Lee Johnson (basketball)
Personal information | |
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Born | Plumerville, Arkansas | June 16, 1957
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Omaha South (Omaha, Nebraska) |
College |
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NBA draft | 1979 / Round: 1 / Pick: 17th overall |
Selected by the Houston Rockets | |
Playing career | 1979–1993 |
Position | Power forward / Center |
Number | 1, 50 |
Career history | |
1979–1980 | Arrigoni Rieti |
1980 | Houston Rockets |
1980 | Detroit Pistons |
1980–1981 | Rochester Zeniths |
1981–1984 | Seleco / Febal Napoli |
1984–1987 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
1987–1988 | Enichem Livorno |
1988–1989 | Paris Basket Racing |
1989–1993 | Olympique Antibes |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Lee Willie Johnson (born 16 June 1957) is an American former professional basketball player. He played briefly in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and several other leagues.
College career[]
Johnson played college basketball for four years at East Texas State University, before being drafted by the Houston Rockets in the 1979 NBA draft.
Professional career[]
Johnson played only one season in the NBA, with the Rockets and Detroit Pistons. Throughout his career, Johnson played with the Rochester Zeniths of the Continental Basketball Association, in Italy, Israel, and France, most notably for Arrigoni Rieti, with whom he won the 1979–80 season of Korać Cup, and with Maccabi Tel Aviv, from 1984 through 1987.
Awards[]
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com
and Basketball-Reference.com
- Profile —TheDraftReview.com
Categories:
- 1957 births
- Living people
- 20th-century African-American people
- 21st-century African-American people
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- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Israel
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American men's basketball players
- Basket Napoli players
- Basketball players from Arkansas
- Centers (basketball)
- Detroit Pistons players
- Houston Rockets draft picks
- Houston Rockets players
- Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
- Lega Basket Serie A players
- Libertas Liburnia Basket Livorno players
- Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players
- Montana Grizzlies basketball players
- Olympique Antibes basketball players
- Paris Racing Basket players
- People from Conway County, Arkansas
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Rochester Zeniths players
- Texas A&M–Commerce Lions men's basketball players
- American basketball biography, 1950s birth stubs