Magic Johnson Professional Profile
MJ Enterprises
MJ Enterprises serves ethnically-diverse, urban communities of Magic Johnson Enterprises makes strategic investments, partnerships and endorsements in ethnically-diverse urban communities. Magic Johnson Enterprises covers all of the business ventures connected to his name and assets: Magic Johnson Movie Theaters and 90 Starbucks locations.
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Rivalry with Larry Bird
It started with the game that put the "Madness" in the month of March. Bird's Indiana State vs. Magic's Michigan State Spartans in the 1979 NCAA Championship game. Larry lost. But it was only the beginning for this rivalry that spanned on to the 1984, 1985 and 1987 NBA Finals. "We came along at the right time," says Magic. "That's all I can say. I needed Larry and he needed me. We pushed each other, meant so much to each other and meant so much to the game. It was a fun time."
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Basketball Career
Magic played a big part in pulling the NBA from near bankruptcy into making huge profits. The Hall-of-Famer is one of the greats. His career by the numbers: One gold medal during the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games; 5 NBA Championship Rings (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988);
3-Time NBA MVP (1986-1987, 1988-1989, 1989-1990); 12-Time All-Star.
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USA Olympic Dream Team
The Dream Team dominated in Barcelona, Spain. It was obvious this was OUR sport. Team USA beat its eight opponents by an average of 44 points! No wonder: they had Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan and Larry Bird, the irrepressible Charles Barkley for a little spice, as well as seven more NBA All-Stars: centers David Robinson and Patrick Ewing, power forward Karl Malone, Scottie Pippen, Chris Mullin, Clyde Drexler, and point guard John Stockton. As one story on NBA.com goes: While trying to guard the 6-foot-9 Magic, one foreign player was seen waving to a teammate on the bench with his camera. He was making sure he got a picture of them together.
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Coaching The Lakers
Magic became the Lakers' coach in March 1994, following his burning desire to coach in the NBA. He took over one of the league's worst teams mid-season. The Lakers went 5-11 under Magic and he quit after the season.
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Owning The Lakers
Next, in 1994, Magic bought a stake in his team. He still holds title of vice president today, working in various management areas. "This has always been my dream," Johnson said when he inked the deal. Magic paid more than $10 million for part-ownership.
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The Biographies of Earvin Johnson
In 1992, Magic wrote his autobiography, 'My Life,' one of nearly a dozen biographies to be published on the NBA great. In the tell-all, Magic shared his upbringing by an auto assembly-line worker father and hard-working mother. The book opened with "I grew up in the kind of black family that people today worry is disappearing. Even though there were nine of us - we had what we needed - two great parents, food on the table, and time for the whole family to be together."
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The Magic Hour TV Show
Johnson premiered 'The Magic Hour' talk show in 1998. The show, which had hopes to replace the Emmy Award-winning The Arsenio Hall Show, was canceled after eight weeks on the air. The Magic Hour might best be remembered for an episode featuring shock jock Howard Stern, who ridiculed the short-lived show.
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The Magic Johnson Foundation
The MJ Foundation is one of two of Johnson's professional endeavors bearing the "Magic" brand. MJF has awarded more than $1.1 million to community-based organizations that focus on HIV/AIDS education and prevention, and has established four HIV/AIDS clinics.
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HIV-AIDS Awareness
In 1991, Magic announced he had HIV, which causes AIDS, and his fight to find a cure has never ended. Without a doubt, Magic is one of the premier spokesmen for HIV/AIDS awareness and treatment/cure research. In 2007, Magic founded the "I Stand With Magic" Program and web site. It is a part of a campaign to empower all people to take a stand against HIV/AIDS. The site gives info on HIV/AIDS issues as well as education and awareness materials, and testing and treatment resources.
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'Real Housewives Of Miami' Renewed
'Talk' Host Guests On 'Young And The Restless'
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By: joed on 8/16/2010 5:29PM
typical, negro, always thinking somebody or thing outside his own is better. and, then wondering why they are broke. go figure. this charlatan maybe good for the israeli and european jews. but, if he can't or won't speak anything but hebrew(an old african language)then he and lebron shouldn't be talking. but, to think this joke paid 6 figures for this advice, just shows how easily anyone can be took.
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By: ltavers on 8/16/2010 3:28PM
Meeting with 5000 people a day is impossible....are the rest of the details in the article true???
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By: OOOZZZZZ on 8/16/2010 4:07PM
As the old saying goes: A fool and his money will soon part ways.
Mr. James is seeking money advice from "people" who make a damn good living "separating" well-heeled famous people from their hard earned multi-millions under the umbrella and guise of "religious mentoring and religious enlightment" for business purposes from a structural building known as a "church".
Isn't that what all TV evangelists and mega church pastors do? TD Jakes? Creflo Dollar? The late Rev. Ike etc etc.....?
The use of religion, the church and the Good Book as a means of monetary pimping? The exact same thing and for these hustlers including this rabbi, the richer the fool the better..and in LeBron's case the rabbi has a very famous rich fool.
And the fact that Lebron somehow believes and trusts the well known hype that since the rabbi, being "a White religious Jewish person" knows more about money, business & investments based on the belief that all White Jewish people knows more about and make more money than any other segment of people, indicates to me that youngster LeBron is about to get a "real education" really fast in hard knocks business adminstration, tactics, business economics and "religion".
These people see you coming and uses your unknowing; naive lack of spirtuality, religion and basic business understanding to commit you and your money, via the Bible, for their purposes (with the Bible & church as "connective tissue") to reel you in and in LeBron's case, 37-year-old Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, the "Rabbi to the Business Stars." his hook to suck you in (who owns a yacht and much, much more) will slowly & systematically guide him to the very people (who he has/is also advising) with the various business intersets that the rabbi supports and gets on the regular huge monetary fees from who either have (or not) more business acknowledge and acumen than LeBron or any of his handlers and IF, THE PRIMARY INVESTOR, LeBRON, DOESN'T UNDERSTAND how business really works, in this case, high value real estate and other unknown interests, then it will doom to fail financially because LeBron, the investor, is not business trained and savvy at this level at all and he will rely/depend on this spiritual advisor and his organization to guide him and through the rabbi's religious and spiritual teachings in which he will make Lebron a person of complete dependency on him through religion and the Bible,
Mr. James will probably blindly invest his money and not have any ideas what REALLY HAPPENING......"Private sessions with the rabbi cost a pretty penny, as is evidenced by James paying a six-figure sum to meet with the rabbi on a yacht....and Mr. James, unless someone grabs him and shakes his dumb ig'nant nd aggorant ass will pay a pretty penny in the middle and on the back end as well and as for the rabbi? It's all legal and mo' money from another uneducated fool who will soon part his ways with his money.
Professional athletes for decades blindly invests in their minds on a "good thing" gets punked & suckered all the time by smart people who are professional superstars hustlers at gettin' that paper from the ill advised and uninformed and Lebron is not different.
And LeBron's biggest problem? He's cocky, does not listen and think that he knows exactly what he doing.,,,typical example of an inexperienced young man with money.
So let the "life lessons" begin.
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By: N.Wright on 8/16/2010 4:27PM
Interesting Lebron? Did the meeting help?
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By: rasfanta on 8/16/2010 9:04PM
Run Lebron, run. Stay away from those jews, Lebron. Remember, Michael Jackson. This is serious, LeBron. Don't you know what time it is when it comes to them? I am disappointed. Why do you feel you need the blessing of a white, jewish rabbi? They will steal your money. Who advised you to deal with them? Don't you know what they have a history of doing to talented black people? Why are they always in our face when it comes to money matters? They are not the final word when it comes to finance. They are crooks. Look at the way they have wrecked the economy. Think about it, Lebron, please.
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By: salaamz090 on 8/18/2010 10:39AM
TRUE..Read the book secret relationship between BLACKS & JEWS By research dept. of nation of Islam
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By: rasfanta on 8/17/2010 8:23PM
Pure BS. Pure, racist BS. Does your stupid ass understand white men and women wrecked the economy of the world and infected the world with an AIDS-like virus. But you still say, they are the masters of finance? Why are you saying that only a white manager or jewish lawyer will do the right thing by you and your money? You sound like a total idiot. You insult the intelligence of people. I see you. Listen, the jig is up with these kinds of stupid beliefs. People are not stupid. Some people are born blood suckers.
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By: . on 8/18/2010 1:04PM
Everyone has an opinion,but noone is saying shit.
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By: John of Dallas on 8/18/2010 2:32PM
Quite simply, Lebron was advised to go see this rabbi. Paying that kind of money to see a religious, non-business guy for business advice is nonsense. Someone told Lebron that if he pays this rabbi all that money, he would "bless" him by getting him access to the big business gate keepers.
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By: YHWHYHVH17 on 8/19/2010 3:01AM
LeBron you better leave those jew boys alone, before they jew you out of all your money, fool. Go talk to the "Elders in your family and in your church. But most of all get you an accountant, and keep a check on his/her ass too.
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