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Dennis Johnson - Basketball Great |
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 "D. J." played
at Los Angeles Harbor Junior College
for two years and then spent one
year at Pepperdine before being
chosen by the Seattle SuperSonics as
a so-called hardship case in the
second round of the 1976 NBA
draft...Book
Dennis Johnson for Your Event
Johnson was named most valuable
player in the 1979 NBA finals, when
he helped lead Seattle to the league
championship, averaging 20.9 points
and 4.0 assists per game in the
playoffs.
Seattle traded him to the Phoenix
Suns in 1980. He had a falling-out
with coach John MacLeod during the
1982/83 season and was relegated to
a backup role. The Suns sent him to
the Boston Celtics for journeyman
center Rick Robey after that season.
It was a great deal for the Celtics.
In Boston, Johnson started for two
NBA championship teams, in 1984 and
1986. He retired after the 1989/90
season. A fine all-around player,
the 6-foot-4, 202-pound Johnson was
best known for his defensive skills.
He was named to the all-NBA
defensive first team from 1979
through 1983 and in 1987, and he
made the second team from 1984
through 1986.
Johnson scored 15,535 points in
1,100 regular season games, an
average of 14.1 per game, and he
also had 5,499 assists and 1,477
steals. He added 3,116 points, 1,006
assists, and 247 steals in 180
playoff games.
After more than 7 years as an
assistant with the Celtics and the
Seattle Supersonics, Johnson became
Seattle's interim head coach with 24
games left in the 2002-03 season. He
had an 8-16 record.
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