Eddie Johnson (basketball, born 1959)

Eddie Johnson (basketball, born 1959)

Edward Arnet Johnson is an American former professional basketball player. He spent 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association and a year in the Greek Basket League. As of the 2018–19 season, he is ranked 52nd in all-time points scored, and ranked fifth-most in points scored by an eligible player not in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

About Eddie Johnson (basketball, born 1959) in brief

Summary Eddie Johnson (basketball, born 1959)Edward Arnet Johnson is an American former professional basketball player. He spent 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association and a year in the Greek Basket League midway through his career. As of the 2018–19 season, he is ranked 52nd in all-time points scored, and ranked fifth-most in points scored by an eligible player not in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He is the co-host of NBA Today, which airs weekdays on Sirius XM NBA Radio and also is the play-by-play TV analyst for the Phoenix Suns on Fox Sports Arizona. In 2006, Eddie Johnson was mistaken in multiple media reports for former NBA player Eddie Johnson when the latter was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and released on bail.

Johnson is also an accomplished motivational speaker, and he has recently released an instructional DVD called Eddie Johnson’s Jumpshot and Offensive Skills. He was elected to the “Illini Men’s Basketball All-Century Team” in 2004. Johnson’s career point total of 19,202 is also higher than all but 30 inductees into the Naismsith Memorial basketball Hall of Hall of Famer. He also played for one year in. the Greek League, with the European powerhouse Olympiacos in the 1994–95 season.