Darius Johnson-Odom

Darius "Darjo" Earvin Johnson-Odom[1] (born September 28, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Rapid București of the Liga Națională. In 2009, he transferred to Marquette University from Hutchinson Community College. As a senior, Johnson-Odom was named first-team All-Big East.[2]

Darius Johnson-Odom
No. 1 – Rapid București
PositionPoint guard / shooting guard
LeagueLiga Națională
Personal information
Born (1989-09-28) September 28, 1989
Raleigh, North Carolina
NationalityAmerican
Listed height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight98 kg (216 lb)
Career information
High schoolWakefield (Raleigh, North Carolina)
College
NBA draft2012: 2nd round, 55th overall pick
Selected by the Dallas Mavericks
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2013Los Angeles Lakers
2012–2013→Los Angeles D-Fenders
2013Spartak St. Petersburg
2013Sichuan Blue Whales
2014Springfield Armor
2014Philadelphia 76ers
2014–2015Pallacanestro Cantù
2015Trabzonspor
2016Olympiacos
2016–2017Dinamo Sassari
2017–2018Vanoli Cremona
2018–2019Iowa Wolves
2019–2020Pallacanestro Reggiana
2020–2021Orléans Loiret Basket
2021–2022Le Mans Sarthe
2022–presentRapid București
Career highlights and awards
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

Player profile

Johnson-Odom is listed as a 6'2" tall (1.88 m) and 100 kg (220 lb.) point guard-shooting guard.[3] He was measured at 6'3" tall with shoes on at the 2012 NBA draft combine.[4]

Professional career

Johnson-Odom spent three seasons at Marquette University before he was selected 55th overall in the 2012 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks, who immediately traded him to the Los Angeles Lakers.[5] Johnson-Odom was assigned to the Lakers' D-League team, the Los Angeles D-Fenders, several times during 2012–13 season.[6]

On January 7, 2013, Johnson-Odom was waived by the Lakers.[7] It was the final day for NBA teams to cut players on non-guaranteed contracts before their contracts became guaranteed for the season. He played four games and had just 6 minutes in total for the Lakers, spending most of his time in the D-League where he was the D-Fenders' leading scorer, averaging 21 points per game.[8] During his time with the Lakers, however, Johnson-Odom set the NBA record for most career field goal attempts without scoring a point, shooting 0-of-14 on field goals in his 21 minutes of NBA play.[9]

On January 24, 2013, Johnson-Odom joined Spartak St. Petersburg of Russia for the remainder of the 2012–13 season.[5]

He joined the Boston Celtics for the 2013 Orlando Summer League.[10] On September 25, 2013, he re-signed with the Lakers.[11] However, he was later waived again on October 16.[12] On October 18, 2013, he signed with the Sichuan Blue Whales of China.[13] In November 2013, just four games into the season, he left the Blue Whales.

On January 3, 2014, he was acquired by the Springfield Armor.[14]

On March 14, 2014, he signed a 10-day contract with the Philadelphia 76ers.[15] On March 24, 2014, he was not offered a second 10-day contract after his first 10-day contract expired.[16]

On August 2, 2014, he signed with Pallacanestro Cantù of Italy for the 2014–15 season.[17]

On June 14, 2015, Johnson-Odom signed with Trabzonspor of the Turkey for the 2015–16 season.[18] On December 28, 2015, he left Trabzonspor and signed with Olympiacos Piraeus of Greece for the rest of the season.[19]

On June 11, 2016, Johnson-Odom signed with Dinamo Sassari of Italy for the 2016–17 season.[20] On February 1, 2017, he left Sassari and signed with Vanoli Cremona for the rest of the season.[21][22] On September 28, 2017, he re-signed with Cremona.[23]

On September 24, 2018, Johnson-Odom signed with the Minnesota Timberwolves.[24] This came after it was announced that an Italian anti-doping court suspended him for eight months after he tested positive to a THC test on May 6, 2018.[25] On October 13, 2018, he was waived by the Timberwolves.[26] Johnson-Odom was added to the Iowa Wolves opening night roster.[27] Appearing in 49 games, Johnson-Odom led the 2018–19 Wolves in points per game among players of any service time, putting up 22.5 points per game.[28]

On March 25, 2019, he has signed with Reggio Emilia in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[29] On July 25, 2019, he extended his contract with Reggio Emilia for 2 more years.[30]

On July 21, 2020, he has signed with Orléans Loiret Basket of the French Pro A.[31]

On October 26, 2021, he has signed with Le Mans Sarthe of the LNB Pro A.[32]

On July 21, 2022, he has signed with Rapid București of the Liga Națională.[33]

The Basketball Tournament

Johnson-Odom has played in The Basketball Tournament (TBT), a million-dollar winner-take-all annual tournament, as a member of the Golden Eagles, a team mainly consisting of former Marquette players. He first played on the team in TBT 2016 and TBT 2017. He next played in TBT 2020, when the team won the tournament and its $1 million prize.[34] Johnson-Odom was named MVP of the tournament.[35] He averaged 16.8 points, 1.5 assists and 1.0 steals per game and had 15 points in the title game.[36] He returned to the Golden Eagles for TBT 2022.[37]

Career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

College
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009–10 Marquette 342229.7.455.474.6772.72.4.9.213.0
2010–11 Marquette 373530.0.433.364.7083.02.4.8.215.8
2011–12 Marquette 343332.9.447.385.7643.52.7.9.118.3
Career 1059030.8.443.402.7223.12.5.9.215.7

Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 L.A. Lakers 401.5.000.000.0001.0.3.0.0.0
2013–14 Philadelphia 305.0.000.000.000.7.3.3.0.0
Career 703.0.000.000.000.9.3.1.0.0

Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 Los Angeles 131339.8.440.393.8175.25.21.3.221.0
2013–14 Springfield 272635.9.453.356.8154.46.11.4.222.0
Career 403937.2.448.369.8164.75.81.4.221.7

Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 St. Petersburg 13410.3.418.200.692.9.9.3.05.3
2013–14 Sichuan 5030.8.596.556.8063.42.2.6.220.4
Career 18416.0.509.294.7581.61.2.4.19.5

References
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  2. "Pittsburgh's Gibbs Selected BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year". bigeast.org. October 19, 2011. Archived from the original on October 20, 2011.
  3. Ντάριους Τζόνσον – Όντομ (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  4. DARIUS JOHNSON-ODOM PHYSICALS H: 6'3" 2012 Predraft Measurements Height w/shoes 2012 NBA Draft Combine 6'3".
  5. Ex-Laker Johnson-Odom Joins Russian Team
  6. 2012–13 NBA Assignments Archived March 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  7. Lakers Waive Darius Johnson-Odom
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  9. Bois, Jon (December 30, 2019). "The 10 least consequential athletes of the decade". SBNation. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  10. A quick look at the Celtics' Summer League roster
  11. Lakers Sign Two Players to Training Camp Roster
  12. Lakers waive Darius Johnson-Odom
  13. Darius Johnson-Odom signs with Sichuan Blue Whales
  14. Armor Acquire Guard Darius Johnson-Odom
  15. Sixers Sign Darius Johnson-Odom
  16. Sixers Sign Guard Casper Ware to 10-day Contract
  17. "LA PALLACANESTRO CANTU' INGAGGIA DARIUS JOHNSON- ODOM". Pallacanestrocantu.com (in Italian). August 2, 2014. Archived from the original on September 13, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  18. "Darius Johnson-Odom moves to Trabzonspor". Sportando.com. June 14, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  19. Olympiacos acquires guard Johnson-Odom
  20. In cabina di regia arriva Darius Johnson-Odom (in Italian)
  21. Dinamo Sassari, Darius Johnson-Odom part ways
  22. Vanoli Cremona signs Darius Johnson-Odom, parts ways with Tu Holloway
  23. Darius Johnson-Odom returns to Vanoli Cremona
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