DerMarr Johnson

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DerMarr Johnson
West Virginia Mountaineers
Position
Fuerza Regia
2015Indios de San Francisco de Macorís
As coach:
2023–2024West Virginia (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player:
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DerMarr Miles Johnson (born May 5, 1980) is an American basketball assistant coach at West Virginia and retired professional basketball player who played seven seasons in the NBA.

College career

Johnson was a consensus

Steven Logan and future NBA players Kenyon Martin and Kenny Satterfield. The 1999–2000 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team were one of the nation's most talented teams, spending the majority of the season ranked No. 1 before Kenyon Martin injured his knee in the conference tournament and cut short what could have been a deep March Madness run by the Bearcats.[1] Johnson was a one and done and would declare for the NBA draft
after his lone season at Cincinnati.

Professional career

Johnson was selected sixth overall by the

New Orleans Hornets where he played for a little under 6 minutes and only recorded 1 steal, 1 turnover and 3 fouls.[2]

In two seasons with the Hawks, he averaged 6.7 points and 2.8 rebounds per game. On September 13, 2002, Johnson's blue

Long Beach Jam where he played 19 games, before rejoining the NBA, signing a contract with the New York Knicks. The following season, in 2004–05, Johnson rejuvenated his career with the Denver Nuggets
, participating in 71 games, and averaging 7.1 points on 49.9 percent field goal shooting. During the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons, Johnson averaged 5 points on 40 percent shooting in 97 games.

Johnson reportedly signed with Italian team

Marcus Williams.[8] But on January 7, 2008, Johnson was released from San Antonio Spurs
. He was again re-signed by the Spurs, in April. In total, Johnson only played 5 games with the Spurs.

Johnson's final NBA game was played on April 13, 2008, in a 85–106 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. In his final game, he recorded 3 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 steal. [9]

Post NBA

In October 2010 Johnson signed with

Osos de Guadalajara in the Mexican Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP), where he averaged 26.7 points and 6.3 rebounds per game.[11] He then played in Argentina and Venezuela.[12]

Johnson competes for Team City of Gods in The Basketball Tournament. He was a forward on the 2015 team who made it to the semifinals, losing to Overseas Elite 84–71.

Coaching career

On January 25, 2017, the University of Cincinnati hired Johnson as a student assistant coach for the men's basketball team while Johnson completed his unfinished degree, which he did in 2019.

In May 2021, Johnson returned to his alma mater to serve as the director of player development for the men's basketball program under coach Wes Miller.

Midway through the 2022–23 season on January 16, 2023, Johnson was announced as an assistant coach under his former college coach Bob Huggins at West Virginia.[13]

NBA 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

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2000–01
Atlanta
 78 21 16.8 .374 .323 .736 2.3 .8 .6 .4 5.1
2001–02
Atlanta
 72 46 24.0 .396 .360 .810 3.4 1.1 .9 .8 8.4
2003–04
New York
 21 1 13.7 .371 .361 .903 1.9 .5 .4 .3 5.4
2004–05
Denver
 71 40 17.4 .499 .358 .792 2.1 1.1 .6 .3 7.1
2005–06
Denver
 58 21 15.9 .431 .350 .810 1.7 .9 .4 .4 6.1
2006–07
Denver
 39 7 10.7 .325 .216 .762 1.5 .4 .4 .3 3.5
2007–08
San Antonio
 5 0 5.6 .500 .333 .000 .2 .2 .2 .0 3.4
Career 344 136 17.2 .411 .336 .789 2.2 .9 .6 .4 6.2

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2004
New York
 3 0 5.7 .000 .000 .000 .7 .7 .0 .3 .0
2005
Denver
 4 2 19.5 .550 .364 1.000 2.0 .8 .5 .5 7.3
2006
Denver
 3 0 11.3 .231 .100 .000 3.3 .7 .0 .3 2.3
Career 10 2 12.9 .368 .208 1.000 2.0 .7 .2 .4 3.6

References

  1. ^ "MARTIN'S INJURY FELLS CINCINNATI". Chicago Tribune. March 10, 2000. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  2. ^ https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200010310ATL.html
  3. ^ a b c Johnson expected to recover, season jeopardized – NBA – ESPN
  4. ^ a b c Hawks cautiously encouraged by Johnson's progress – NBA – ESPN
  5. ^ Flight Delay – ESPN Insider
  6. ^ Johnson to wear Halo brace up to eight weeks – NBA – ESPN
  7. ^ Denver Post Footnotes[permanent dead link], updated September 11, 2007
  8. ^ Spurs add journeyman guard Johnson, waive rookie Williams
  9. ^ Spurs Sign DerMarr Johnson, NBA.
  10. ^ "Lebanon Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards – asia-basket".
  11. ^ "DerMarr Johnson se suma a Libertad". Sunchales DíaxDía (in Spanish). January 25, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  12. ^ Guaros de Lara sign DerMarr Johnson
  13. ^ Messerly, Bryan (16 Jan 2023). "DerMarr Johnson Named Men's Basketball Assistant Coach". wvusports.com. WVU Athletics. Retrieved 17 Jan 2023.

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