeat of that season—and the U.S. team to a basketball gold medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. ![]() The battles for league supremacy between Johnson's Lakers and Bird's Boston Celtics spurred a new era of fan interest and NBA prosperity. At the time of his initial retirement due to HIV infection in 1991, Johnson was the NBA's all-time leader in assists (9,921; broken in 1995 by John Stockton). Later he served briefly as head coach of the Lakers (1994), and he returned as a player for a portion of the 1995–96 season. After his retirement from basketball, Johnson became an extremely successful entrepreneur—with estimated holdings of approximately $800 million as of 2008—and an HIV/AIDS activist. In 1996 the NBA named him one of the 50 greatest players of all time. He was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002. |
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