Happy Casa Brindisi announces with great satisfaction that it has signed an agreement valid for the next two sports seasons with the American athlete JaJuan Johnson, who will return to Italy to join the blue-and-white club until 2025.
The 1989 American forward/center was the 27th pick in the 2011 NBA draft, treading the NBA courts for 36 official games wearing the prestigious Boston Celtics jersey.
Great connoisseur of the Italian championship, in Pistoia in 2013/14 and Cantù from 2015 to 2017, he has played in recent years as a protagonist in the top European championships between Russia, Turkey, Germany and France, winning the Eurocup in 2018 with Darussafaka and participating in the ‘Euroleague with the prestigious Bayern Munich jersey in the 2020/21 season.
JaJuan Johnson was also coached by coach Fabio Corbani during his time in Cantù.
After dragging Pistoia to the Scudetto playoffs and game five against Milan with 14.7 points and 6.5 on average, he repeats himself and improves in the following two years so much that in the 2016/17 season he is the second best player by rating (21.3), the fourth scorer (19 points), fourth blocker (1.4) and sixth rebounder (7.2). Important statistics that attract the attention of foreign clubs: Darussafaka, Kuban, Bahçeşehir, Bayern Munich, Ankara and Gravelines are his next steps in a top-level European career.
His European experience is seasoned by 68 EuroCup games averaging 13 points and 5.8 rebounds and 21 Euroleague games, with a career high of 17 points in Bayern’s victory over Valencia.
In his last season in the French first league at Gravelines, he averaged 15.3 points and 4 rebounds. JJJ is now preparing to inflame the Pala Pentassuglia with the Happy Casa Brindisi uniform for the next two seasons.
Coach Corbani’s comment: “I thank the club for this important operation. I know JJ. He will become a valuable technical reference for the team, and his professionalism will be appreciated by our fans. Welcome back to LBA JaJuan!“.
2023-07-09 09:47:20
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