Fact 1
After winning championships in high school and college, Johnson was selected first overall in the 1979 NBA Draft by the Lakers.
Fact 2
He won a championship and an NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award in his rookie season, and won four more championships with the Lakers during the 1980s.
Fact 3
He led the league in regular-season assists four times, and is the NBA's all-time leader in average assists per game, at 11.2.
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