Marques Kevin Johnson (born February 8, 1956) is an American former professional

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player who is a

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for the

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. He played as a

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in the

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(NBA) from 1977 to 1989, where he was a five-time All-Star. He played the majority of his career with the Bucks. Johnson was a

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player of the year in high school before attending the

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(UCLA). He played

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for the

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and won a

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in 1975. In his senior year, he won multiple national player of the year awards. Johnson was the third overall pick in the

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by the

. He played seven seasons with Milwaukee before finishing his NBA career with the

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and the

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Early life

Johnson was born in

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and raised in

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, where he played high school basketball at

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, winning the

4-A Division Player of the Year in 1973.

College career

He later attended

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, and became an All-American player on its basketball teams, under Coach

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and coach

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. In his sophomore season in 1974–75, Johnson helped to lead the Bruins to Coach

's 10th and final NCAA Division I men's basketball championship. Wooden retired from coaching after the season, and Gene Bartow became the head coach. Johnson continued to excel, earning the first of his two first-team All-Pac-8 selections as a junior in 1976. He averaged 21.1 points and 11.1 rebounds per game in his senior season and won the inaugural

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in addition to the

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as the nation's top collegiate basketball player. Johnson also majored in Theater Arts at UCLA. The Bruins retired his No. 54 jersey in 1996.

Professional career

Milwaukee Bucks (1977–1984)

Johnson was selected third overall in the

by the

, coached by

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. Johnson averaged 19.5 points per game and 10.6 rebounds per game in his first professional season, and was named to the 1978 NBA All-Rookie Team. In his second season in 1978–79, Johnson was the NBA's third leading scorer (25.6 PPG), behind

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(29.6) and Lloyd Free (28.8). He played in the

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and was named to the

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. That season, in what was perhaps one of the best games of his career, on December 12, 1978, Johnson scored 40 points (on a remarkable 74% shooting percentage) and grabbed 12 rebounds in a 120–114 win against the

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. However, despite having the 6th highest offensive efficiency rating and 13th highest defensive rating of any team, the Bucks would miss the playoffs with a 38–44 record. It would be the last time the Bucks missed the playoffs during Johnson's tenure. The following season, on February 27, 1980, Johnson recorded a triple double with 25 points, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists in a 119–110 victory against the

. During that year's playoffs, Johnson averaged 19.9 points and 6.9 rebounds in 43.7 minutes a game, in a tightly contested 7-game series loss to the

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(it was the last season Milwaukee was in the Western Conference). On November 2, 1980, Johnson scored 40 points, along with 7 rebounds and 7 assists, to lead the Bucks to a 135–121 victory against the

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. The feat was especially impressive as key teammates

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and

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were limited with injuries. On May 2, 1983, in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, Johnson scored 33 points and grabbed 9 rebounds to lead the Bucks to a 4–0 sweep of

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and the

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. Despite this, the Bucks would fall to the eventual champion

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, led by

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, during the next round in 5 games, in what were contested matchups. It was the only series Philadelphia did not win in 4 games that postseason. Johnson claims to have coined the term ''

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'', a position he played out of necessity in 1984. During the 1984 playoffs,

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became short on

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s due to injuries. Nelson instructed Johnson to set up the offense from his forward position. Johnson responded, "OK, so instead of a point guard, I'm a point forward". Johnson helped lead Milwaukee to several division titles (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984). Johnson and the Bucks reached as far as the Eastern Conference Finals twice, in 1983 and again in 1984. While on the Bucks, both Johnson and teammate

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were the first two players in NBA history to have their full first and last names displayed on their jerseys, as they both shared the same first initial and last name. When asked about his favorite experience on the Bucks upon the announcement of his jersey being retired in 2019, Johnson said “It was a compilation of everything. It was getting there in 1977, 21 years old out of L.A., stars in my eyes, and thoughts of being a great NBA player was my goal. And winning a championship in Milwaukee. But what happened was, I come to Milwaukee, and we’ve got this nucleus of just great young talent from all sorts of solid programs: myself and Dave Meyers from UCLA; and

from Louisville;

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, who we lost to twice in ’76 on that great Indiana team with

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;

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from South Carolina. So this great youth movement in Milwaukee with an opportunity to build and grow together.”

Los Angeles Clippers (1984–1987)

In the 1984 off-season, Nelson – who was also Bucks general manager – traded Johnson, forward-guard

, forward

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and cash to the

in exchange for forward

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, and guards

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and

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. This was a homecoming for Johnson, as he grew up and attended high school just a few miles from the Clippers' home at

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. In his first season with the Clippers in 1984–85, he had career lows in scoring and shooting. They moved him to

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in 1985–86, and he bounced back with an all-star season and was named the

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. The Clippers struggled to win. Johnson later said that playing for those losing Clippers teams "kind of wore you down and made you feel like you were kind of the JV team in Los Angeles." Being named the team captain by head coach

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, a fellow Louisianan, was one of the few things that kept him from demanding a trade. During a game in the 1986–87 season, Johnson suffered a neck injury, which effectively ended his career.

Golden State Warriors (1989)

Johnson made a brief comeback during the 1989–90 season, playing only 10 games with the

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before retiring on December 27, 1989.

Personal life

Johnson has five sons,

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, Josiah, Joshua, Moriah and Cyrus. Kris, like his father, played basketball at Crenshaw High and UCLA. Johnson and Kris are the first father–son combo to be honored as Los Angeles City Section 4-A Player of the Year. They are also one of four father-son duos to each win an NCAA basketball championship and the only ones to accomplish it at the same school.The others are Scott and

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and

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, and

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and

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. Josiah also played basketball at UCLA, but later helped create the Comedy Central show, The Legends of Chamberlain Heights. Josh played college basketball at Western Oregon State University. Moriah played basketball at

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and is an actor on the BET's '' Baldwin Hills''. Johnson also has two daughters. Jasmine is an accomplished tennis player and Shiloh excels at golf and swimming. Johnson's child, Marques Kevin Johnson Jr., was 15-months-old when he fell into the family swimming pool on May 15, 1987, and drowned. During his early playing career, Johnson suffered with substance abuse issues. While on the Bucks, in 1982, Johnson was treated for cocaine addiction at a drug rehabilitation facility. Looking back on his transition from comparatively warm-weather southern California to

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upon being drafted, Johnson said “My first year — and I may get this conflated — but the first year was more snow than they’d had in 25 years. It was just snow, snow, snow until May, and then my second year was the coldest that it had been in 30 years… And everybody kept telling me that ‘This is really extreme. It’s bad, but it’s not really this bad.’ And you couldn't have told me different.”

Media career

As his playing career ended, Johnson got into the entertainment business, as he acted in small roles in many films, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Johnson is still actively enhancing his creative roots, writing screenplays and short stories. His role in the aforementioned White Men Can't Jump as Raymond was praised, and Johnson claims fans still regularly quote the movie to him if they recognize him in public. Johnson was the early morning show co-host on the Clippers' flagship radio station, KFWB-AM in Los Angeles. Johnson served a

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for the

in the late 1990s. He was nationally on

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and

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as a basketball analyst. Since 2015, Johnson has worked as both a full-time and part-time analyst for

telecasts on

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Awards and honors

* The Milwaukee Bucks

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Johnson's No. 8 jersey on March 24, 2019. * The Bruins retired his No. 54 jersey in 1996. * In 2013, Johnson was inducted into the

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. * In 2019, Johnson was inducted into the California Sports Hall of Fame. * In 2019, Johnson was inducted into the

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. * 5×

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() * 2×

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(–) *

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() *

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(

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

) *

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(1977) *

(1977) * USBWA Player of the Year (1977) *

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(1977) *

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(1977) * AP College Player of the Year (1977) * UPI College Basketball of the Year (1977) *

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(1977) * ''Sporting News'' Player of the Year (1977) * Pac-10 Player of the Year (1977) * Consensus first team All-American (1977) * Pac-10 Hall of Honor

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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Playoffs

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1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

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1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...

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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

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