is it true that Magic Johnson no longer has AIDS?
I heard this a wile back. Please let me know.
2006-06-13 08:46:18 · 5 answers · asked by Jamie C 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
He still has HIV/AIDS... Remember, once a virus gets in your system, the condition cannot be cured.
1990s: HIV, basketball after retirement
1988's repeat championship would also be the last of Magic Johnson's career, though in the following seasons he and the Lakers would continue to perform strongly. Johnson garnered his third MVP award in the 1989-90 season and maintained his string of years being named to the All-Star team, a consecutive 11 times (12 total) extending from 1982 to the year after his retirement in 1992.
The Lakers also continued their reign of the Pacific Division, earning division titles every year until Johnson's last 1990-91 season, which broke a nine year streak of division titles (10 total during Johnson's career). The Lakers still finished the year with a respectable 58-24 record, and that season saw Magic Johnson surpass Oscar Robertson as the all time assists leader (John Stockton would surpass Johnson's record in 1995). Though the Lakers came in second to the Portland Trailblazers in the regular season, they would go on to beat them in the Western Conference Finals, giving the Lakers their 9th Conference title championsip in 12 full seasons Johnson played. The Lakers lost the 1991 NBA Finals 4-1 to Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, the first of their eventual six championships.
On November 7, 1991 Magic Johnson shocked the nation, announcing that he was HIV-positive and after twelve years with the Lakers would retire immediately from the game of basketball. Despite having retired and not playing a single game of the 1991-92 regular season, he returned to play his final All-Star game after being voted to the team in 1992. Johnson and the West routed the East team 153-113, and Johnson's 25 points and 9 assists earned him his second All-Star MVP award. Johnson would continue his playing career further, going on to play for the 1992 Olympic Dream Team. Playing alongside fellow superstars such as Larry Bird and Michael Jordan, the Dream Team is considered to be one of the greatest collections of sports talent to play competitively; the team went undefeated, handily beating back its international competition and winning the Olympic Gold Medal. Following the summer Olympics Johnson announced he would return to the NBA for the 1992-93 season and began practicing with the team, even playing during the 1992 preseason, but citing personal reasons he opted out before the season's start and headed back to retirement.
The original Dream Team's starters. Top row: Barkley, Ewing, Malone; Bottom row: Johnson, JordanJohnson would make two more brief returns to the game. He stepped in as coach for the final 16 games of the 1993-94 season, replacing Randy Pfund. He managed only a 5-11 record in those games, and the Lakers missed the playoffs. Though the Lakers had hoped he would stay on Magic chose not to return to the position the next season. But in the 1995-96 season Magic would again come back to the game late in the season, this time as a player. Magic returned as a power forward, and played the last 32 games of the season averaging 14.6 points, 6.9 assists, and 5.7 rebounds per game. The Lakers lost to the Houston Rockets in the first round of the playoffs, and Johnson retired for his final time.
Throughout the late 90s and on Magic continued to make appearances on the court, most often in charity games such as his Midsummer Night's Magic game in 1999 at UCLA, where he played with NBA stars Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady. In the late 90s he also explored his long held desire for ownership of a team, first with the Swedish Magic M7, a team he also played with for five games in 1999. The team performed very well, including going unbeaten in all five games Magic played in. In 2000 he moved on to another Scandanavian club, developing and owning the Magic Great Danes, while he also played a game with this club, it was in a losing effort which he got injured, preventing any further appearances. He also played some games in the Summer Pro League, a two week playoff-type event that occurs before the start of the NBA season, usually consisting of upcoming NBA rookies, and sometimes more established players looking to get in shape, as well as the occasional retired star such as Magic Johnson.
2006-06-13 08:50:50 · answer #1 · answered by Drewy-D 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He never had AIDS....Being HIV positive and having AIDS are not the same thing....He just has his HIV under control
2006-06-13 08:51:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO! Not true! He is just fighting it very well!
I THINK?
2006-06-13 08:57:58 · answer #3 · answered by Big D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nah! he aint dead. He's on an anti-retroviral so his life's been extended...
2006-06-13 08:52:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anchor 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PEOPLE THINK THAT JUST BECAUSE HE HAS MONEY THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE IT ANYMORE BUT HE DOES
2006-06-13 09:32:14 · answer #5 · answered by confused 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋