Kendrick Johnson (basketball)
{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{about|the professional basketball player|the high school student's death|Death of Kendrick Johnson}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Kendrick Johnson
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| position = Guard
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|06|13}}
| birth_place = United States
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| college = Point Loma
| draft_year = 1997
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| years1 = 1999–2000
| team1 = Sydney Kings
| years2 = 2000–2001
| team2 = Milon
| years3 = 2001–2002
| team3 = APOEL
| years4 = 2002–2003
| team4 = ITU İstanbul
| years5 = 2003–2004
| team5 = Irakleio
| years6 = 2004–2005
| team6 = Rabotnički
| years7 = 2005
| team7 = Union Baskets Schwelm
| years8 = 2005
| team8 = Oostende
| years9 = 2005
| team9 = Pallacanestro Biella
| years10 = 2005–2006
| team10 = Kolossos Rodou
| years11 = 2006–2007
| team11 = Kalev/Cramo
| years12 = 2007
| team12 = Igokea
| years13 = 2007–2008
| team13 = Atomerőmű SE
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Kendrick Johnson (born June 3, 1975) is a former American professional basketball player who played college basketball for Point Loma.{{cite web|url=http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Kendrick_Johnson/26984 |title=Kendrick Johnson Basketball Player Profile, Atomeromu SE Paks, Point Loma, News, A Division stats, Career, Games Logs, Bests, Awards - eurobasket.com |website=Basketball.eurobasket.com |date=1975-06-13 |accessdate=2016-02-17}}{{cite web| url = http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_BYg5Rb55Jw-G5I3MZ6JB01.season_2005.roundID_4109.teamID_2403.playerID_37650.html| title = Kendrick Johnson {{!}} FIBA Europe League Men (2005) {{!}} FIBA Europe}}
Career
Johnson averaged 21.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game while connecting on 47.8 percent from the field for the Sydney Kings in the 2000–01 season. He made his NBL debut for the Kings in late December 2000, his last game for the Kings came on March 11, 2001.{{Cite web|title=Kendrick Johnson – Player Statistics|url=https://websites.mygameday.app/team_info.cgi?pID=190396348|access-date=2021-12-11|website=GameDay|language=en}} During his Sydney stint, Johnson had a dunking which was later named "one of the best NBL jams of all-time".{{Cite web|date=2016-10-26|title=Kendrick Johnson Throwback Throwdown|url=https://www.facebook.com/TheNBL/videos/kendrick-johnson-throwback-throwdown/1259467370771816/|access-date=2021-12-11|website=NBL / Facebook.com}}
In 2002–03, Johnson was the leading scorer of İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi B.K. in the Turkish league, averaging 22.1 points a game.{{Cite web|title=ITU 2002/2003 – Turkish Basketball Super League Team|url=https://www.tblstat.net/team/5/0203|access-date=2021-12-11|website=TBLStat.net|language=en}} Playing for Union Baskets Schwelm in Germany's Basketball Bundesliga in 2005, Johnson scored 22.9 points per game through seven contests, including a 40-point-performance, setting the league's season high for most points in a single game.{{Cite book|title=50 Jahre Basketball Bundesliga: Die Bundesliga im Kleinen|year=2016|publisher=Basketball Bundesliga GmbH|isbn=978-3-7307-0242-0|location=Cologne|pages=199|language=de}}
References
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Category:American expatriate basketball people in North Macedonia
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