Magic Johnson Magic Johnson Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is an American retired professional basketball player and current president of basketball operations of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played point guard for the Lakers for 13 seasons. After winning championships in high school and college, Johnson was selected first overall in the 1979 NBA draft by the Lakers. He won a championship and an NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award in his rookie season, and won four more championships with the Lakers during the 1980s. Johnson retired abruptly in 1991 after announcing that
Chad S. Johnson in law and business ventures. Chad S. Johnson Chad S. Johnson (born August 11, 1967 in Emporia, Kansas) is a Harvard-educated attorney, served as the Executive Director of National Stonewall Democrats from October 2, 2001 to January 1, 2003. Prior to his tenure with NSD, Chad Johnson served as a principal gay and lesbian issues adviser to the Al Gore/Joe Lieberman 2000 campaign and as deputy national chair of the Gore/Lieberman 2000 business outreach program, under Democratic Party leader and public affairs executive Jeff Trammell. Formerly, an attorney with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Johnson is active in Democratic