Two-year NBA veteran Ivan Johnson has signed in the NBA Development League, joining the waiver player pool, sources told RealGM.
Johnson had discussed deals overseas since becoming a final roster cut out of training camp with the Dallas Mavericks in October, but he had always leaned toward joining the D-League in hopes of an NBA call up.
Johnson, a 6-foot-8 forward, averaged 5.3 points and 2.5 rebounds in four preseason games for the Mavericks.
In two seasons with the Atlanta Hawks, Johnson was a contributing reserve on playoff teams while averaging 6.5 points and 3.9 rebounds in 125 total games. He played in the Chinese Basketball Association with Zhejiang a season ago.
Ivan Johnson Signs In NBA D-League
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Doc needs to give this dude a call up ASAP!
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Man whatever, I know Deshawn Stevenson when I see him.
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What is this guy doing in the D-league?? He seemed like a very serviceable big in the games i saw him play against orlando
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mj_shoefanatic wrote:Doc needs to give this dude a call up ASAP!
I would dump Big Baby for Johnson in a millisecond.
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Too many scrubs on NBA rosters and they let Ivan go to the D-league...
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He was pretty horrible for us in the pre-season. Charlie V outplayed him in every outing, that should tell you something.
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Charles Barkley's favourite player.
It's such a fine line between stupid and clever.