DeMarco Johnson

DeMarco Johnson

Power forward
Personal information
Date of birth	October 6, 1975 (1975-10-06) (age 36)
Place of birth	Charlotte, North Carolina
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
College	North Carolina-Charlotte (1994–1998)
NBA Draft	1998 / Round: 2 / Pick: 38th overall
Selected by the New York Knicks
Pro career	1998–2010
Career history
Sony Milano (1998–1999) New York Knicks (1999) Richmond Rhythm (1999–2000) Scavolini Pesaro (2000–2001) Metis Varese (2001) Olympiacos CFP (2002–2003) Etosa Alicante (2003–2004) Lauretana Biella (2004) Tris Rieti (2004–2005) Union Olimpija Ljubljana (2005–2006) Panteras del Distrito Nacional (2006) Polaris World Murcia (2006–2007) Elitzur Ashkelon (2007) Maccabi Rishon LeZion (2009) Ironi Nahariya (2009–2010) Vaqueros de Bayamón (2010)
Stats at NBA.com

DeMarco Antonio Johnson (born October 6, 1975) is an American professional basketball player.

At 6'9", 245 lb forward, Johnson attended and played collegiately for the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and was selected by the New York Knicks with the 9th pick of the 2nd round (38th overall) of the 1998 NBA Draft. In his brief NBA career he played in five games for the Knicks in the 1999–2000 season, registering 6 points and 7 rebounds.

Overseas, Johnson played professionally in Italy with Sony Milano (1998–1999), Scavolini Pesaro (2000–2001, 2002), Metis Varese (2001–2002), Lauretana Biella (2004) and Sebastiani Rieti (Serie A2, 2004–2005), in Spain with Etosa Alicante, and in Greece with Olympiacos.^[1]

In January 2006, Johnson signed with KK Union Olimpija of Slovenia.^[2] In April 2007 he moved to the Israeli league and signed with Elitzur Ashkelon, where he played until the end of the season.^[3] In January 2009 he signed with Maccabi Rishon LeZion in the Israeli league.^[4] He played in the Israeli team Ironi Nahariya the next season and was waived in January 2010.^[5]

Notes

1. ^ Olimpija lands DeMarco Johnson, retrieved October 4, 2006
2. ^ "Union Olimpija signed DeMarco Johnson". NLB. January 3, 2006. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927000041/http://www.adriaticbasket.com/vijesti.php?id=1920. 
3. ^ DeMarco Johnson (2006–2007 profile by Israeli League)
4. ^ DeMarco Johnson (2008–2009)
5. ^ DeMarco Johnson leaves Ironi Nahariya

External links

• NBA profile (archived from 2001)
• DeMarco Johnson's Statistics @ basketballreference.com
• ACB profile

Persondata
Name	Johnson, Demarco
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	October 6, 1975
Place of birth	Charlotte, North Carolina
Date of death
Place of death