There are three professional athletes, a political commentator, an education technology administrator, a blues musician and a anti-cryonics activist named Larry Johnson:
Larry Johnson (anti-cryonics activist / whistleblower)
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Johnson played his collegiate ball at UNLV, winning the 1990 NCAA Championship title with them, and was selected first overall in the 1991 NBA Draft by the Hornets, and would win the NBA Rookie of the Year Award the following year.
Johnson was a key member of the Knicks' 1999 Eastern Conference championship team, and was the player who was hit with a foul by Antonio Davis of the Indiana Pacers, which some refer to as "the phantom four-point play" that cost a victory in Game 3 of the East Finals and, ultimately, the series.
During the 1999 playoffs, Johnson characterized the Knicks as a band of "rebellious slaves." Bill Walton later called LarryJohnson and his performance "a disgrace to the game of basketball." When Johnson was asked about the play of Spurs point guard Avery Johnson in Game 4, Johnson again shifted the topic to slavery.
Many of you L.J. fans may not know this but LarryJohnson recently donated $1 million dollars for the opening of a recreational center in his hometown of of Tyler, Texas where he grew up.
LarryJohnson recently said that from 3 to 8pm kids are saved from the streets and here in the Rex center they can play basketball ball, do homework and anything they want.
LarryJohnson on his role this season: "I want to be more offensive-minded.
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