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In the 1995–96 NBA season, Johnson made a short-lived second comeback as a player from January 1996 to May 1996.In this time, he had bulked up from his self-reported weight of 235 lb in 1992, [55] to 255 lb in order to play power forward, a much more physical position than his usual point guard role.
The Lakers' popularity soared in the 1980s when they won five additional championships during a nine-year span with the help of Hall of Famers Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy and coach Pat Riley, the franchise's all-time leader in both regular season and playoff games coached and wins.
By the time he returned to the Lakers in 1996, the Magic Johnson All-Stars had amassed a record of 55–0, and Johnson was earning as much as $365,000 per game. [39] Johnson played with the team frequently over the next several years, with possibly the most memorable game occurring in November 2001.
President Biden awarded Magic Johnson the Presidential Medal of Freedom, but he needed a hand draping the medal on the 6-foot-9 Hall of Famer. ... Johnson briefly played for the Lakers in 1996 ...
The 1996–97 NBA season was the Los Angeles Lakers' 49th season in the National ... West traded his starting center, Vlade Divac to the Hornets for the young Kobe ...
Magic Johnson smiled, because of course he did. ... Finally, starting in 2020, the Dodgers went all in: Mookie Betts that year, for $365 million; Freddie Freeman, in 2022, for $162 million; Shohei ...
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.
The Chicago Bulls entered the NBA playoffs with a record of 72–10 (the best regular season record until the 2016 Golden State Warriors went 73–9), eclipsing the 1972 Los Angeles Lakers record of 69–13, helped by Michael Jordan's first full season back from his mid-1990's retirement and the addition of another future Hall of Famer to the Bulls, Dennis Rodman.