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The 1979 NBA draft was the 33rd annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA), held at the Plaza Hotel in New York City on Monday, June 25. [1] [2] In this draft, the 22 NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players; it went ten rounds and selected 202 players.
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) ... Johnson was drafted first overall in 1979 by the Los Angeles Lakers.
The 1978 NBA draft was the 32nd annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on June 9, 1978, at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, New York, [1] before the 1978–79 season. In this draft, 22 NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including ...
The Lakers also drafted Magic Johnson in 1979 with their second first overall pick, who was rated the greatest NBA point guard of all time by ESPN in 2007. [5] The Lakers had no first-round draft picks in 1967, 1976, 1978, 1980, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. The Lakers had no first or second-round draft picks from 1983, 1987, and 2001 ...
As explained in Johnson’s upcoming Apple TV Plus docuseries “They Call Me Magic,” NBA games were so scarcely watched before Johnson was drafted that the primetime networks debated whether to ...
Johnson is also the only player in NBA history to have at least 2,000 assists in a playoff career [1] Holds the all-time record for highest assists-per-game average in Playoffs—12.4 Holds the all-time record for most triple-doubles in Playoffs—30
Lakers legend Magic Johnson is thrilled about L.A.'s acquisition of Luka Doncic but says the ex-Maverick can learn from LeBron James ... Max Christie and the Lakers' 2029 first-round draft pick ...
Magic Johnson revealed the advice Michael Jordan gave him after the Bulls pushed him around when he returned to the NBA in 1996 after a hiatus due to HIV.