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Joe Johnson
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Born: 06/29/81
Height: 6-7 / 2.01
Weight:235 lbs. / 106.6 kg.
Salary: $220,000
Born: 06/29/81
Height: 6-7 / 2.01
Weight:235 lbs. / 106.6 kg.
Salary: $220,000
14 May
ESPN Stats: Michael Jordan made 9 game-winning buzzer-beaters in his career (including the postseason), the most in NBA history. Kobe Bryant and Joe Johnson are tied for the 2nd-most game-winning buzzer-beaters with 8 apiece.
30 Mar
The preseason tournament will feature 16 to 22 players from The Big3 who are negative for the coronavirus, and they will be quarantined in Los Angeles, sources said. Former NBA standouts such as Joe Johnson, Zach Randolph and Greg Oden could participate in the tournament, but many details need to be worked out.
06 Mar
Marc J. Spears: The members of the reigning @thebig3 champion Triplets will all return for the 2020 season, per source. The Triplets were led by 2019 Big3 MVP Joe Johnson and 2019 Coach of the Year Lisa Leslie. Al Jefferson, Alan Anderson, Jannero Pargo, Jamario Moon, Sergerio Gipson also back.
Chris Haynes: Yahoo Sources: Joe Johnson — the reigning MVP — is returning to @thebig3 for the 2020 season to defend the Triplets’ championship.
12 Feb
He said he talked with Kevin Durant, Joe Johnson and Wesley Matthews about the rehab process and picked their brains for tips on recovery and staying positive during an arduous rehab cycle. “Just to learn from the process,” Hood said of the advice he received. “Don’t think it’s going to be easy. It’s going to be a tough grind, but just learn about yourself throughout it. Don’t waste this time just sitting around, just learn about yourself. So I been doing that. I been doing a lot of reading, watching a lot of basketball, watching a lot of shows. So it’s been good. I’m spending a lot of time with my family. That’s been the best part about it.”
30 Dec 19
Joe Johnson’s not giving up on a possible return to the NBA — telling TMZ Sports he’s still training his ass off in case he gets that call. The 38-year-old stud had a stint with the Pistons earlier this year after BALLING OUT in Ice Cube’s BIG3 league … but Detroit waived him back in October.
Rod Beard: #Pistons make it official, announcing they have waived Joe Johnson and keeping Christian Wood on 15-man roster. Jordan Bone and Louis King are on two-way contracts.
Detroit waives Joe Johnson
Adrian Wojnarowski: The Pistons are waiving Joe Johnson, league source tells ESPN.
Chris Haynes: Detroit Pistons forward Joe Johnson was experiencing swelling on his Achilles, but tests came back clean and he’s now responding well to treatment, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.
13 Oct 19
James Edwards III: #Pistons’ Blake Griffin is unlikely to play tonight, per Dwane Casey, against the #Cavs. Also, expect Joe Johnson to get more run tonight.
Vincent Ellis: Joe Johnson on new #Pistons facility: “This is hands down the best one. I’m not just saying that because I’m here. I’ve seen both of them. I don’t think it can compare. This is dope.” He saw new places in Utah and Brooklyn.
Fighting a rare form of cancer since 2008, a battle she lost in February at age 60, Joe Johnson’s mother didn’t want the hospital. She wanted to remain at her Little Rock, Arkansas, home during the final days of struggle, with her brothers and only child close. And her son was able to oblige since for the first time since 2001, when he was a first-round pick of the Boston Celtics, Joe Johnson wasn’t employed by an NBA team. Johnson, who is trying to make the Detroit Pistons roster, admits the year away from the league wasn’t by choice.
But it served its purpose as he was able to be with his mother as she succumbed to multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells. “I don’t know if you guys understand what multiple myeloma is and what it does to the body,” Johnson told the Free Press this week. “It basically breaks muscles and bones down to a point where you just become limp and you can’t do nothing on your own. Then it comes to a point where you can’t even talk.” A slight pause. “After that, it’s death.”
From winning MVP of Ice Cube’s Big3 league to suiting up for the Detroit Pistons during training camp, the past few months have been a whirlwind for NBA veteran Joe Johnson. After sitting out the entire 2018-19 NBA campaign, Johnson, 38, revitalized his career through 3-on-3 professional hoops and is now fighting for the 15th and final roster spot with the Pistons.
“My body’s feeling great. This is probably the toughest part of training camp,” Johnson said following Day 3 of Pistons camp at Michigan State University. “It’s a lot of running and conditioning, but if you come into camp already in shape, you can get through it. I didn’t have any problems. “It’s been fun for me, but I haven’t had a break in the last six months. But it’s been fun. The process has been amazing for me and I’m just thankful for the opportunity.”
Whether he makes the team or not, that alone makes this training camp invitation a success from his perspective. “That was another reason why I thought it was very important for me to take this opportunity because those guys in the Big3, a lot of them anyway, have hopes to at some point to be able to get back in the league,” Johnson said. “So I just wanted to let everyone know that it’s possible just to get to this point. I mean, I’m not even all the way on the roster, but to get to this point, get your foot in the door. Then whatever you do from that point, it’s up to you.”
Rod Beard: #Pistons Joe Johnson, in his 18th season, on having an 18-year-old (Sekou Doumbouya) in training camp: “It’s a little weird but at 38, it’s a lot that’s around here that I enjoy. To have an 18-year-old and this is my 18th season, it’s a little different.”
Rod Beard: #Pistons Reggie Jackson has a new nickname for Joe Johnson: “Slow Cooker.” Johnson: “I think it’s interesting. I don’t gripe or groan about nicknames. I’ll let you guys deal with it how you want to deal with it; I just play.”
Right now, it looks as if Johnson and big man Christian Wood will compete for the final spot on the 15-man roster. From the way Casey spoke, the spot might be Johnson’s to lose. “The need is there, but we also have a need for that veteran play like a Joe Johnson who can put the ball on the floor, still make plays, still shoot the ball,” Casey said. “He has it, even at (age 38). He’s not a 40-minute player anymore, but we don’t need 40 minutes. We need that experience, a guy like that you can bring in at the end of games to close games.”
Based on a close relationship with vice chairman Arn Tellem, who represented Johnson before leaving the agent business, the Pistons were the front-runner. Casey needed to see Johnson in a full-court workout, though. “My main concern was Joe getting up and down and he showed that,” Casey said. “He showed that he can still run the floor, still be athletic.”
Dwane Casey on the signings of Joe Johnson and Christian Wood, and the fight for the last roster spot: “We’re still light in the frontcourt, but having (Andre Drummond’s) minutes so high is an issue as far as getting another person, a free agent, to come and say, ‘I want those 12 or 16 minutes, whatever it is.’ So, that’s one reason that we do have Christian Wood in and Joe Johnson in fighting for that last spot. Also, too, there is a need at that (center) position. The need is there. But we also have a need for that veteran player, like a Joe Johnson, who can put the ball on the floor, still make plays, still has it, even at 37. Now, he’s not a 40-minute player anymore, but we don’t need him for 40 minutes. We need that experience, and a guy like that, one that we could bring in at the end of the game to close games.
James Edwards III: The #Pistons have officially announced the signing of Joe Johnson.
The Detroit Pistons and veteran swingman Joe Johnson have agreed to terms on a deal, according to ESPN and multiple reports. The deal is worth $2.6 million and has $220,000 in guaranteed money, a source told ESPN’s Bobby Marks. The balance of the contract will become fully guaranteed if Johnson is on the roster past Jan. 7.
Vincent Ellis: Source tells me Dwane Casey very instrumental in selling Joe Johnson on coming to the #Pistons.
Chris Haynes: Detroit Pistons and @thebig3 star Joe Johnson has reached an agreement on a deal, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.
Shams Charania: Joe Johnson has agreed to a partially guaranteed one-year deal with the Detroit Pistons, league sources tell @The Athletic @Stadium.
Bobby Marks: If Johnson makes it past the Jan. 7 cut date he will earn $2.56M ($1.6M cap hit). The veteran has a very small partial guarantee in his contract thus giving DET roster flexibility. The Wood contract will become guaranteed $822K (out of $1.65M) if he is not waived by Oct. 23.
Joe Johnson Detroit bound?
Johnson said he expected to work out for the Nets this week, but sources told The Post he hasn’t done so yet. ESPN reported Johnson was slated to work out for the Pistons on Tuesday, and The Athletic’s Frank Isola said on SiriusXMNBA, “From what I’m hearing, Detroit is the favorite to land Joe Johnson.”
Noah Coslov: From Frank Isola on @SiriusXMNBA: “From what I’m hearing, Detroit is the favorite to land Joe Johnson.”
Joe Johnson working out for Detroit
Dave McMenamin: Joe Johnson is in Detroit today for his workout for the Pistons, sources told ESPN.
Bobby Marks: There is familiarity in Detroit with Johnson once represented by Arn Tellem, Vice Chairman of the Pistons. Detroit currently has an open roster spot. Michael Beasley and Christian Wood are both on a non-guaranteed contract.
08 Sep 19
04 Sep 19
Joe Johnson to work out for multiple teams
Dave McMenamin: Story filed to ESPN to go up shortly: Joe Johnson, fresh off an MVP and championship trophy in the BIG3, will travel to Detroit, Milwaukee and Brooklyn for workouts next week to try to get back into the league, sources told ESPN.
Another exciting BIG3 season has come to a close, and once again there’s a new champion. Led by league MVP Joe Johnson, Triplets took down Killer 3s, 50-39, in the championship game on Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles. Johnson finished the game with 28 points, including the championship-winning 3-pointer. Johnson drained the shot right in front of LeBron James, who was watching courtside.
The Vertical: ISO JOE STRIKES AGAIN. MVP hit the dagger to win @thebig3 championship 🏆 pic.twitter.com/0NKLpfjj0M
“I am hopeful to get back, but I did not get in the BIG3 to get back to the ‘league,’ ” said Joe Johnson, who is uncertain about playing in the BIG3 next season. “I had a great career. I enjoyed the process. The only thing that keeps the NBA fire in the belly is how it ended in Houston. That just does not sit well with me. So if an opportunity comes along and I feel that it is worth it, yeah, I take that chance.”
