Johnson was awarded his third Finals MVP title after averaging 26.2 points on .541 shooting, 13.0 assists, 8.0 rebounds, and 2.33 steals per game. By the time he had reached the eighth grade, Johnson had begun to think about a future in basketball. Yahoo is part of Verizon Media. Often regarded as the best point guard of all time,[3][4] Johnson is also considered to be one of the greatest players in NBA history. Johnson had previously written two books about himself and the game, 1983's Magic and 1989's Magic's Touch. Having longer arms mean you can keep them at arm’s length without them gaining leverage on you, which allows you to maintain control of the direction you want to move. "[3] Bleacher Report also listed Johnson first in its all-time NBA point guard rankings. In the 1984 NBA Finals, Johnson again encountered rival Bird, who had signed with the Boston Celtics. From a large family, Johnson grew up with nine brothers and sisters. 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Former wide receiver Paul Williams beats the norm by having extraordinarily long arms for his height. from EJ Johnson's Fiercest Fashions", "#RichKids of Beverly Hills Star EJ Johnson Talks East Coast Spin-off", "The "Snap Pack": Tiffany Trump and her super-swanky friends", "Move Over, Rat Pack and Brat Pack: Here Comes the Snap Pack", "Rich NYC Party Kids Just Trying to Inspire Others", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EJ_Johnson&oldid=981983817, African-American television personalities, Participants in American reality television series, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Television personality, socialite, fashion commentator, This page was last edited on 5 October 2020, at 14:57. [137][138][139], Johnson first fathered a son in 1981, when Andre Johnson was born to Melissa Mitchell. [2][23], Johnson is close friends with Gaïa Jacquet-Matisse, Kyra Kennedy, Reya Benitez, Ezra J. William, Andrew Warren, and Tiffany Trump. The Lakers took a 3–2 lead in the series, but Abdul-Jabbar, who averaged 33 points a game in the series,[47] sprained his ankle in Game 5 and could not play in Game 6. Earvin Johnson III was born on June 4, 1992 in Beverly Hills, California, to Earvin “Magic" Johnson and Earlitha “Cookie" Johnson (née Kelly). Simeon Rice is a former American football defensive end and is 20th all-time in sacks (122) in NFL history. He was a guest star during season 4 of Real Husbands of Hollywood. [21] He also idolized players such as Earl Monroe and Marques Haynes,[22] and practiced "all day". [195] Johnson was later criticized by the AIDS community for his decreased involvement in publicizing the spread of the disease. [7] Johnson was a member of the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team ("The Dream Team"), which won the Olympic gold medal in 1992. Trevor Pryce was a member of the Broncos' back-to-back championship teams, winning Super Bowl XXXII and Super Bowl XXXIII team. [163][164] He has also made investments in urban real estate through the Canyon-Johnson and Yucaipa-Johnson funds. The first Magic Johnson Theater located in the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, closed in 2010 and re-opened in 2011 as Rave Cinema 15. At only 5’10", Houston has roughly the same arm length as 6’8” Dennis Kelly. [28] He gave Chastine much of the credit for his development as a basketball player and as a person,[29] saying years later, "I doubted myself back then. His mother spent many hours after work each night cleaning their home and preparing the next day's meals, while his father did janitorial work at a used car lot and collected garbage, all while never missing a day at General Motors.

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