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Magic joined the Los Angeles Lakers for the 1979-1980 season after he was drafted first overall in the NBA draft. Johnson played 13 seasons for the Lakers. He won league MVP three times, played in nine NBA finals, and was a member of five championship Lakers teams in the '80s.

In 1991, Magic announced that he is HIV positive. Though he faced a lot of discrimination from other NBA players because of the news, the news was also essential to helping get rid of the stigma that HIV/AIDS only affects gay people. To this day, Magic remains a vocal advocate for HIV/AIDS patients and research.