Elvin Johnson
Full name: Ervin Johnson Jr.
Position: Center
Height: 2.11 meters (6'11")
Weight: 111 kg (245 lbs)
Date of birth: December 21, 1967
City of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana
High School: Block in Jonesville, Louisiana
University: University of New Orleans (UNO)
Jersey number: 40,50
Drafted: 1993 1st round, 23rd overall by the Supersonics
Career: 1993-2006
Played for: Seattle Supersonics, Denver Nuggets, Milwaukee Bucks, Minnesota Timberwolves
America's "magician," as he is known.
Player Johnson. Helped the Lakers win the 1980 championship in his first season with the team. He recorded a triple-double in the first game of the playoffs and eventually won his first career championship and became the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player. He was the one who brought more ideas, intelligence and skill to the basketball court, making the game of basketball rise to a new level of spectacle and competitiveness in the 1980s. Johnson is undoubtedly one of the greatest players in NBA history.
Chinese name: Elvin Johnson
Foreign name: Earvin Johnson
Alias: Magic Johnson/Magician Johnson
Nationality: American
Date of birth: August 14, 1959
Height: 2.06 meters / 6'9
Weight: 98 kg/215 lbs.
Sports: Basketball
Team: Lakers
Born in Lansing, Michigan on August 14, 1959, legendary NBA point guard Elvin Johnson, nicknamed "Magic", was retired on May 14, 1996, first announcing his retirement on November 7, 1991, and then again on May 14, 1996, when the Lakers held a retirement ceremony for the No. 32 jersey worn by Johnson. Elvin Johnson) wore the number 32 jersey held a retirement ceremony, after which Johnson announced a brief comeback in January 1996, and then on May 14, 1996 announced his retirement again.
Honorary Achievements of Elvin Johnson
1, won 5 seasons between 1979-1988;
2, won a number of MVP, respectively: 79-80, 81-82, 86-87 three Finals MVP, 1986-1987, 1988-1989, 1989-1990 three seasons MVP, 1989-1990, 1991-1992 two seasons All-Star MVP;
3, is 11 seasons of All-Star starters, respectively 1979-1980, 1982-1983, 1983-1984, 1984-1985, 1985-1986, 1986-1987, 1987-1988, 1990-1991, 1991-1992 season All-Star starters;
4. one All-Star season replacement, for the 1981-1982 All-Star season;
5, also won four times the season's assist leader, respectively 1982-1983, 1983-1984, 1985-1986, 1986-1987 the four season's assist leader;
6, won the second season steals king, respectively: 80-81 season, 81-82 season;
7. Honored with the 1st-team Rookie of the Year award in the 79-80 season;
8. Honored with 1st Team of the Season in ten seasons from 1979-1991;
9, also won the player of the month six times, in October 1980 months, November 1983, February 1985, December 1986, March 1987, February 1990;
10, was named one of the NBA's top 50 superstars in '97;
11, 20002 Inducted into the Nye Smith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame;
12, 2019 to receive the NBA Lifetime Achievement Award;
On October 21, 2021, the NBA officially announced that Johnson had been selected as one of the "Top 75 NBA Players of All Time."
Among other things, Johnson was also rehired by the Los Angeles Lakers in 2017 as a team advisor as well as president of team operations, but officially resigned in April 2019 from his position as the Lakers' president of basketball operations.
