LJ
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American basketball player
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Male
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Birth:
16 June 1957(Plumerville, Conway County, Arkansas, U.S.A.)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Lee Willie Johnson (born 16 June 1957) is a retired American professional basketball player.
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
- 1980–81 CBA Rookie of the Year
- 1980–81 CBA Playoffs MVP