Magic Johnson Buss had given Johnson a contract that paid him $14 million a year, as payback for all the years he was not the league's highest paid player. Although Johnson's retirement prior to the 1992–93 NBA season voided this contract, Buss insisted that he still be paid. It was this arrangement that allowed Johnson to coach the team without receiving any additional salary. After Johnson ended his coaching stint, Buss sold him a 4% stake in the Lakers for $10 million, and Johnson served as a team executive. Johnson's autobiography is Other biographies include: Magic Johnson Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born
Real Magic TV Magic series broadcasts began on closed-circuit college TV networks in New York, Philadelphia and Delaware in 2002. After having the band Evanescence make a guest appearance on the program, demand for RMTV outgrew its distribution footprint, and producers scrambled to respond to tens-of-thousands of requests worldwide. In the fall of 2003, Real Magic TV began to distribute programs through online video streaming. Viewers from all 50 states and 60+ countries were tracked in the first 2 months of broadcasting. In 2005, Real Magic TV began producing segments of RMTV for the Fuse TV Network. Fuse featured the segments on Daily