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Magic Johnson could be on his way back to the NBA with his old club, the Los Angeles Lakers. Johnson, who will be 36 next month, has twice retired from the game since announcing in 1992 that he has HIV positive, but in an interview with the Honolulu Advertiser newspaper, Johnson says: "The Lakers have asked me to return. We're talking about it, so we have to see what happens. It's nothing that's definite yet."