Tyrone Johnson (basketball)

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Tyrone Johnson
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Johnson playing for South Carolina
Free agent
Position Point guard
Personal information
Born (1992-07-28) July 28, 1992 (age 27)
Plainfield, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school
College
NBA draft 2015 / Undrafted
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015–2016 Rio Grande Valley Vipers
2016 Grand Rapids Cyclones
2017 Al Shamal
2017–2018 KK Borac Čačak

Tyrone "Ty" Johnson (born July 28, 1992) is an American professional basketball player.

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Born and raised in Plainfield, New Jersey, Johnson played at Plainfield High School before transferring to Montrose Christian School for his senior year in an effort to position himself better for collegiate basketball. [1]

College career

Prior to his freshman year at Villanova, Johnson broke his left foot. [2] Johnson averaged 3.3 points and 2.0 assists per game his first season with the Wildcats. He transferred to South Carolina during his sophomore year. [3] Johnson was forced to miss an entire year of eligibility due to playing in an exhibition game with Villanova. He broke his right foot in a game against Texas A&M and played only 16 games as a junior for the Gamecocks. [4] He was averaging 11.9 points per game up until that point. [5] As a senior, he averaged 9.5 points, 3.5 assists and 2.7 rebounds per game for South Carolina. [2]

Professional career

After graduating from South Carolina, in 2015, he signed with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA D-League. He was the only player to make the team by tryout. [2] Johnson averaged 3.5 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game in 23 games for the Vipers. The following season, he played with the Grand Rapids Cyclones of the Premier Basketball League. [6]

On January 1, 2017, he signed with Al Shamal from Qatar. [7] Johnson posted 18.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.0 steals per game with Al Shamal. In September 2017, he signed with Serbian club KK Borac Čačak. [6]

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References

  1. Carino, Jerry. "Plainfield’s Tyrone Johnson leaving Villanova. Cautionary tale?", New Jersey Hoops Haven, November 7, 2012. Accessed August 5, 2019. "Former Plainfield High School standout Tyrone Johnson is leaving Villanova, the school announced today.... Ty left Plainfield a year early for basketball factory Montrose Christian, supposedly to better position himself to make an immediate impact at Nova."
  2. 1 2 3 Silva, Dennis (November 16, 2015). "Notebook: Vipers' Johnson making fast impression as tryout invitee". The Monitor . Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  3. "Ty Johnson transfers from Villanova to South Carolina". SBNation. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  4. Smith, Willie T. (May 5, 2015). "Tyrone Johnson happy with the lessons he's learned at South Carolina". Greenville News . Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  5. "South Carolina's Tyrone Johnson out indefinitely with broken foot". The Sporting News . Associated Press. January 16, 2014. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Borac lands Tyrone Johnson, ex Al Shamal". EuroBasket. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  7. "Tyrone Johnson agreed terms with Al Shamal". EuroBasket. Retrieved January 1, 2017.