After enjoying nearly a decade of intense practice battles, strong on-court chemistry and five NBA championship runs, Los ...

1974 - Earns the nickname “Magic” after a game his sophomore year of high school, in which he scores 36 points, 18 rebounds and 16 assists. Lansing State Journal sportswriter Fred Stabley Jr. is the ...

Magic Johnson is arguably the greatest point guard of all time, but where does he rank among the greatest Los Angeles Lakers ...

Johnson was drafted as the first overall pick in the 1979 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers. The point guard starred for ...

The Cavs destroy bad teams, and they mostly dominate good teams. They have 23 of their 33 wins by double digits. They’re also ...

I got so many guys." These four players whom Penny Hardaway named all won championships in the NBA. Magic Johnson has the most, with five championships (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988), followed by ...

Pretty well, as Malone won MVP in 1982-83, making him the only NBA ... “Two days after announcing his return to the NBA, Magic Johnson signed a one-year contract extension Thursday for the ...

Hired by then-NBA executive vice president David Stern in 1982, Welts eventually became ... NBA All-Star weekend (1984); coordinating Magic Johnson’s 1991 announcement that he contracted AIDS ...

From 1982-99, Welts was an executive ... Among his notable achievements were creating NBA All-Star weekend in 1984; coordinating Magic Johnson’s 1991 announcement that he contracted AIDS ...

Overseas imports have played a vital role in the NBL’s rise and some of their antics on and off the court are the stuff of Australian basketball folklore.

“The Logo,” “Mr. Clutch,” Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer, National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Famer, NBA champion ... from the careers of Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul ...