Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and Charles Barkley may have been the big stars of their time to star in McDonald's commercials, but Magic Johnson just up'd all three of them one by buying 30 Burger King restaurants in Atlanta, Birmingham, Ala., Dallas and Miami.

"With these restaurants, we expect that as time passes, new jobs will be created and relationships with minority contractors will be strengthened in these four important cities," Johnson said in a statement.

"We believe that increasing our focus on existing minority-owned franchisees as well as developing more minority-owned franchises is a significant benefit for the Burger King system, and in addition, healthy franchisees help build wealth and expand job opportunities within urban communities," Burger King Corp. CEO Brad Blum said.