{"id":499838,"date":"2026-02-24T00:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T00:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/499838\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T00:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T00:13:12","slug":"nba-legend-marques-johnson-dunks-for-70th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/499838\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA legend Marques Johnson dunks for 70th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"


For Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> legend Marques Johnson, each birthday is another year to dunk.<\/p>\n

Johnson, who turned 70 years old Monday, elevated off both feet and performed a one-handed dunk on his birthday.<\/p>\n

The Bucks legend, who attended Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles, said the dunk would be his “last one” and dedicated it to his alma mater while wearing a Crenshaw baseball jersey.<\/p>\n

Johnson then celebrated by singing a Crenshaw spirit song.<\/p>\n

In recent years, Johnson has made a social media post dedicating his birthday dunk to a certain area of interest. For his 68th birthday, he dedicated the dunk<\/a> to “all the snubs,” citing Jacob Toppin falling short of a win in the dunk contest on All-Star Weekend and Beyonce missing out on the Album of the Year award at the Grammys — a category she went on to win in 2025 for “Cowboy Carter.”<\/p>\n

Johnson, who was a five-time NBA All-Star, is a finalist for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2026.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee selected Johnson with the No. 3 pick in the 1977 NBA draft, and he spent seven seasons with the Bucks. He also had stints with the LA Clippers<\/a> and the Golden State Warriors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2019, his No. 8 jersey was retired by the Bucks.br\/]<\/p>\n

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