Marques Johnson: Milwaukee Bucks Legend Rocks Taco Dunk at 64 Wearing a Kobe Bryant Jersey

Milwaukee Bucks’ legend Marques Johnson is 64 and still rocking it. Marques Johnson sits sixth on the Bucks all-time scoring list and serves as Bucks color commentator on Fox Sports Wisconsin. The NBA 2020 All-Star 2020 Weekend got over recently, however, Johnson is full of showmanship.

Marques Johnson: The taco dunk

Johnson posted a tweet Monday that showed him dunking a basketball. Yep, at age 64.

In the video, Johnson (who celebrated his birthday on 8 February) donned an old-school No. 8 Los Angeles jersey in honor of Kobe Bryant (Johnson also wore No. 8 for the Clippers in his career). He also cleared two hard-shell tacos on the ground, a humorous upping of the ante after Aaron Gordon dunked over 7-foot-5 big man Tacko Fall in the NBA dunk contest Saturday.

Johnson is a Hall of Famer who sits just 797 points ahead of Giannis Antetokounmpo on the franchise’s all-time scoring leaderboard. He pointed out that he was wearing Giannis’ signature Zoom Freak One shoes for the feat. Johnson has had a front-row seat to Giannis’ success on the call for Fox Sports Wisconsin alongside Jim Paschke during TV broadcasts since 2015. The Bucks retired Johnson’s No. 8 jersey last March. He also played along and participated in a video clip released by the Bucks that served as a preamble to Pat Connaughton’s appearance in the dunk contest as Woody Harrelson’s character from “White Men Can’t Jump.”

Johnson played the role of Raymond in the 1992 film, portraying a temperamental streetball player who gets hustled by Billy Hoyle (Harrelson) and Sidney Deane (played by Wesley Snipes).

 Johnson: NBA run

In 1977, Johnson entered the NBA draft. He was drafted third overall by the Milwaukee Bucks, who were coached by the renowned Don Nelson.  Johnson helped lead Milwaukee to five division titles. In his second season, Johnson was the NBA’s third-leading scorer. An additional fun fact, Johnson coined the term point forward, a position played out of necessity in 1984. During the 1984 playoffs, Milwaukee became short on point guards due to injury. Coach Nelson instructed Johnson to set up the offense and Johnson responded, “Ok, so instead of a point guard, I’m a point forward.”

He played seven seasons with Milwaukee before finishing his NBA career with the Los Angeles Clippers and the Golden State Warriors. Johnson has returned to his NBA roots, currently a basketball analyst for Milwaukee Bucks. In his efforts to serve the Milwaukee community through positive philanthropic endeavours, Johnson believes it is his responsibility to give back to the city that poured into him.