Magic Johnson
The L.A. Lakers in the 1980’s were a basketball powerhouse with household names such as James Worthy, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Kurt Rambis who would doubt it. They had class and displayed it on the court. Kareem could pull up for his patented sky hook, they could dish to Worthy for the dunk and Rambis could pull down a rebound, but without a certain Magic there would be no showtime in L.A. A certain young player who had it all, a flashy smile and a great no look pass. That certain player was a true point guard, Earvin Johnson Jr. There are five magic parts to Earvin Johnson Jr.’s life.
On August 14, 1959 in Lansing, Michigan, Christine and Earvin Johnson gave birth to their third ...
Want to read the rest of this paper?
Join Essayworld today to view this entire essay
and over 50,000 other term papers
|
played basketball a bunch with his older brother Larry. (Brenner, p.44) Earvin would wake up early and play basketball before school started. “People thought I was crazy,” Earvin remembered. “It would be seven-thirty and they’d be going to work and say, ‘There’s that crazy June Bug, hoopin’.” (Lovitt, p.5) June bug was what many people called him, but his parents called him Junior and his friends called him E.J. (Johnson, p.4) When it snowed Earvin would go out and shovel the court. Earvin meet Jay Vincent, a child the same age of Earvin, who displayed the same love for basketball. The two became best friends. (Brenner, p.44)
Earvin was suppose to go to Sexton High, but since of busing Earvin was forced to go to Everett a mostly white school. The Lansing School Board had to bus some kids to Everett to mix the races and to stop the growth at Sexton. Earvin lived a half of a mile away from Sexton and a mile and a half away from Everett. Pearl and Larry hated Everett and ...
Get instant access to over 50,000 essays.
Write better papers. Get better grades.
Already a member? Login
|
Earvin scored fifty-four points and set a high school record for most points in a game. Later, the record was broke by Evelyn (Earvin’s sister). The next game, Earvin’s shooting was off and he ended up with sixteen assists. The Everett Vikings again did not pass quarterfinals. In Earvin’s junior year, the Vikings got on a roll and made it to the state semi-finals, but were knocked out in a sixty-eight to sixty loss to Detroit Catholic Central. Earvin fouled out with 1:29 left in the game. He had scored thirty points and nine rebounds and he blamed himself for the loss. He had let Reggie down since he was to short to play college ball. Reggie made All-Capital Area Conference ...
Succeed in your coursework without stepping into a library.
Get access to a growing library of notes, book reports,
and research papers in 2 minutes or less.
|
CITE THIS PAGE:
Magic Johnson. (2006, April 20). Retrieved December 23, 2024, from http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Magic-Johnson/44703
"Magic Johnson." Essayworld.com. Essayworld.com, 20 Apr. 2006. Web. 23 Dec. 2024. <http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Magic-Johnson/44703>
"Magic Johnson." Essayworld.com. April 20, 2006. Accessed December 23, 2024. http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Magic-Johnson/44703.
"Magic Johnson." Essayworld.com. April 20, 2006. Accessed December 23, 2024. http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Magic-Johnson/44703.
|
Save
Report