Magic Johnson “Last Dance” Style Documentary In The Works

Documentary about NBA All-Star Magic Johnson In The Works

After the gigantic success of ESPN’s docuseries about Michael Jordan and his legendary career entitled The Last Dance, Magic Johnson is next in line to get a documentary, according to reports.

Earvin “Magic” Johnson is a 60 year old father, retired pro- basketball player and NBA Hall of Famer. Magic Johnson played the position of Point Guard for the Los Angeles Lakers for 13 seasons. The five time NBA champion is also the former president of operations for the Lakers.

According to reports, the docu will feature interviews from family, friends and colleagues and include archived footage of Magic Johnson. There has been no director selected.

XTR CEO Bryn Mooser had this to say in a statement released about the upcoming project:

In these unprecedented times we need films that celebrate heroes more than ever. As one of the most legendary, hardworking and resilient public figures of our time, Magic Johnson’s accomplishments both on and off the court are something worth spotlighting to the world and we’re excited to tell that story and work closely with him and NSV to take viewers inside his remarkable journey.

Earvin “Magic” Johnson Jr. 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 he had contracted HIV, but returned to play in the 1992 All-Star Game, winning the All-Star MVP Award. After protests from his fellow players, he retired again for four years, but returned in 1996, at age 36, to play 32 games for the Lakers before retiring for the third and final time.

Johnson’s career achievements include three NBA MVP Awards, nine NBA Finals appearances, twelve All-Star games, and ten All-NBA First and Second Team nominations. He led the league in regular-season assists four times, and is the NBA’s all-time leader in average assists per game, at 11.2. Johnson was a member of the 1992 United States men’s Olympic basketball team (“The Dream Team”), which won the Olympic gold medal in 1992. After leaving the NBA in 1992, Johnson formed the Magic Johnson All-Stars, a barnstorming team that traveled around the world playing exhibition games. Johnson was honored as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996.

Johnson became a two-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame—being enshrined in 2002 for his individual career, and again in 2010 as a member of the “Dream Team”. He was rated the greatest NBA point guard of all time by ESPN in 2007. His friendship and rivalry with Boston Celtics star Larry Bird, whom he faced in the 1979 NCAA finals and three NBA championship series, are well documented.

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Written By Janiah Taylor