Earvin “Magic” Johnson is a cult figure in Los Angeles. So beloved he might easily run for governor of California.
A legend of basketball and an ambassador of the league, he has done so much for the game of basketball and for the world. Los Angeles Lakers fans, in particular, worship him as one of the greatest Lakers of all time, having brought five championship and great success to the franchise owned for the last 40 years by the Buss family.
Magic is widely considered the best point guard in the history of the league with no one arguing the notion.