George E. Johnson (born June 19, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player born in Harleton, Texas.
A 6'11" center from Stephen F. Austin State University, where he was a teammate of James Silas, who would later play most of his professional basketball career with the San Antonio Spurs. Johnson played in the National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association from 1970 to 1974. He was a member of the Baltimore Bullets, Dallas Chaparrals and Houston Rockets. In his NBA/ABA career, Johnson averaged 3.7 points per game and 5.0 rebounds per game.
Career statistics
NBA/ABA Source
Regular season {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" |- ! Year ! Team ! GP ! MPG ! FG% ! 3P% ! FT% ! RPG ! APG ! SPG ! BPG ! PPG |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Baltimore (NBA) | 24 || 14.0 || .410 || || .367 || 4.8 || .4 || || || 3.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Dallas (ABA) | 67 || 22.0 || .454 || – || .592 || 6.9 || .9 || || || 4.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Houston (NBA) | 19 || 8.9 || .513 || || .750 || 2.4 || .2 || || || 2.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Houston (NBA) | 26 || 9.2 || .451 || || .471 || 2.3 || .3 || .3 || .3 || 2.1 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (NBA) | 69 || 10.8 || .442 || || .431 || 3.2 || .3 || .3 || .3 || 2.8 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (overall) | 136 || 16.3 || .449 || – || .539 || 5.0 || .6 || .3 || .3 || 3.7
Playoffs {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" |- ! Year ! Team ! GP ! MPG ! FG% ! 3P% ! FT% ! RPG ! APG ! PPG |- | style="text-align:left;"|1971 | style="text-align:left;"|Baltimore (NBA) | 11 || 3.2 || .538 || || .500 || 1.0 || .2 || 1.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1972 | style="text-align:left;"|Dallas (ABA) | 4 || 24.0 || .333 || – || – || 6.0 || 2.3 || 1.5 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (overall) | 15 || 8.7 || .455 || – || .500 || 2.3 || .7 || 1.4
References
External links Career statistics