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    Mikhail Gorbachev

    John Johnson
    Johnson with the Iowa Hawkeyes, c. 1970
    Personal information
    Born(1947-10-18)October 18, 1947
    Carthage, Mississippi, U.S.
    DiedJanuary 7, 2016(2016-01-07) (aged 68)
    San Jose, California, U.S.
    Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
    Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
    Career information
    High schoolMessmer (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
    College
    NBA draft1970: 1st round, 7th overall pick
    Drafted byCleveland Cavaliers
    Playing career1970–1982
    PositionSmall forward
    Number32, 27, 34
    Career history
    1970–1973Cleveland Cavaliers
    1973–1975Portland Trail Blazers
    1975–1977Houston Rockets
    1977–1982Seattle SuperSonics
    Career highlights
    Career statistics
    Points11,200 (12.9 ppg)
    Rebounds4,778 (5.5 rpg)
    Assists3,285 (3.8 apg)
    Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
    Stats at Basketball Reference

    John Howard Getty "J. J." Johnson (October 18, 1947 – January 7, 2016) was an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Iowa Hawkeyes.

    High school and college career

    Johnson played high school basketball at Messmer High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As a senior, he helped lead Messmer to the Wisconsin state title in 1966.[1]

    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.[2] Johnson also holds Iowa's top two scoring performances with 49 and 46 points.[3] Johnson played two seasons for Iowa, leading the team in scoring and rebounding both seasons.[3] Johnson, accompanied by later Seattle SuperSonics teammate Fred Brown, guided Iowa to a 14–0 Big Ten record and NCAA tournament berth in 1970.

    Professional 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 Dallas Chaparrals before the team briefly became the Texas Chaparrals for the following season.[4] He was the first Cavaliers player to play in an NBA All Star Game. As a member of the Houston Rockets, he would be the last to wear #34 years before the arrival of Hakeem Olajuwon.

    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 while possibly becoming the first point forward in league history as he was the player who more often set the plays for the Sonics rather than their star guards Dennis Johnson and Gus Williams.

    Overall, Johnson had a productive 12-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.[5] On January 7, 2016, at age 68, Johnson died in his San Jose residence of undetermined cause.

    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
     †  Won an NBA championship  *  Led the league

    NBA

    Source[6]

    Regular season

    Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
    1970–71 Cleveland 67 34.5 .422 .805 6.8 4.8 16.6
    1971–72 Cleveland 82 37.1 .433 .785 7.7 5.1 17.0
    1972–73 Cleveland 82* 34.3 .430 .734 6.7 3.8 14.4
    1973–74 Portland 69 33.1 .464 .812 7.5 4.1 1.0 .4 16.4
    1974–75 Portland 80 31.8 .487 .784 6.3 3.0 .9 .5 16.1
    1975–76 Portland 9 23.6 .466 .852 4.4 2.2 .8 .9 11.7
    1975–76 Houston 67 22.2 .452 .758 4.4 2.9 .7 .4 9.7
    1976–77 Houston 79 22.0 .458 .712 3.4 2.3 .6 .3 9.3
    1977–78 Houston 1 11.0 .250 .667 3.0 1.0 .0 .0 4.0
    1977–78 Seattle 76 23.8 .416 .753 4.0 2.8 .6 .3 10.7
    1978–79† Seattle 82* 82 29.1 .434 .760 5.0 4.4 .7 .3 11.0
    1979–80 Seattle 81 31.3 .488 – .801 5.3 5.2 .9 .4 11.3
    1980–81 Seattle 80 29.1 .431 .000 .808 4.5 3.9 .7 .3 11.5
    1981–82 Seattle 14 1 13.4 .489 – .750 1.3 2.1 .3 .2 4.2
    Career 869 83 29.6 .446 .000 .779 5.5 3.8 .8 .4 12.9
    All-Star 2 0 2.5 .000 – .5 .5 .0

    Playoffs

    Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
    1977 Houston 12 12.2 .393 .667 2.4 .8 .3 .0 4.8
    1978 Seattle 22* 27.1 .424 .696 4.5 2.5 .4 .3 10.1
    1979† Seattle 17 36.2 .474 .641 6.8 5.4 1.0 .2 12.2
    1980 Seattle 15 32.4 .494 .000 .811 6.8 5.7 .5 .2 12.4
    1982 Seattle 7 22.7 .395 .727 2.0 4.9 .9 .0 5.4
    Career 73 27.4 .450 .000 .699 4.9 3.8 .6 .2 9.7

    References

    1. ^ "John Johnson, 68, All-Star Forward in N.B.A.", The New York Times, January 11, 2015
    2. ^ "hawkeyesports.com: Season Individual Leaders". Archived from the original on November 18, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2008.
    3. ^ a b Dochterman, Scott (January 8, 2016), "Former Iowa basketball star John Johnson dies", The Gazette
    4. ^ 1970 ABA Draft at BasketballReference.com Archived July 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
    5. ^ "Former SuperSonics All-Star Johnny Johnson dies in San Jose", San Jose Mercury News, January 8, 2016
    6. ^ "John Johnson NBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
    Credit: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Johnson_(basketball,_born_1947)

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