Joe Johnson (basketball)

Joe Johnson

Johnson with the Brooklyn Nets
No. 2 – Miami Heat
Position Shooting guard / Small forward
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1981-06-29) June 29, 1981
Little Rock, Arkansas
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight 240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school Little Rock Central
(Little Rock, Arkansas)
College Arkansas (1999–2001)
NBA draft 2001 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10th overall
Selected by the Boston Celtics
Playing career 2001–present
Career history
2001–2002 Boston Celtics
2002–2005 Phoenix Suns
2005–2012 Atlanta Hawks
2012–2016 Brooklyn Nets
2016–present Miami Heat
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Representing  United States
World Championships
2006 Japan National team

Joe Marcus Johnson (born June 29, 1981) is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 6'7" swingman played high school basketball for Little Rock Central High School and college basketball for the University of Arkansas. After two years with Arkansas, he declared for the 2001 NBA draft where he was drafted 10th overall by the Boston Celtics. The seven-time NBA All-Star has also played for the Phoenix Suns, Atlanta Hawks, Brooklyn Nets, and Miami Heat while having also represented the United States national team.

Early life

Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Johnson was a member of the William E. Thrasher Boys & Girls Club as a youngster[1] and attended Little Rock Central High School, a school that had produced other athletes including baseball hall of famers Brooks Robinson and Bill Dickey, as well as football player Fred Williams and collegiate football coach Houston Nutt.

College career

In his freshman season at Arkansas in 1999–2000, Johnson was named to the SEC All-Freshman team and SEC All-Tournament team after averaging 16.0 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 2.0 steals per game.[2]

In his sophomore season in 2000–01, Johnson was named to the All-SEC second team and SEC All-Tournament team, while also receiving honorable mention All-American honors. In 30 games, he averaged 14.2 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.4 steals per game.[2]

Professional career

Boston Celtics (2001–2002)

Following his sophomore season at Arkansas, Johnson declared for the 2001 NBA draft where he went on to be selected with the 10th overall pick by the Boston Celtics.[3] Through the first half of the 2001–02 season, Johnson played 48 games for the Celtics and made 33 starts, as he averaged 6.3 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. He was later traded to the Phoenix Suns on February 20, 2002 along with Randy Brown, Milt Palacio and a first-round pick in exchange for Rodney Rogers and Tony Delk.[4]

Phoenix Suns (2002–2005)

Johnson became a force with Phoenix as he averaged 14.0 points per game in his three and a half seasons with the Suns, becoming a clutch three-point shooter as he averaged 39.3% from the three-point arc during his tenure with the Suns.

During the 2004–05 campaign, Johnson and the Suns posted a 62–20 record. In the 2005 NBA Playoffs, Johnson required surgery to repair a left orbital bone fracture sustained following a dunk attempt against the Dallas Mavericks in the second round. Johnson missed the remainder of the series against the Mavericks as well as the first two games of the Western Conference Finals against the San Antonio Spurs. When he returned, Johnson wore a face mask for protection. The Suns fell to the eventual NBA champion Spurs, 4 games to 1.

Atlanta Hawks (2005–2012)

In the summer of 2005, Johnson became a highly touted restricted free agent and expressed a desire to leave the Suns to assume a larger role on the Atlanta Hawks. Johnson grew upset with Phoenix's initial offers to re-sign him feeling they were well below his market value. This rift eventually led to Johnson requesting the Suns not match Atlanta's $70 million offer. On August 19, 2005, a deal was finalized and Johnson was involved in a sign-and-trade deal with the Hawks for Boris Diaw and two future first-round draft picks.[5]

Johnson as a member of the Atlanta Hawks

In his first season as a Hawk, Johnson led Atlanta in several categories: points (20.2 per game), assists (6.5), steals (1.26), three-point field goals made (128) and minutes (40.7). He was one of only five players in the league to average at least 20 points and six assists in the 2005–06 season, along with Allen Iverson, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Gilbert Arenas.[6] Johnson was also the only Hawk to play in all 82 games in 2005–06.

On March 5, 2006, he was one of 23 NBA players named to the 2006–08 United States national team.

Johnson scored a career-high 42 points on March 7, 2006 against the Golden State Warriors[7] and recorded a career-high 17 assists on March 13, 2006 against the Milwaukee Bucks.[8] He recorded his first career triple-double on February 1, 2006 with 15 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists against the Charlotte Bobcats.[9]

He played for the United States national team in the 2006 FIBA World Championship, winning a bronze medal.[10]

Johnson continued his development in the 2006–07 season, when he averaged 25.0 points, 4.4 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game. His scoring average ranked ninth in the league. Johnson also shot a career-best 47.1% from the field and was subsequently named to the 2007 Eastern Conference All-Star team, replacing the injured Jason Kidd.

In 2008, Johnson made the 2008 All-Star Game as a reserve. He also was named Eastern Conference Player of the Month twice during the season.[11] Johnson averaged 21.7 points per game on the season, leading the Hawks to their first playoff appearance in nine years. In Game 4 of the Hawks' first-round matchup against the Boston Celtics, Johnson scored 35 points, including 20 in the 4th quarter, leading the Hawks to a 97–92 victory.[12]

Despite finishing with the worst record (37-45) among the 2008 NBA Playoffs contingent, the Hawks played very even with the heavily favored and eventual NBA champion Boston Celtics, taking the Eastern Conference No. 1 seed all the way to Game 7. The year marked a turning of the page for the Atlanta franchise, one considered among the least successful in pro sports.

The following year, Johnson registered his second career triple-double on December 23, 2008 in a Hawks win against the Oklahoma City Thunder, with 20 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists.[13] He eclipsed the 10,000-point plateau for his career with his first basket during a 110–107 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on January 31, 2009, a bank shot assisted by Marvin Williams.[14] On March 19, 2010, Johnson hit a game-winning buzzer beater in overtime against the Charlotte Bobcats.[15]

On July 8, 2010, Johnson re-signed with the Hawks to a six-year, $123.7 million contract, which, at the time, made him the NBA's highest-paid player.[16] The signing occurred during one of the most star-studded free agency summers in league history, highlighted by LeBron James's "Decision" TV special. Among others who signed high-profile deals were Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, Amar'e Stoudemire, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Dirk Nowitzki.

Brooklyn Nets (2012–2016)

On July 11, 2012, Johnson was traded to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for Jordan Farmar, Anthony Morrow, Jordan Williams, Johan Petro, DeShawn Stevenson and a 2013 first round draft pick.[17] After a slow start to the 2012–13 season, Johnson began to pick up his play in December, with a 32-point game against the Golden State Warriors on December 7 and a game-winning buzzer beater in double overtime against the Detroit Pistons on December 14. After scoring 33 points in a road win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on January 2, he hit another game winner in double overtime two days later to beat the Washington Wizards. In a 113–111 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on February 19, Johnson made the game-tying three-pointer with just under three seconds to go in regulation and went on to hit the game-winning pull-up jump shot in overtime. With this win, the Nets snapped a thirteen-game losing streak against the Bucks.[18] The next game the Nets played, Johnson injured his left heel and was forced to miss three games. He made his return on March 1 against the Dallas Mavericks.[19]

On November 15, 2013, Johnson made his first game-winning basket of the season against the Phoenix Suns as he went in for a layup to give the Nets their first road win of the 2013–14 season. On December 16, 2013, Johnson recorded a career-high 10 three-pointers in a 130–94 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. In the third quarter, Johnson scored 29 points on 10-of-13 shooting from the field including 8-of-10 three-pointers.[20] On January 2, 2014, after the Nets were down by sixteen points, Johnson made his second game-winning basket of the season to lead the Nets to a 95–93 win to give Oklahoma City Thunder its second home loss of the season.[21] Johnson later earned his seventh All-Star game selection.

In just the second game of the 2014–15 season on November 1, Johnson scored a season-high 34 points on 14-of-23 shooting to help the Nets defeat the Detroit Pistons, 102-90.[22] On February 25, in a game against the New Orleans Pelicans, he became just the seventh player in NBA history to record 18,000 career points and 1,600 career three-pointers made.[23]

On November 14, 2015, in a loss to the Golden State Warriors, Johnson appeared in his 1,072nd NBA regular season game, matching Michael Jordan for 77th on the all-time list.[24] On November 28, in a loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, he extended his streak of making at least one field goal to 900 regular season games, the longest active streak.[25] He extended that streak to 919 games on January 6, 2016 in a loss to the Toronto Raptors.[26] Three days later, he hit two three-pointers against the Detroit Pistons, thus surpassing Peja Stojaković for 11th on the career three-pointers list.[27] On January 24, in a win over the Oklahoma City Thunder, he became the 31st player in NBA history to reach 40,000 minutes.[28] On February 5, he recorded season highs of 27 points and 11 assists in a 128–119 win over the Sacramento Kings.[29] On February 8, he recorded 12 points and 8 assists against the Denver Nuggets, and hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer to lift the Nets to a 105–104 win. In that game, he passed Scottie Pippen for 52nd place on the NBA's all-time scoring list.[30] In the following game two days later, Johnson failed to score against the Memphis Grizzlies, going scoreless in a regular season game for the first time since December 6, 2003, ending the NBA's longest active streak with at least one field goal. He had a basket in 937 straight games.[31] On February 25, Johnson was waived by the Nets in a buyout agreement.[32] While LeBron James publicly recruited Johnson to sign with Cleveland, and many observers stated that Johnson was likely to join the Cavaliers or San Antonio to go on a hunt for his 1st championship ring, by February 26th reports emerged that Johnson wanted to sign with the Miami Heat.

Miami Heat (2016–present)

On February 27, 2016, Johnson did sign with the Miami Heat, later detailing that he had sat down to talk about a potential move with Dwyane Wade and Udonis Haslem during the All-Star break, indirectly confirming that Brooklyn had begun preparing to end their ties to Johnson for a while before it actually happened.[33] The next day, he made his debut and first start for the Heat in a 98–81 win over the New York Knicks, recording 12 points, three rebounds and three assists in 30 minutes.[34] In his second game for the Heat on March 1 against the Chicago Bulls, Johnson scored 24 points and passed Reggie Theus for 50th on the NBA's career scoring list.[35] On March 12, he scored a season-high 28 points in a 112–104 overtime loss to the Toronto Raptors.[36]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2001–02 Boston 48 33 20.9 .439 .273 .769 2.9 1.5 .7 .2 6.3
2001–02 Phoenix 29 27 31.5 .420 .333 .778 4.1 3.6 .9 .4 9.6
2002–03 Phoenix 82 34 27.5 .397 .366 .774 3.2 2.6 .8 .2 9.8
2003–04 Phoenix 82 77 40.6 .430 .305 .750 4.7 4.4 1.1 .3 16.7
2004–05 Phoenix 82 82 39.5 .461 .478 .750 5.1 3.5 1.0 .3 17.1
2005–06 Atlanta 82 82 40.7 .453 .356 .791 4.1 6.5 1.3 .4 20.2
2006–07 Atlanta 57 57 41.4 .471 .381 .748 4.2 4.4 1.1 .2 25.0
2007–08 Atlanta 82 82 40.8 .432 .381 .834 4.5 5.8 1.0 .2 21.7
2008–09 Atlanta 79 79 39.5 .437 .360 .826 4.4 5.8 1.1 .2 21.4
2009–10 Atlanta 76 76 38.0 .458 .369 .818 4.6 4.9 1.1 .1 21.3
2010–11 Atlanta 72 72 35.5 .443 .297 .802 4.0 4.7 .7 .1 18.2
2011–12 Atlanta 60 60 35.5 .454 .388 .849 3.7 3.9 .8 .2 18.8
2012–13 Brooklyn 72 72 36.7 .423 .375 .820 3.0 3.5 .7 .2 16.3
2013–14 Brooklyn 79 79 32.6 .454 .401 .815 3.4 2.7 .6 .1 15.8
2014–15 Brooklyn 80 80 34.9 .435 .359 .801 4.8 3.7 .7 .2 14.4
2015–16 Brooklyn 57 57 33.9 .406 .371 .852 3.9 4.1 .7 .0 11.8
Career 1119 1049 36.1 .441 .371 .801 4.1 4.2 .9 .2 17.0
All-Star 6 1 16.8 .390 .310 .000 .8 1.3 1.2 .0 6.8

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2003 Phoenix 6 0 27.3 .275 .154 .400 4.3 1.3 .7 .3 5.3
2005 Phoenix 9 9 39.4 .504 .556 .697 4.3 3.3 1.1 .4 18.8
2008 Atlanta 7 7 39.3 .409 .444 .909 3.9 4.0 .3 .0 20.0
2009 Atlanta 11 11 39.0 .417 .353 .622 4.5 3.5 1.3 .0 16.4
2010 Atlanta 11 11 40.0 .387 .220 .810 5.1 5.0 .9 .3 17.9
2011 Atlanta 12 12 41.4 .439 .429 .810 4.6 3.3 1.1 .1 18.8
2012 Atlanta 6 6 40.5 .373 .250 .750 3.5 3.5 1.3 .2 17.2
2013 Brooklyn 7 7 38.7 .417 .256 .889 3.1 2.7 1.1 .0 14.9
2014 Brooklyn 12 12 39.1 .533 .415 .837 3.8 2.9 .5 .3 21.2
2015 Brooklyn 6 6 41.5 .362 .293 .792 7.7 4.8 1.2 .0 16.5
Career 87 81 39.0 .426 .349 .773 4.4 3.5 .9 .2 17.3

Personal

Johnson's mother, Diane, was diagnosed in 2008 with multiple myeloma, a rare and typically incurable cancer of bone marrow plasma cells. A former state psychiatric hospital nurse, she raised her only son by herself in Little Rock, benefitting from the help of a close family that included her mother and brothers.[37]

References

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  2. 1 2 "Joe Johnson Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 3, 2009.
  3. ↑ "2001 NBA DRAFT SELECTIONS:". NBA.com. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Suns acquire Joe Johnson; Celtics acquire Rodney Rogers and Tony Delk". NBATrades.Tumblr.com. February 20, 2002. Retrieved April 3, 2009.
  5. ↑ "HAWKS OBTAIN JOE JOHNSON FROM PHOENIX SUNS". NBA.com. August 19, 2005. Retrieved April 3, 2009.
  6. ↑ "2005-06 NBA Stats: Per Game". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Johnson gets career-high 42 points, including Hawks' first 12". ESPN.com. March 7, 2006. Retrieved March 7, 2006.
  8. ↑ "Bucks blow 17-point lead before rallying for victory". ESPN.com. March 14, 2006. Retrieved March 14, 2006.
  9. ↑ "Bobcats' franchise-record losing skid reaches 13". ESPN.com. February 1, 2006. Retrieved February 1, 2006.
  10. ↑ "USA Basketball Roster at the 2006 FIBA World Championships". LandOfBasketball.com. Retrieved April 1, 2008.
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  12. ↑ "Hawks take care of business at home, send series to Boston in deadlock". ESPN.com. April 29, 2008. Retrieved April 29, 2008.
  13. ↑ "Johnson's triple-double carries Hawks to win". ESPN.com. December 23, 2008. Retrieved December 23, 2008.
  14. ↑ "Joe Johnson wasn’t aware of 10,000th point". AJC.com. January 31, 2009. Archived from the original on February 3, 2009. Retrieved January 31, 2009.
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  16. ↑ "Johnson signs six-year, $124M deal". ESPN.com. July 8, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
  17. ↑ "Brooklyn Nets Acquire All-Star Joe Johnson". NBA.com. July 11, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
  18. ↑ Freeman, Eric (February 20, 2013). "Joe Johnson forces overtime, follows with the game-winner to beat the Bucks (VIDEO)". Yahoo.com. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  19. ↑ Mazzeo, Mike (March 1, 2013). "Nets' Joe Johnson starts in return". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
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  31. ↑ "Grizzlies rout Nets in 1st game since Gasol's broken foot". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. February 10, 2016. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
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