Darius Johnson-Odom
Darius Earvin Johnson-Odom[1] (born September 28, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Orléans Loiret Basket of the French Pro A. In 2009, he transferred to Marquette University from Hutchinson Community College. As a senior, Johnson-Odom was named first-team All-Big East.[2]
No. 1 – Orléans Loiret Basket | |
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Position | Point guard / Shooting guard |
League | Jeep Elite |
Personal information | |
Born | Raleigh, North Carolina | September 28, 1989
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Listed weight | 98 kg (216 lb) |
Career information | |
High school | Wakefield (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
College |
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NBA draft | 2012 / Round: 2 / Pick: 55th overall |
Selected by the Dallas Mavericks | |
Playing career | 2012–present |
Career history | |
2012–2013 | Los Angeles Lakers |
2012–2013 | →Los Angeles D-Fenders |
2013 | Spartak St. Petersburg |
2013 | Sichuan Blue Whales |
2014 | Springfield Armor |
2014 | Philadelphia 76ers |
2014–2015 | Pallacanestro Cantù |
2015 | Trabzonspor |
2016 | Olympiacos |
2016–2017 | Dinamo Sassari |
2017–2018 | Vanoli Cremona |
2018–2019 | Iowa Wolves |
2019–2020 | Pallacanestro Reggiana |
2020–present | Orléans Loiret Basket |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com |
Player profile
Johnson-Odom is listed as a 6'2" tall (1.88 m) and 100 kg (220 lb.) point guard-shooting guard.[3] He was measured at 6'3" tall with shoes on at the 2012 NBA Draft combine.[4]
Professional career
Johnson-Odom spent three seasons at Marquette University before he was selected 55th overall in the 2012 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks, who immediately traded him to the Los Angeles Lakers.[5] Johnson-Odom was assigned to the Lakers' D-League team, the Los Angeles D-Fenders, several times during 2012–13 season.[6]
On January 7, 2013, Johnson-Odom was waived by the Lakers.[7] It was the final day for NBA teams to cut players on non-guaranteed contracts before their contracts became guaranteed for the season. He played four games and had just 6 minutes in total for the Lakers, spending most of his time in the D-League where he was the D-Fenders' leading scorer, averaging 21 points per game.[8] During his time with the Lakers, however, Johnson-Odom set the NBA record for most career field goal attempts without scoring a point, shooting 0-of-14 on field goals in his 21 minutes of NBA play.[9]
On January 24, 2013, Johnson-Odom joined Spartak St. Petersburg of Russia for the remainder of the 2012–13 season.[5]
He joined the Boston Celtics for the 2013 Orlando Summer League.[10] On September 25, 2013, he re-signed with the Lakers.[11] However, he was later waived again on October 16.[12] On October 18, 2013, he signed with the Sichuan Blue Whales of China.[13] In November 2013, just four games into the season, he left the Blue Whales.
On January 3, 2014, he was acquired by the Springfield Armor.[14]
On March 14, 2014, he signed a 10-day contract with the Philadelphia 76ers.[15] On March 24, 2014, he was not offered a second 10-day contract after his first 10-day contract expired.[16]
On August 2, 2014, he signed with Pallacanestro Cantù of Italy for the 2014–15 season.[17]
On June 14, 2015, Johnson-Odom signed with Trabzonspor of the Turkey for the 2015–16 season.[18] On December 28, 2015, he left Trabzonspor and signed with Olympiacos Piraeus of Greece for the rest of the season.[19]
On June 11, 2016, Johnson-Odom signed with Dinamo Sassari of Italy for the 2016–17 season.[20] On February 1, 2017, he left Sassari and signed with Vanoli Cremona for the rest of the season.[21][22] On September 28, 2017, he re-signed with Cremona.[23]
On September 24, 2018, Johnson-Odom signed with the Minnesota Timberwolves.[24] This came after it was announced that an Italian anti-doping court suspended him for eight months after he tested positive to a THC test on May 6, 2018.[25] On October 13, 2018, he was waived by the Timberwolves.[26] Johnson-Odom was added to the Iowa Wolves opening night roster.[27] Appearing in 49 games, Johnson-Odom led the 2018–19 Wolves in points per game among players of any service time, putting up 22.5 points per game.[28]
On March 25, 2019, he has signed with Reggio Emilia in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[29] On July 25, 2019, he extended his contract with Reggio Emilia for 2 more years.[30]
On July 21, 2020, he has signed with Orléans Loiret Basket of the French Pro A.[31]
The Basketball Tournament
In July 2020, Johnson-Odom played in The Basketball Tournament 2020, as a member of the Golden Eagles (a team mainly consisting of former Marquette players), who won the tournament and its $1 million prize.[32] Johnson-Odom was named MVP of the tournament.[33] He averaged 16.8 points, 1.5 assists and 1.0 steals per game and had 15 points in the title game.[34]
Career statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
College
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2009–10 | Marquette | 34 | 22 | 29.7 | .455 | .474 | .677 | 2.7 | 2.4 | .9 | .2 | 13.0 |
2010–11 | Marquette | 37 | 35 | 30.0 | .433 | .364 | .708 | 3.0 | 2.4 | .8 | .2 | 15.8 |
2011–12 | Marquette | 34 | 33 | 32.9 | .447 | .385 | .764 | 3.5 | 2.7 | .9 | .1 | 18.3 |
Career | 105 | 90 | 30.8 | .443 | .402 | .722 | 3.1 | 2.5 | .9 | .2 | 15.7 |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2012–13 | L.A. Lakers | 4 | 0 | 1.5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | .3 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
2013–14 | Philadelphia | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .7 | .3 | .3 | .0 | .0 |
Career | 7 | 0 | 3.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .9 | .3 | .1 | .0 | .0 |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2012–13 | Los Angeles | 13 | 13 | 39.8 | .440 | .393 | .817 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 1.3 | .2 | 21.0 |
2013–14 | Springfield | 27 | 26 | 35.9 | .453 | .356 | .815 | 4.4 | 6.1 | 1.4 | .2 | 22.0 |
Career | 40 | 39 | 37.2 | .448 | .369 | .816 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 1.4 | .2 | 21.7 |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2012–13 | St. Petersburg | 13 | 4 | 10.3 | .418 | .200 | .692 | .9 | .9 | .3 | .0 | 5.3 |
2013–14 | Sichuan | 5 | 0 | 30.8 | .596 | .556 | .806 | 3.4 | 2.2 | .6 | .2 | 20.4 |
Career | 18 | 4 | 16.0 | .509 | .294 | .758 | 1.6 | 1.2 | .4 | .1 | 9.5 |
References
- Medina, Mark (June 29, 2012). "NBA Draft: Darius Johnson-Odom named after Magic Johnson". LATimes.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
- "Pittsburgh's Gibbs Selected BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year". bigeast.org. October 19, 2011. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012.
- Ντάριους Τζόνσον – Όντομ (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
- DARIUS JOHNSON-ODOM PHYSICALS H: 6'3" 2012 Predraft Measurements Height w/shoes 2012 NBA Draft Combine 6'3".
- Ex-Laker Johnson-Odom Joins Russian Team
- 2012–13 NBA Assignments Archived March 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- Lakers Waive Darius Johnson-Odom
- Pincus, Eric (January 7, 2013). "Lakers waive Darius Johnson-Odom, keep Robert Sacre". LATimes.com. Archived from the original on January 9, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
- Bois, Jon (December 30, 2019). "The 10 least consequential athletes of the decade". SBNation. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
- A quick look at the Celtics' Summer League roster
- Lakers Sign Two Players to Training Camp Roster
- Lakers waive Darius Johnson-Odom
- Darius Johnson-Odom signs with Sichuan Blue Whales
- Armor Acquire Guard Darius Johnson-Odom
- Sixers Sign Darius Johnson-Odom
- Sixers Sign Guard Casper Ware to 10-day Contract
- "LA PALLACANESTRO CANTU' INGAGGIA DARIUS JOHNSON- ODOM". Pallacanestrocantu.com (in Italian). August 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 13, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
- "Darius Johnson-Odom moves to Trabzonspor". Sportando.com. June 14, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
- Olympiacos acquires guard Johnson-Odom
- In cabina di regia arriva Darius Johnson-Odom (in Italian)
- Dinamo Sassari, Darius Johnson-Odom part ways
- Vanoli Cremona signs Darius Johnson-Odom, parts ways with Tu Holloway
- Darius Johnson-Odom returns to Vanoli Cremona
- "TIMBERWOLVES SIGN DARIUS JOHNSON-ODOM AND JONATHAN STARK". NBA.com. September 24, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
- "Darius Johnson-Odom suspended 8 months by Italian Antidoping court". Sportando. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
- "Timberwolves waive Canyon Barry, Darius Johnson-Odom, William Lee and Jonathan Stark". twitter.com. October 13, 2018. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
- Nutting, Seth (November 2, 2018). "Wolves Finalize 2018–19 Opening Night Roster". NBA.com. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
- "2018–19 Iowa Wolves Stats". Basketball Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
- "Reggio Emilia signs Darius Johnson-Odom and Darel Poirier". Sportando. March 25, 2019. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
- "Darius Johnson-Odom re-signs with Reggio Emilia". Sportando. July 25, 2019. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
- "Orleans Loiret announces Darius Johnson-Odom". Sportando. July 21, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
- "Golden Eagles are Victorious Thanks to Their Defensive Prowess". thetournament.com. July 14, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- "(4) Golden Eagles 78, (22) Sideline Cancer 73". thetournament.com. July 14, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- Carpenter, Steve (July 14, 2020). "Former Blue Dragon All-American named TBT Tourney MVP". Hutch Post. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com or Basketball-Reference.com
- NBA.com profile
- Draftexpress.com profile
- Euroleague.net profile
- FIBA.com profile
- Marquette Golden Eagles bio
- "The 10 Least Consequential Athletes of the Decade" by Jon Bois, for SB Nation