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2005-2006 UPPER DECK PORTRAITS SIGNATURE PORTRAITS 8X10 DUAL MAGIC JOHNSON & JOHN STOCKTON #ED 4/40!!!! Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Jr. (born August 14 , 1959 in Lansing , Michigan ) is a retired American National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers . Before joining the NBA, the 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) point guard enjoyed success in NCAA college winning the title in 1979 with Michigan State University .[1] With the Lakers, the 6'9", 225 pound Johnson established a successful career as he won five NBA championships, played in nine NBA Finals series, and was elected three times for both NBA Finals Most Valuable Player and NBA Most Valuable Player . Johnson also played in 12 All-Star games and was voted into 10 All-NBA First and Second Teams, and led the league in regular season assists four times.Johnson is acknowledged as one of the most popular NBA basketball players of all time, being well-known for his uncanny passing and dribbling skills, and for his cheerful nature on and off the court. His fierce, but friendly rivalry with Boston Celtics forward Larry Bird rejuvenated the NBA and usd in the era of multi-million-dollar salaries and endorsement deals. He was also a member of the Dream Team U.S. basketball team which won the Olympic gold medal in 1992. For his feats, Johnson was honored as one of the NBA 50 Greatest Players in 1996 and enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002.The 6 ft 8 in, [18] 255 lb [19] Johnson played the point guard position and is considered as one of the most successful and unique players in the history of the game. He is a five-time NBA champion and a 12-time All-Star, earned a place on ten All-NBA teams, and was thrice named MVP of the regular season and the Finals. In 905 NBA games, he scored 17,707 points, 6,559 rebounds and 10,141 assists, translating to career averages of 19.5 points, 7.2 rebounds and 11.2 assists per game. [1] Beyond statistics, Johnson is regarded by the NBA as one of the most spectacular and controversial players ever. He entertained a generation of fans with his uncanny passing and dribbling talents, especially showcased in his trademark "no look" passes, and was famous for his enthusiastic, cheerful nature on and off the court. [2] [8] He was also a unique player because he played point guard despite being 6-9, a size reserved normally for frontcourt players. Johnson combined the size of a power forward , the one-on-one skills of a swingman and the ball handling talent of a guard, making him one of the most dangerous triple-double threats of all time: his 138 triple-double-games are second only to Oscar Robertson 's 181. [20] For his feats, Johnson was voted as one of the 50 Greatest Players of All Time by the NBA in 1996 and introduced into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002. [2] In 2006, ESPN .com rated Johnson the greatest point guard of all time, and asserted: "It could be argued that he's the one player in NBA history who was better than Michael Jordan". [21] NBA career John Stockton averaged a career double-double , with 13.1 points and 10.5 assists per game. He holds the NBA's record for most career assists (15,806) by a considerable margin, as well as the record for most career steals (3,265). He had five of the top six assists seasons in NBA history (the other belonging to Isiah Thomas ). He holds the NBA record for the most seasons and consecutive games played with one team, and is third in total games played, behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Robert Parish . He missed only 22 games during his career, 18 of them in one season. As a point of comparison, he played in 34 games w he tallied 20 or more assists.Stockton appeared in 10 All-Star games , and was named co- MVP of the game in 1993 with Jazz teammate Karl Malone , which was held in Salt Lake City, Utah . He played with the 1992 and 1996 US Olympic basketball teams, known as Dream Team I and II, the first Olympic squads to feature NBA players, keeping the game ball from both Gold... read more

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