Talk:Magic Johnson

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25 million deal - 1981 or 1984

Started to translate this article. Here is a first question:

During the off-season, Johnson signed a 25-year, $25 million contract with the Lakers, which was the highest-paying contract in sports history up to that point. ==> The ref says this was 1984, not 1981. Also I'd like to see some reference that covers the second part of the sentence.
minor prose issue: ...He missed 45 games, and said that ... Johnson returned before the start of the 1981 playoffs, but the Lakers' then-assistant and future head coach Pat Riley later said that...
While I'm at it: The Lakers faced the 40–42 Houston Rockets in the Well, certainly nice to have that record but to put it into perspective it would be nice to have the Lakers' record too.

Regards, --X-Weinzar (talk) 23:49, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking the time to translate, and point out the errors, which I think I've fixed. Good luck on your translation. Noble Story (talk • contributions) 13:50, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Coaching record

Thank you, I'm making good progress there. Here's another issue: I'm not sure which source is wrong but someone must be wrong about his coaching career. Nba.com states "The team was fighting for a playoff berth when Johnson assumed the reins, and Los Angeles immediately won five straight. But after the club lost five of its next six outings, Johnson announced that he would not return as coach the following season.". Well, take a look at basketball-reference: Rather looks like the other way around; that he won five out of his first six games but not five straight and then lost all other games. So when exactly did he decide to give up his coaching career? Please investigate this and correct the article accordingly. Regards, --X-Weinzar (talk) 12:40, 7 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Image with him in uniform

This article will be a featured article in a few days and there's no photo of him in uniform? Are there any free ones out there?DavidRF (talk) 22:47, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not that I know of... Chensiyuan (talk) 02:12, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Artikel des Tages

Is this a coincidence? Do you coordinate these things?

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hauptseite

There is no coordination involved. This is indeed pure coincidence. --Voyager (talk) 08:43, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ofcourse it is not coincidence.. Today is his birthday :) ... --Reinoutr (talk) 17:02, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Images

Why isn't there any images of Magic playing in this article? Burningview (talk) 13:48, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you can find a free image of him doing so, please put it in. So far, efforts have been fruitless. Dabomb87 (talk) 13:50, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What about: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rafamado/2717299999/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.123.130.95 (talk) 08:24, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The image indicates that it is a photo of Magic from 1987, however he is clean shaven in the picture. I am a long-time Lakers fan, and watched Magic play throughout the 1980's. It wasn't until a couple of years later that Magic decided to get rid of the signature goatee that he wore during much of the prime of his career. The following article from SI appears to support that it was indeed the spring of 1989 that he made that change: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1068404/index.htm

Of course, that doesn't help us specifically identify the date of the photo, but it seems safe to assume that it's from the time period from 1989-1991.

Hidden ad should be removed

{{editsemiprotected}} Hi, let me first say that I am HIV+ myself and one of the companies mentioned in the article makes one of the drugs that have been saving my life for more than a decade now. None the less I find it irrelevant at best to specify who makes the drugs Magic Johnson takes. To me it is obvious hiding an ad in an article.

The formulation I am talking about is: To prevent his HIV infection from becoming AIDS, Johnson takes a daily combination of drugs from GlaxoSmithKline and Abbott Laboratories.

It could instead have said something like: To prevent his HIV infection from becoming AIDS, Johnson receives combination therapy [with a link to an article on the matter which is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAART ].

The fact that Magic Johnson is promoting these companies is irrelevant to what medication he takes. These two subjects doesn't belong together. In fact HIV-medication can have very serious and deadly complications and long term adverse affects such as cardiac problems and cancer. Nobody in his right mind takes drugs based on a promotional deal but on sound medical advice. I guess that goes for Magic Johnson as well.

To be clear I don't see any problem mentioning what ever promotion he is involved in like the following setence: He has advertised GlaxoSmithKline's drugs,[92] and partnered with Abbott Laboratories to publicize the fight against AIDS in African American communities.

But I do see a problem in connecting specific companies to whatever his current treatment regime is within a wikipedia article. It is simply not relevant.

(Babediba (talk) 14:50, 14 September 2009 (UTC))[reply]

Done Agree, and done. Debresser (talk) 15:25, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Business Ventures

Why is there nothing here about his entrepreneurship? I have an article backing it up but don't know how best to incorporate it. http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/entre/2008-12-07-magic-johnson-urban-business_N.htm BenW (talk) 07:10, 20 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Magic Johnson enterprises is briefly mentioned in the "Off the court" section. What kind of details would you like to add? Zagalejo^^^ 07:30, 20 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

25-year contract?!

Are you sure that's the duration of the contract fron 1981? Maybe it's 5-year contract? Please reply me. YHYH (talk) 17:44, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nope, it's 25 years. Check the source. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:20, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

South Park Episode

Johnson is heavily featured in the AIDS-related story of South Park Season 12, Episode 1 "Tonsil Trouble". Johnson did not himself participate. 70.123.130.95 (talk) 08:18, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Then why is it worth mentioning? Dabomb87 (talk) 13:57, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jersey Retirement

I added Magic's jersey retirement in the infobox as it is in Kareem's, but Kareem may be a special case since his jersey was retired *by two teams*. LUxlii (talk) 16:42, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]