Magic Johnson Draft Pick

State the la lakers made one of the easiest and best decisions in nba history when they used their 1 pick in the 1979 draft to select earvin magic johnson.

Magic johnson draft pick. Daniel cormier hilariously imitates khabib nurmagomedov and khamzat chimaev. Players in this post. Previously the celtics acquired a first round pick on january 30 1979 from the golden state warriors in exchange for jo jo white. If we are talking about the 2020 nhl draft the answer may be yes.

B 1 2 3 on february 12 1979 the new york knicks acquired three first round picks from the boston celtics in exchange for bob mcadoo. Magic johnson is one of the greatest players to ever play the game of basketball. However this pick did not originally. As compensation the jazz and the lakers traded a handful of picks.

Magic johnson former los angeles lakers president of basketball operations sent out a tweet after the organization got the fourth pick in the nba draft. Laimbeer 105 6 and s. 1 over all by the los angeles lakers in the 1979 draft. In 1976 the new orleans jazz signed gail goodrich away from the lakers.

The lakers used the pick to draft magic johnson. 202 55 played in nba first overall pick. He was drafted no. League rules at the time required one team to compensate another for signing away veteran players.

The 1978 nba draft was the 32nd annual draft of the national basketball association nba. Remembering when the lakers selected magic johnson with the 1st pick of the 79 draft how they ended up with the 1st pick. The draft was held on june 25 1979 before the 1979 80 season magic johnson from michigan state university one of the hardship players was selected first overall by the los angeles lakers. The draft was held on june 9 1978 at the plaza hotel in new york city new york before the 1978 79 season in this draft 22 nba teams took turns selecting amateur u s.

Johnson who had just finished his sophomore season in college became the first underclassman to be drafted first overall. Via twitter johnson commended kyle kuzma. Magic johnson 155 8 win shares most win shares. The season is up and ready to resume in a few days and the mvp debate on lebron james vs giannis antetokounmpo hasn t shifted an inch.

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