If you are a Lakers fans and you don't know this man in this picture. I think you probably not areal Lakers fans and have no idea about basketball. This man is called Earvin "Magic" Johnson, a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Few athletes are truly unique, changing the way their sport is played with their singular skills. Earvin "Magic" Johnson was one of them. Just how great a basketball player was Johnson? So great, perhaps, that many basketball fans may wish they had entered the world years earlier, so they could have seen Magic Johnson played in person instead of watching him only on the highlights.
Johnson accomplished almost everything a player could dream of during his 13-year NBA career, all of which was spent with the Los Angeles Lakers. He was a member of five championship teams. He won the Most Valuable Player Award and the Finals MVP Award three times each. He was a 12-time All-Star and a nine-time member of the All-NBA First Team.
After a body check before the 1991-92 NBA season, Magic Johnson discovered that he had tested positive for HIV. Johnson made a public announcement that he would retire immediately. He said that his wife and his unborn child did not have HIV and that he would dedicate his life to battle this deadly disease. After announcing his infection in November 1991, Johnson created the Magic Johnson Foundation to help combat HIV, although he later diversified the foundation to include other charitable goals. In 1992, he joined the National Commission on AIDS, but left after eight months, saying that the commission was not doing enough to combat the disease. He was also the main speaker for the United Nations (UN) World AIDS Day Conference in 1999, and has served as a United Nations Messenger of Peace.
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