Kris Johnson (basketball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Kris Johnson (basketball)

professional basketball player

Date of Birth: 18-Jul-1975

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession: basketball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Kris Johnson (basketball)

  • Kristaan Iman Johnson (born July 18, 1975) is an American retired professional basketball player.
  • He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, where he also won a NCAA championship his freshman year in 1995.
  • Johnson played eight years professionally in multiple countries, winning the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) Champions Cup in 2002 and being named the tournament's Most Valuable Player (MVP).
  • He later worked as a basketball analyst for Fox Sports before starting his own sports website, JerseyChaser.com. Johnson played high school basketball for Crenshaw High School, where he was named Los Angeles City Section Player of the Year and won two consecutive California state basketball championships.
  • He and his father, Marques—who played basketball professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and college under legendary coach John Wooden at UCLA—are one of the few father–son combinations to either each be named Los Angeles City Section Player of the Year or to have both won an NCAA basketball championship.

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