Kyle Johnson (basketball)

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Kyle Johnson
No. 5 – Caledonia Gladiators
Position
Hamilton Honey Badgers
2021Þór Þorlákshöfn
2022–2023Newcastle Eagles
2023Brampton Honey Badgers
2023–presentCaledonia Gladiators
Career highlights and awards

Kyle Johnson (born 31 December 1988) is a Canadian-born British

LIU Brooklyn to play college basketball
.

College career

Coming from

2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. He ranks 11th all-time at the school in scoring (1,433) and is second in both three-pointers made (240) and attempted (666).[3]

Professional career

In September 2011 he signed a contract with

Sutor Montegranaro. In November 2013, he signed with Basket Ferentino.[5] He was waived on 18 December 2013.[6]
On 23 December 2013 he signed with
Serie A2 Basket.[8] In December 2015 he joined Pallacanestro Cantù of the Lega Basket,[9] but he left the team in February 2016 to join Junior Casale.[10]

On 29 December 2016, Johnson signed with London Lightning of the National Basketball League of Canada.[11] On 5 February 2017, he set the points and field goals made record for the London Lightning, as he scored 51 points on 17-of-21 field goals to help his team win 146–102 against the Moncton Miracles.[12]

In July 2019, Johnson signed with Stjarnan of the Úrvalsdeild karla. Stjarnan opened the 2019–20 season with a 89–77 win against reigning champions KR in the annual Icelandic Super Cup behind Johnson's 21 points.[13] On 15 February 2020, Johnson scored 14 points in Stjarnan's 75–89 win against Grindavík in the Icelandic Cup.[14]

In February 2020, Kyle Johnson signed to play for the

Fraser Valley Bandits of the Canadian Elite Basketball League.[15] For the season he averaged 5.0 points and 3.0 rebounds in 7 games.[16]

In January 2021, Johnson returned to Iceland and signed with Úrvalsdeild club Njarðvík.[17] For the season, he averaged 15.1 points and 7.4 rebounds per game.

On 11 May 2021, Johnson signed with the

Hamilton Honey Badgers in July. He appeared in 6 games with the Honey Badgers, averaging 8.3 points and 2.7 rebounds per game.[19]

In January 2022, Johnson signed with reigning Icelandic champions

Hamilton Honey Badgers.[19]

National team career

Johnson has been a part of the

2017 Eurobasket Championships.[22]

References

  1. ^ "Kyle Johnson". Times Newspapers.
  2. ^ "Robert Morriss' Tony Lee chosen NEC Men's basketball Player of the Year". NEC. 5 March 2008.
  3. ^ "LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds – Kyle Johnson Added to Great Britain Senior Men's Team Roster". Liuathletics.com. 8 February 2011. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011.
  4. ^ Ilysiakos lands rookie Kyle Johnson
  5. ^ "FMC Ferentino officially signs Kyle Johnson". Sportando.net. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Ferentino waives Kyle Johnson". Sportando.net. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  7. ^ "Vanoli Cremona signs Kyle Johnson". Sportando.net. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  8. ^ Angelico Biella announces Kyle Johnson
  9. ^ "Cantù, ora è ufficiale Ingaggiato Kyle Johnson" (in Italian). Como: La Provincia. 17 December 2015.
  10. ^ "Ufficiale: Kyle Johnson è un nuovo giocatore della Junior Casale" (in Italian). basketuniverso.it. 12 February 2016.
  11. ^ Gains, Bradley (29 December 2016). "Kyle Johnson Joins London Lightning in Canada". Hoopsfix.co.
  12. London Free Press
    .
  13. ^ Hjörvar Ólafsson (29 September 2019). "Stjarnan vann fyrsta titil tímabilsins". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  14. ^ Kristján Jónsson (15 February 2020). "Bikarinn áfram í Ásgarði". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Fraser Valley Bandits Sign Great Britain National Team Star Kyle Johnson". thebandits.ca. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  16. Fraser Valley Bandits
    . Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  17. ^ Davíð Eldur (29 January 2021). "Kyle Johnson í Njarðtaksgryfjuna". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  18. ^ "Ottawa BlackJacks Sign Canadian-British Guard and Former Olympian Kyle Johnson". TheBlackjacks.ca. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  19. ^
    Hamilton Honey Badgers. Archived from the original
    on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  20. ^ Davíð Eldur (31 January 2022). "Kyle Johnson semur við Íslandsmeistara Þórs". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  21. ^ "Subway deild karla (2021-2022 Tímabil) – Kyle Johnson". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  22. ^ Basketball, British (10 May 2023). "Great Britain Basketball – News : GB TOP GROUP C AFTER WIN AGAINST CROATIA". Gameongb.com.[permanent dead link]

External links

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