By Aaditya Krishnamurthy View the original article to see embedded media. Magic Johnson was arguably the best player in the league coming into the 1990s. The only players who could compete with him for that title were Michael Jordan and Larry Bird. But in 1991, Magic Johnson had to make a very difficult decision. Johnson was diagnosed with HIV AIDS, which attacks the immune system. Johnson made the decision to retire in 1991, at the peak of his career. In a recent interview with Variety, Magic Johnson spoke about his decision to retire. He noted that at the time, there wasn’t a lot of informat…
