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Amir Johnson
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2009-10 Statistics

PPG: 3.2
RPG: 3.50
APG: 0.3
EFF: + 5.67

Born: May 1, 1987

Height: 6-9 / 2,06

Weight: 210 lbs. / 95,3 kg.

High School: Westchester HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Years Pro: 4

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Background

2007-08:
Appeared in a career-high 62 games, averaging 3.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.32 blocks in 12.3 minutes per game…Saw time in eight playoff games, averaging 2.6 points and 1.6 rebounds in 5.4 minutes per game…Recorded playoff-career-highs in points (10) and rebounds (6) at Philadelphia (5/1) in the first round…Led the team in scoring once and rebounds five times during the regular-season… Scored 10-plus points three times…Played 20-plus minutes in 11 games – Pistons 10-1 in those games – averaging 7.1 points, 7.4 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 0.90 steals, 2.82 blocks and 24.4 minutes per game… Scored a season-high 14 points (5-6 FG, 4-4 FT) with nine rebounds vs. New York (4/8)…Grabbed fiveplus rebounds 23 times, including a season-high nine rebounds five times [vs. Indiana (12/28), vs. L.A. Lakers (1/31), vs. Indiana (2/13), at Minnesota (4/1) and vs. New York (4/8)]…Tallied a career-high seven blocks in a season-high 31 minutes vs. Indiana (2/13)…Blocked three or more shots in nine games… Shot 60% or better from the field in 23 games with the team recording a record of 20-3 in those games… DNP-CD 19 times and was DNP-Inactive List once.

PRO CAREER:
Drafted: Selected by Detroit in the second round (#56 overall) of the 2005 NBA Draft… Third player in Pistons’ franchise history to be drafted out of high school [Reggie Harding – 1963 (Detroit Eastern HS); Korleone Young – 1998 (Hargrave Military Academy)].

Transactions: Re-signed with Detroit (7/13/07).

Career Averages/Milestones: In 73 career NBA games has compiled averages of 3.9 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.33 blocks and 12.7 minutes per game.

Year-By-Year Key Notes:
2006-07 (Detroit): Appeared in eight games, averaging 5.9 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.63 blocks in 15.5 minutes per game… Played a career-high 37 minutes at Boston (4/18) scoring a career-high 20 points (10-14 FG) and grabbing a career-high 12 rebounds…Played 35 minutes vs. Philadelphia (4/15) and scored 12 points with 10 rebounds, career-high three assists and six blocks…Averaged 10.8 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.75 blocks and 25.8 minutes over the last four games of the season…DNP-CD nine times…Spent 34 games on the inactive list...Made two NBA Development League assignments during the season and averaged 18.9 points, 9.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 3.13 blocks and 35.2 minutes in 22 games with the Sioux Falls Skyforce… Scored in double-figures in 20-of-22 games, including a season-high 34 points (10-17 FG, 14-14 FT) and 14 rebounds vs. Dakota (3/30)…Grabbed 10-plus rebounds 11 times, including a season-high 19 boards (10 offensive) vs. Tulsa (3/24)…Recorded 10 double-doubles (points/rebounds) in the D-League…Was named NBA D-League Performer of the Week (4/2) averaging 27.5 points, 15.5 rebounds, 4.5 blocks, 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals for the week.

2005-06 (Detroit): Averaged 6.7 points, 1.3 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 13.0 minutes in three games during his rookie campaign…Scored a season-high 18 points (6-6 FG, 2-2 3FG, 4-4 FT) with two rebounds and two assists in a season-high 18 minutes at Milwaukee (4/17)… Played in 17 games (12 starts) with the Fayetteville Patriots of the NBA Development League, averaging 17.3 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in 27.7 minutes per game…Recorded four double-doubles for the Patriots…Scored a season-high 25 points twice [at Florida (4/8) and at Roanoke (3/15)]…Grabbed a season-high 14 rebounds at Florida (4/8).

HIGH SCHOOL:
Named a 2005 McDonald’s High School All- American…Named 2005 Mr. Basketball in California…Named Los Angeles’ Player of the Year by the Los Angeles Times…Scored 17 points (8-11 FG) for the West squad at the Roundball Classic (2005)… Tallied seven rebounds and two blocks in 19 minutes for the West team at the McDonald’s High School All-America game (2005)… Averaged 21.0 points, 15.0 rebounds and 8.0 blocks during his senior season at Westchester HS…Led Westchester HS to a state championship and a top-five national ranking…Sat out his junior season at Westchester…Played his sophomore season at Verbum Dei HS in Los Angeles…Began his high school career at L.A. Pacific Hills High School.

	Personal

Personal


	Full name is Amir Jalla Johnson…Son of Deneen Griffin…His sister, Indi, plays forward for the women’s basketball team at Southern University…His cousin, Kevin Burnett, is a linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys…Lists Kevin Garnett as his favorite NBA player growing up and his hobbies include playing video games…Would like to study computer science in the future and learn how to design and develop computer games…Has nearly a seven-foot wingspan…Active in the Pistons’ community relations program, visited Osborn High School as part of a back-to-school initiative in September 2007 and awarded a lucky student with a new laptop computer…Also took part in annual visit to Detroit Children’s Hospital in October…Purchased 15 tickets to each Pistons home game that were donated to local charities last season as part of “Amir’s Hyphy Crowd.”