Magic Johnson 
#14 SF | 6-9, 223lbs | Suns | Experience: 2 years
Born: 8/14/1959 (22) | College: Michigan State

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 83 97 84 48 93 100 53 69 58 65 96 37 74 82 100 90  
 Potential: A A A C A A C B C B A D          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1981  1982  1983  1984  1985  1986  1987  1988 
 Value: $475,000  $475,000  $475,000  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 2                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1981 NPSBL PHX 82 82 37.6 33.5 1.9 6.2 10.2 2.8 3.62 1.8 0.3 3.3 .598 .843 .301  
 1980 NPSBL PHX 82 82 38.2 30.3 2.0 5.6 10.0 3.1 3.22 1.8 0.3 2.9 .597 .866 .284  
 1979 NPSBL LAL 77 0 36.3 18.0 2.2 5.6 7.3 4.0 1.85 2.4 0.5 2.8 .530 .810 .226  
 Career     241 164 37.4 27.5 2.0 5.8 9.2 3.3 2.81 2.0 0.4 3.0 .581 .845 .284  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1981 NPSBL PHX 11.8 19.7 .598 9.6 11.4 .843 7.7 10.7 .717 3.7 7.7 .480 0.4 1.3 .301  
 1980 NPSBL PHX 10.2 17.1 .597 9.5 11.0 .866 7.2 10.0 .719 2.8 6.2 .451 0.3 1.0 .284  
 1979 NPSBL LAL 6.5 12.3 .530 4.9 6.0 .810 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.4 .226  
 Career     9.6 16.5 .581 8.1 9.5 .845 5.0 7.0 .718 2.2 4.7 .467 0.3 0.9 .284  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1981 82 82 3086 965 1615 785 931 31 103 2746 153 663 833 144 230 144 26 270 650 
 1980 82 82 3133 839 1405 783 904 23 81 2484 166 628 824 146 256 146 22 240 417 
 1979 77 0 2795 503 949 374 462 7 31 1387 166 596 563 187 305 187 41 218 0 
 Career 241 164 9014 2307 3969 1942 2297 61 215 6617 485 1887 2220 477 791 477 89 728 1067 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1981 NPSBL PHX .678 1.70 27.0 7.4 33.0 6.2 18.9 12.8 39.6 1341.1 44.7 7.9 114.4 104.0  
 1980 NPSBL PHX .689 1.77 28.6 8.9 30.5 6.9 17.7 12.5 38.8 1325.0 44.2 5.1 112.3 105.3  
 1979 NPSBL LAL .602 1.46 27.9 15.1 0.0 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -  
 Career     .664 1.67 27.8 9.9 21.9 6.5 18.3 12.7 39.3 2666.1 88.9 4.4 113.4 104.6  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1981 NPSBL PHX 7 7 39.1 35.4 2.3 5.4 11.1 2.3 4.88 1.6 0.3 4.3 .621 .844 1.000  
 1980 NPSBL PHX 2 2 44.5 32.5 0.5 4.0 11.5 2.0 5.75 2.0 0.5 3.5 .567 .816 .000  
 Career     9 9 40.3 34.8 1.9 5.1 11.2 2.2 5.05 1.7 0.3 4.1 .611 .835 .750  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1981 NPSBL PHX 12.9 20.7 .621 9.3 11.0 .844 9.1 12.6 .727 3.3 7.7 .426 0.4 0.4 1.000  
 1980 NPSBL PHX 8.5 15.0 .567 15.5 19.0 .816 5.5 9.0 .611 3.0 5.5 .545 0.0 0.5 .000  
 Career     11.9 19.4 .611 10.7 12.8 .835 8.3 11.8 .708 3.2 7.2 .446 0.3 0.4 .750  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1981 7 7 274 90 145 65 77 3 3 248 16 54 78 11 16 11 2 30 43 
 1980 2 2 89 17 30 31 38 0 1 65 1 9 23 4 4 4 1 7 -6 
 Career 9 9 363 107 175 96 115 3 4 313 17 63 101 15 20 15 3 37 37 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1981 NPSBL PHX .693 1.71 28.6 5.9 33.0 7.0 14.0 10.8 32.0 88.1 2.9 6.1 113.9 106.1  
 1980 NPSBL PHX .681 2.17 31.1 5.4 27.5 1.2 11.3 5.9 26.9 21.7 0.7 -3.0 116.6 119.7  
 Career     .690 1.79 29.1 5.8 6.8 5.4 13.5 9.6 30.8 109.8 3.7 4.1 114.5 109.3  

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 55 5 15 15 8 2 8 21 33 25 29 2 6  
 Playoff 44 7 14 18 3 1 5 18 29 17 21 1 1  
 Career 55 7 18 18 8 2 8 21 33 25 29 2 6  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/20 DEN W 39 8 14 18 20 0 1 34 1 11 13 9 2 0 1 21
 10/21 POR W 43 12 21 16 20 0 1 40 3 9 10 4 3 0 4 7
 10/23 IND W 43 10 18 15 16 0 2 35 0 3 19 4 7 0 2 21
 10/24 SEA L 43 12 23 9 11 0 4 33 3 7 15 2 3 1 2 1
 10/28 KCK W 44 8 16 6 6 0 4 22 1 6 20 1 1 0 4 9
 10/29 DET W 32 12 18 17 17 0 2 41 4 8 10 1 2 0 1 24
 11/3 SEA W 37 11 20 14 17 0 0 36 3 14 9 2 2 0 0 26
 11/6 BOS W 43 10 17 10 13 0 2 30 2 8 14 3 3 1 4 21
 11/7 DAL W 34 14 18 9 9 2 2 39 1 8 8 1 2 2 3 21
 11/9 DEN W 42 9 14 11 14 0 1 29 3 15 8 3 4 1 3 4
 11/11 NYK L 44 13 24 7 7 0 0 33 4 11 13 3 1 0 4 -7
 11/14 DET W 40 13 20 11 14 0 1 37 1 10 5 5 1 0 5 3
 11/15 UTA L 37 15 22 5 7 0 1 35 1 8 8 6 1 0 4 -2
 11/18 POR L 25 4 12 3 3 0 1 11 0 2 11 4 0 0 6 -10
 11/20 NYK L 45 17 29 11 13 1 3 46 3 9 13 4 3 0 4 -2
 11/22 LAL L 44 17 28 14 18 1 2 49 1 9 13 2 2 0 4 -8
 11/24 POR W 28 16 19 10 10 0 1 42 0 7 11 1 2 0 3 33
 11/26 POR W 34 12 15 9 10 0 1 33 0 8 10 3 1 1 1 17
 11/30 DEN W 40 14 27 5 7 2 3 35 1 7 10 1 3 0 6 15
 12/2 SDC L 46 13 24 6 6 0 1 32 3 11 15 1 3 0 5 -5
 12/4 SDC L 46 10 20 6 6 1 4 27 0 9 12 5 1 0 3 -12
 12/5 SEA W 35 11 15 12 14 0 0 34 1 8 14 1 1 0 1 25
 12/9 DEN L 27 6 13 11 11 0 2 23 1 3 9 5 1 0 5 1
 12/10 PHI W 39 10 16 10 11 0 0 30 2 11 7 1 2 2 4 27
 12/14 SDC W 31 7 10 1 2 0 1 15 2 7 12 0 0 0 5 16
 12/15 SAS W 42 14 25 6 7 0 2 34 3 12 15 3 4 1 2 3
 12/18 DEN L 42 13 24 17 21 0 2 43 1 7 12 6 3 1 4 -3
 12/19 CLE W 40 14 24 18 20 0 1 46 1 6 9 2 2 1 5 8
 12/23 UTA L 33 9 17 14 16 0 1 32 3 9 10 1 0 0 4 5
 12/24 LAL W 34 7 11 12 14 2 3 28 1 8 11 3 1 0 4 6
 12/26 GSW W 31 10 20 8 8 0 3 28 1 7 12 2 2 0 1 26
 12/27 CHI W 14 3 6 7 8 0 0 13 0 2 4 2 0 0 5 22
 12/30 LAL W 30 8 15 9 11 0 0 25 2 8 9 3 2 0 4 26
 12/31 PHI L 32 5 8 8 10 0 0 18 0 4 8 3 0 0 3 1
 1/2 POR L 46 10 19 16 20 0 1 36 1 8 12 3 2 1 5 -4
 1/6 ATL L 41 19 28 13 17 2 2 53 2 6 7 3 3 0 3 0
 1/7 LAL W 32 15 23 4 6 0 2 34 3 5 11 2 4 0 4 20
 1/9 GSW L 43 16 26 4 5 1 2 37 2 11 14 3 1 0 3 8
 1/11 KCK L 40 12 18 4 4 1 3 29 2 10 6 4 1 0 4 -15
 1/13 SEA W 27 13 21 8 8 0 0 34 4 5 6 2 0 0 2 33
 1/15 SEA W 37 10 15 9 10 0 0 29 0 10 8 5 1 1 1 18
 1/16 CHI W 40 11 25 1 2 1 4 24 5 7 7 1 1 0 4 10
 1/18 WAS L 42 11 21 11 14 0 4 33 0 6 13 7 2 0 2 -5
 1/20 KCK L 30 8 14 5 5 0 0 21 0 2 13 3 0 1 5 2
 1/22 HOU W 31 8 14 12 15 0 0 28 2 7 9 0 2 0 4 16
 1/23 SDC W 37 12 15 12 13 0 0 36 0 6 14 4 1 0 1 15
 1/26 DET W 31 7 13 25 29 0 2 39 4 12 8 1 0 1 3 42
 1/27 SAS W 33 12 13 5 7 0 0 29 0 6 9 0 0 0 2 30
 1/31 IND W 38 13 20 8 11 0 1 34 3 12 12 5 3 2 3 22
 2/1 KCK L 30 5 16 11 14 2 3 23 2 7 6 1 1 0 4 5
 2/4 UTA W 36 9 16 3 4 1 1 22 2 7 11 5 2 0 3 3
 2/7 EAS W 19 9 12 1 2 0 2 19 2 4 4 1 0 0 4 31
 2/9 UTA L 44 16 26 11 15 1 1 44 5 12 10 3 0 1 2 5
 2/11 HOU W 28 11 16 0 2 1 2 23 2 5 8 1 1 1 2 11
 2/13 POR L 47 16 29 15 16 1 3 48 3 11 7 2 0 0 4 -9
 2/14 HOU W 33 14 18 10 10 0 0 38 2 9 8 6 3 0 5 17
 2/17 DAL W 39 8 16 17 20 0 0 33 0 5 11 3 3 0 4 0
 2/18 HOU W 35 14 24 7 7 1 1 36 0 7 7 1 1 0 3 21
 2/21 DAL W 44 16 25 18 21 0 1 50 2 5 13 4 3 0 3 4
 2/23 ATL L 21 3 6 6 9 0 0 12 2 5 4 2 0 0 6 4
 2/25 CLE W 41 13 25 9 9 0 1 35 2 7 8 0 2 0 3 3
 3/1 BOS L 47 19 28 12 13 2 6 52 5 10 14 3 1 1 4 -8
 3/2 SDC W 47 10 21 12 14 0 0 32 1 11 15 3 2 1 1 2
 3/5 IND L 46 14 22 7 9 1 1 36 0 5 11 3 2 0 1 -11
 3/7 LAL L 47 9 18 11 15 0 1 29 0 7 15 2 8 0 2 -7
 3/8 DEN L 37 11 19 8 10 2 3 32 1 10 8 0 4 0 3 -19
 3/11 NJN W 46 12 18 8 9 0 0 32 1 5 13 3 1 0 2 12
 3/12 SAS W 46 21 33 12 13 1 2 55 4 9 14 8 4 0 2 0
 3/14 GSW L 40 15 27 3 3 0 2 33 5 12 11 4 1 0 3 -17
 3/16 GSW L 40 14 28 7 10 0 0 35 4 9 11 2 5 0 5 -15
 3/18 SAS W 37 16 23 15 16 1 1 48 4 9 14 4 0 0 3 32
 3/20 KCK W 35 17 21 9 11 0 1 43 3 10 9 3 1 0 2 29
 3/21 SDC W 34 11 18 5 6 0 0 27 4 9 10 2 2 0 3 13
 3/23 DAL W 44 16 27 17 20 1 1 50 1 5 8 3 1 1 3 22
 3/25 HOU W 35 10 16 6 8 0 0 26 4 11 14 3 1 1 1 22
 3/28 SAS L 42 16 28 4 5 0 0 36 3 10 9 3 3 1 4 8
 3/29 GSW L 25 8 13 12 12 0 0 28 0 4 6 0 2 0 3 -17
 4/2 UTA W 39 12 16 6 8 0 0 30 1 6 14 7 2 0 5 22
 4/3 KCK L 47 19 32 3 5 1 1 42 3 13 13 5 1 0 3 -10
 4/6 DAL W 34 7 13 5 7 0 1 19 1 8 13 1 3 0 4 24
 4/8 MIL L 46 15 23 10 13 0 2 40 3 11 14 4 1 1 3 4
 4/9 NJN W 39 11 21 7 8 0 1 29 0 6 11 2 2 0 4 12
 4/12 WAS L 46 12 25 23 27 0 3 47 2 6 7 4 1 1 3 -7
 4/13 LAL W 47 9 14 14 18 0 1 32 1 10 11 2 4 0 1 9
 4/16 SEA W 24 10 13 7 7 1 1 28 1 6 11 2 4 0 3 28
 4/17 POR L 42 13 23 15 17 0 1 41 1 9 10 1 1 1 4 6
 4/19 SEA W 42 12 19 23 29 0 0 47 3 12 6 3 1 0 3 22
 4/21 GSW L 42 15 23 7 7 0 1 37 3 13 7 4 2 0 5 5
 4/22 MIL L 29 4 18 9 11 0 1 17 3 6 0 2 0 0 3 -24
 4/24 GSW W 43 17 29 8 10 0 0 42 7 13 11 1 3 0 2 25
 4/25 GSW W 34 12 16 8 9 0 0 32 1 7 6 1 1 1 4 17
 4/27 GSW L 46 18 26 7 8 1 1 44 3 14 15 1 2 0 4 -6
 4/28 GSW L 48 13 27 12 16 0 0 38 1 9 18 2 3 0 5 -1
 4/30 GSW L 39 10 19 8 8 1 1 29 3 5 15 4 0 0 4 -8
 5/2 GSW W 41 13 18 17 21 1 1 44 1 4 9 5 2 1 6 13
 5/4 GSW L 23 7 10 5 5 0 0 19 0 2 4 2 0 0 5 3

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 113
 Total Player of the Week: 18
 Total Player of the Month: 5
 Total All-Star Appearances: 2
 Total All-League First Team: 2
 Total All-Defensive First Team: 1
 Total All-Defensive Second Team: 1
 Total Most Valuable Player: 2
 1980 NPSBL Rookie Game Participant
 1980 NPSBL All-Star
 1980 NPSBL Most Improved Player
 1980 NPSBL Most Valuable Player
 1980 NPSBL All-League First Team
 1980 NPSBL All-Defensive First Team
 1981 NPSBL Slam-Dunk Contest Champion
 1981 NPSBL All-Star
 1981 NPSBL Most Valuable Player
 1981 NPSBL All-League First Team
 1981 NPSBL All-Defensive Second Team

 Transactions
 Date Action
 10/8/1981 Drafted by Phoenix with pick #1 of round 1 of the creation draft.

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