Ivan Johnson Signs In NBA D-League

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Ivan Johnson Signs In NBA D-League 

Post#1 » by RealGM Wiretap » Thu Dec 4, 2014 7:46 pm

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.

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Post#2 » by mj_shoefanatic » Thu Dec 4, 2014 8:23 pm

Doc needs to give this dude a call up ASAP!
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Post#3 » by matbcourt » Thu Dec 4, 2014 11:10 pm

Man whatever, I know Deshawn Stevenson when I see him.
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Re: Ivan Johnson Signs In NBA D-League 

Post#4 » by ClashCityRocker » Fri Dec 5, 2014 3:44 am

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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Re: Ivan Johnson Signs In NBA D-League 

Post#5 » by ClashCityRocker » Fri Dec 5, 2014 3:46 am

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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Post#6 » by MKG35 » Fri Dec 5, 2014 9:52 am

Too many scrubs on NBA rosters and they let Ivan go to the D-league...
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Post#7 » by SlobbaN » Fri Dec 5, 2014 11:41 am

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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Post#8 » by Damon_3388 » Fri Dec 5, 2014 8:39 pm

Charles Barkley's favourite player.
It's such a fine line between stupid and clever.

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