James Johnson 19 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (3/3/2017)

What if…WHAT IF…James Johnson were a #2 guy on a team, and got minutes in line with being the #2 guy (say thirty minutes per game)? Would he average 16/5/5 as a go-to scorer and ball-handler? Or would he collapse under the weight of a role that was too big for him? The Heat are…

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James Johnson 26 Points Full Highlights (2/11/2017)

Attention future YouTube users who searched “James Johnson” and are trying to decide which of his 26-point performances you should watch first: watch the one that isn’t this one. Then, if you really like what you see and absolutely need to see more, you can watch this one. Not all 26-point performances are created equal….

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James Johnson 26 Points Full Highlights (2/10/2017)

Don’t you hate it when it looks like someone got totally ankle-broken and then it turns out all that happened was they got tripped? I hate it when that happens. All the best ankle-breakers end up being trips, except for that insane one that Dwight Buycks had on Gary Harris. Damn. Now THERE was an…

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James Johnson 10 Points/12 Assists Full Highlights (1/13/2017)

It seems like James Johnson has entirely skipped the “LeBron James” phase of his metamorphosis and has now become…Boris Diaw? Or something? He’s not as fat as the Big Croissant but he passes like him, can sometimes shoot threes like him, and is a savvy vet like him. All JaJo needs to do is start…

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James Johnson 20 Points Full Highlights (1/6/2017)

OFFICIAL NBA PLAYERS BORN IN WYOMING POWER RANKINGS 1. James Johnson. By far the Wyomingite with the longest…longevity in the league. Also the only modern NBA player from Wyoming – the rest of these guys are seriously old-school. This is like the most hipster power rankings ever because you’ve never heard of any of them….

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James Johnson 20 Points Full Highlights (1/1/2017)

Welcome to tonight’s episode of “Classic Scrubuzzerbeaters with DownToBuck”. I’m your host, DownToBuck. The subject of tonight’s episode is James Johnson’s forgotten game-winning three-pointer on December 28, 2012. Johnson was on the Kings at that point in his career, a team he was only on for one season. He kind of was sucking that season,…

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James Johnson 22 Points Full Highlights (12/30/2016)

Here’s the deal: I would have shown James Johnson’s 6 assists against the Celtics, to illustrate his ever-increasing similarity to LeBron James, but the NBA’s play-by-play thingie only lists last names, and both he and Tyler Johnson had 6 assists, and I got really, REALLY confused. It was hard enough figuring out which buckets were…

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James Johnson 19 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (12/22/2016)

Eric Spoelstra sat alone in his office. Everybody had already gone home for the day. The hallways were dark and silent, save for the distant sound of the janitor’s radio as he cleaned some faraway part of the Heat’s front office. Ghostly moonlight seeped in through the closed blinds covering the windows, providing only dim…

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James Johnson 17 Points Full Highlights (11/19/2016)

“James, you have to be like LeBron,” Erik Spoelstra urged his player. “We need you to be like that for us or we’re going to suck forever.” James Johnson looked up at his coach, tears beginning to form in his eyes. “I can’t, coach. I’m not good enough.” “I believe in you,” Erik said firmly,…

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