Nationality American Position Small forward Weight 91 kg Pro career 1970–1982 Height 2.01 m | Listed weight 200 lb (91 kg) Role Basketball Player Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Name John Johnson | |
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Born October 18, 1947
Carthage, Mississippi ( 1947-10-18 ) NBA draft 1970 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7th overall Died January 7, 2016, San Jose, California, United States Children Mitch Johnson, Jeremy Johnson Books Peppermint Twist: The Mob, the Music, and the Most Famous Dance Club of the '60s Education Messmer High School, University of Iowa, Northwest College | ||
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John Howard Getty "J. J." Johnson (October 18, 1947 – January 7, 2016) was an American basketball player.
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- John johnson 6pts 6asts point forward vs bucks 1980 playoffs
- John johnson 2015 new york basketball summit
- High school and college
- NBA career
- Later years
- References
John johnson 2015 new york basketball summit
High school and college
Johnson played high school basketball at Messmer High School, (Milwaukee, Wisconsin). As a senior, he helped lead Messmer to the Wisconsin state title in 1966.
Johnson, a 6’7” small forward, then played for Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming and for the University of Iowa. He set an Iowa record for points in a season during his senior year, when he averaged 27.9 points per game. Johnson also holds Iowa's top two scoring performances with 49 and 46 points. Johnson played two seasons for Iowa, leading the team in scoring and rebounding both seasons. Johnson, accompanied by later Seattle Sonics teammate Fred Brown, guided Iowa to a 14-0 Big Ten record and NCAA tournament berth in 1970.
NBA career
Johnson was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the 7th pick of the 1970 NBA Draft. Johnson was also selected in the 1970 ABA Draft by the Texas Chaparrals. He was the Cavalier's first player to play in an NBA All Star Game.
In 1977, Johnson was traded to the Seattle SuperSonics and was reunited with former Iowa Hawkeye teammate Fred Brown. Johnson was a key contributor for Seattle, who went to the NBA Finals in 1977–78 and won an NBA championship in 1978–79.
Overall, Johnson had a productive twelve-year NBA career with four teams, making two NBA All-Star Game appearances and scoring 11,200 career points. He ended his NBA career in Seattle in the early 1980s.
Later years
Johnson moved from Seattle to San Jose when his son Mitch was recruited to play for Stanford. His son played on the Stanford University basketball team from 2005 to 2008. On January 7, 2016, at age 68, John Johnson died in his San Jose residence of undetermined cause.