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Dennis Johnson
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1954 - 2007
Dennis Johnson
Dennis Wayne Johnson (September 18, 1954 – February 22, 2007), nicknamed "DJ", was an American professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns, and Boston Celtics. He was a coach of the Los Angeles Clippers and an alumnus of Dominguez High School, Los Angeles Harbor College and Pepperdine University. A prototypical late bloomer, Johnson overcame early struggles and had a successful NBA playing career. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dennis Johnson has received more than 1,946,760 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Dennis Johnson is the 142nd most popular basketball player (up from 150th in 2019), the 7,464th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,001st in 2019) and the 78th most popular American Basketball Player.
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Bio
Drafted by the Sonics in the second round of the 1976 NBA draft, Dennis Johnson was by many accounts a late bloomer. An undersized guard during his high school days, Johnson (nicknamed DJ) played 3 years at Los Angeles Harbor College before getting a scholarship offer from Pepperdine, where he led the Waves to an NCAA Tournament berth and played impressively against UCLA.
During his rookie season, DJ backed up Seattle’s established backcourt of Slick Watts and Freddie Brown before being inserted into the starting lineup in his second season by new coach Lenny Wilkens. Johnson’s tenacious style of play helped him carve out a niche in the league and his intensity was a key factor on some of the greatest Sonics teams of all time. DJ shone in his new role and Seattle’s three-man backcourt of Johnson, Gus Williams, and Brown was the toast of the NBA.
From 1978-1980, Johnson averaged 16 ppg while making 2 All-Star games and 2 All-NBA Defensive First Teams for the Sonics. Known as a high flying dunker early in his career, Johnson brought an electricity to a young Sonics team poise
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