NO BIG VACATION : A MAGIC SUMMER : Laker Star Savors NBA Title While Managing to Stay Busy

Since standing on the steps of City Hall and inviting an entire city to party, Magic Johnson hardly has had a moment to himself. And not because he took his own advice.

There was a 4-H rally in his home state of Michigan, an appearance at a friend’s basketball camp in Kentucky, not to mention a clinic in Indiana, where he also attended the wedding of Pacer center Herb Williams. And this week, Magic’s running his own basketball camp at Cal Lutheran College in Thousand Oaks, to be followed by another camp next week in San Diego.

On Aug. 2 at the Forum, Johnson will stage his second all-star basketball game, to benefit the United Negro College Fund. Scheduled to play are Mark Aguirre, Rolando Blackman, Tom Chambers, Michael Cooper, Clyde Drexler, Alex English, Ron Harper, Xavier McDaniel, Akeem Olajuwon, Chuck Person, Reggie Theus, Isiah Thomas, Kiki Vandeweghe, Spud Webb and Dominique Wilkins--and, of course, Magic. Last summer, when the game was played at Pauley Pavilion, more than $350,000 reportedly was raised for the fund.

Johnson did slip across the Canadian border for a couple of days with his buddy, Detroit guard Thomas, but it wasn’t until last week, when he stole away to the Bahamas for a vacation, that he finally had a chance to reflect on the Lakers’ championship season, their fourth in his eight years with the team.

“It was nice to see the whole picture, finally,” Johnson said Wednesday, conducting interviews while his other good buddy, Aguirre of the Dallas Mavericks, played camp counselor.

“It gave me a chance to laugh. When I first got there, I hollered, ‘Yeaahhh,’ just by myself. . . . How we played in that (final) series was just awesome.”

Even that Bahamian reverie did not go uninterrupted, however.

“I was walking down the beach when I heard, ‘Hey, Buck,’ ” said Johnson, who was astonished at being hailed by a nickname used only within the Lakers’ inner circle.

He turned around to see Pat Riley, the Laker coach who also had ventured onto Mychal Thompson’s turf for a vacation.

A little later, Johnson was riding the hotel elevator when he bumped into Seattle point guard Nate McMillan.

“I said, ‘Man, I’m tired of looking at you,’ ” Johnson said, recalling the hours he spent watching McMillan on videotape during the playoffs.

Eventually, Johnson plans to get his rest. But he’s just not the type to take an entire summer off.

“I can go on little vacations,” he said, “but then I get antsy. I’ve got to do something. This (camp) is fun for me.”

Johnson smiled when asked what he thought of Riley publicly “guaranteeing” that the Lakers will repeat as champions next season, which would make them the first team in 19 seasons to accomplish that feat.

“He’s just so excited,” Johnson said. “Maybe that was the day he drank too much champagne.

“It’s just his way to get us going. . . .The pressure’s going to be there, but hopefully we’re going to have fun, like we had during the regular season. That’s going to be the key. We can’t pressure ourselves to the point where we won’t have fun.

” . . . We want to repeat, but that’s a long way off.”

The first business at hand, not only for Johnson but for the entire National Basketball Assn., is to hammer out a new collective bargaining agreement. The players’ association is seeking to abolish all the devices they see as restricting players’ freedom of movement--the salary cap, the right of first refusal in free-agent signings, the college draft.

Johnson, the Lakers’ player representative, said he supports the union’s position. The union gave in on the salary cap in the last negotiations, he said, but now that there is league-wide prosperity--profits that will bulge even more with expansion--and growing parity, it’s no longer necessary.

“I’m going to push for (us not to) strike,” Johnson said, “but if it comes to that, we’ve got to go out. But there are too many good things happening. The league is on top.”

Basketball Notes

Boston’s Larry Bird, who played last summer, declined an invitation to play in Johnson’s all-star game this time. Johnson said the Celtics, concerned about the number of minutes Bird played last season, want him to rest. Chicago’s Michael Jordan also was invited but was committed to a Special Olympics activity on that date. . . . Tickets for the game are priced at $500, $40, $20, $10, and $7, and are on sale at the Forum box office and Ticketmaster locations. . . . A black-tie dinner honoring the players will be held Aug. 1 at the Century Plaza Hotel. For information, call (213) 382-7357.