Alphonso "Buck" Johnson Jr. (born January 3, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player. Johnson, a 6'7" small forward, played seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Houston Rockets and Washington Bullets.[1] After playing in the NBA, he spent his next ten professional seasons playing abroad for various teams, in top leagues around the world.[2]
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| Born | January 3, 1964 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Hayes (Birmingham, Alabama) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Alabama (1982–1986) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1986: 1st round, 20th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Houston Rockets | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1986–2006 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Small forward | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 1, 2, 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 1986–1992 | Houston Rockets | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Washington Bullets | ||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Wichita Falls Texans | ||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Tofaş | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Apollon Patras | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Girona | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Iraklis Thessaloniki | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Dafni | ||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Peristeri | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Birmingham Magicians | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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| Career NBA statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Points | 4,617 (9.1 ppg) | ||||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 1,760 (1.7 rpg) | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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High school career
editJohnson played high school basketball at, and graduated from, Hayes High School in Birmingham, Alabama.
College career
editJohnson played college basketball at the University of Alabama, with the Alabama Crimson Tide, from 1982 to 1986.
Professional career
editJohnson was drafted by the Houston Rockets in the first round (20th pick overall) of the 1986 NBA draft. Johnson played in 7 NBA seasons, from 1986 to 1993. He played for the Rockets from 1986 to 1992, and for the Washington Bullets during the 1992–93 season.
Johnson's best year as a pro came during the 1989–90 season, as a member of the Rockets, when he appeared in 82 games, and averaged 14.8 points per game. In his NBA career, Johnson played in 505 games, and scored a total of 4,617 points.
National team career
editJohnson won a gold medal with Team USA's Under-19 junior national team, at the 1983 FIBA Under-19 World Cup.[3] In eight games played at the tournament, he averaged 15.8 points per game.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Buck Johnson | Houston Rockets". www.nba.com.
- ^ "Buck Johnson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more". Basketball-Reference.com.
- ^ "1983 World Championship for Junior Men | ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM". archive.fiba.com.
- ^ "Buck Johnson profile, World Championship for Junior Men 1983". FIBA.COM.
External links
edit- nba.com Historical Profile
- Player Profile @ acb.com (in Spanish)
- Player Profile @ Fibaeurope.com