2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[omahen]

Is Rick grooming, or toying with grooming, Johnson as Luka's point-forward backup? Luka's going to handle the ball but his rebounding is crucial right now. When he's on the bench replacing him with a guy who's a small PG hurts on the boards. Johnson's not a Luka-quality ball-handler but he does stop the ball domination by Jalen that stifles the offense, from my viewpoint.

I watched Johnson more a couple of seasons ago (I think it was a season before Luka was drafted) in Miami. He was playing point forward at that time. It was actualy quite strange because Dragic as a nominal PG was standing in the corner most of the time while Johnson, Winslow and Richardson were trying to create. Johnson had most success and averaged 3,8 assists (Dragic was at 4,8 as team leader). Of course he was much younger and faster