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Nationality
  
American

Name
  
Alexander Johnson

Career start
  
2006

Listed height
  
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)

Role
  
Basketball player

Position
  
Power forward

Listed weight
  
240 lb (109 kg)

Height
  
2.06 m

Pro career
  
2006

2006–2007
  
Memphis Grizzlies

Weight
  
109 kg


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Born
  
February 8, 1983 (age 41) Albany, Georgia (
1983-02-08
)

College
  
Florida State (2003–2006)

NBA draft
  
2006 / Round: 2 / Pick: 45th overall

Education
  
Dougherty Comprehensive High School, Florida State University

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Alexander Canterell Johnson (born February 8, 1983) is a former American professional basketball player. He played the power forward position.

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High school/College

Johnson attended Dougherty Comprehensive High School in Albany, Georgia and played collegiately at Florida State for three seasons. A tough, athletic inside player with a 40-inch (1,000 mm) vertical leap, he averaged 13.2 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.0 block per game for the Seminoles during the 2005–06 season, his last.

NBA career

Johnson was selected by the Indiana Pacers 45th overall in the 2006 NBA Draft, after declaring for the draft in his junior season. His draft rights were traded to the Portland Trail Blazers and subsequently the Memphis Grizzlies on draft day. He played in 59 games during the 2006–07 season for the Grizzlies, averaging 4.4 points and 3.1 rebounds per game.

On August 24, 2007, Johnson signed with the Miami Heat and appeared in 43 games (six starts) for Miami during the campaign, averaging 4.2 points and 2.2 rebounds, in 12.8 minutes per game.

On June 23, 2008, the Miami Heat announced that they had requested waivers on Johnson. Two months later, he signed with Brose Baskets of Bamberg, Germany.

Johnson later played for the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA D-League.

CBA career

In 2012, he signed with the Liaoning Hengye Jaguars of China. In the team's second game of the 2012–13 CBA season, Johnson tallied a double-double by scoring 23 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. He continued his form by tallying another double-double (21 points, 10 rebounds) in a road loss to the Shandong Lions.

References

Alexander Johnson Wikipedia