Buck Johnson
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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.com | |||||||||||||||
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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]
High school career
[edit]Johnson played high school basketball at, and graduated from, Hayes High School in Birmingham, Alabama.
College career
[edit]Johnson played college basketball at the University of Alabama, with the Alabama Crimson Tide, from 1982 to 1986.
Professional career
[edit]Johnson 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
[edit]Johnson 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
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