Up for auction “Phoenix Suns” Joe Johnson Hand Signed 10X8 Color Photo. .This item is authenticated By Certified Authentication Service (CAS) and comes with their certificate of authenticity and hologram affixed.
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Joe Marcus Johnson (born
June 29, 1981) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Boston Celtics of
the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Nicknamed "Iso Joe", he played high school basketball
for Little Rock Central High School and college basketball for
the Arkansas
Razorbacks. After two years with Arkansas, he declared for the 2001 NBA draft where he was drafted 10th overall by
the Boston Celtics. Johnson is
a seven-time NBA All-Star and has
also played for the Phoenix Suns, Atlanta Hawks, Brooklyn Nets, Miami Heat, Utah Jazz and Houston Rockets, while having also represented the United States
national team. While playing for the Hawks, he earned the nickname
"Iso Joe" for his skills on isolation plays. He
is one of 49 NBA players to score 20,000 career points. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas,
Johnson was a member of the William E. Thrasher Boys & Girls Club as
a youngster and attended Little Rock Central High School,
a school that had produced other athletes including Baseball Hall of
Famers Brooks Robinson and Bill Dickey, as well as football player Fred Williams and
collegiate football coach Houston Nutt. Johnson became a force with Phoenix as he
averaged 14.0 points per game in his three and a half seasons with the Suns,
becoming a clutch three-point shooter as
he averaged 39.3% from the three-point arc during his tenure with the Suns. During
the 2004–05 campaign, Johnson and the Suns posted a 62–20 record. Johnson's
three point accuracy improved dramatically between 2004 and 2005, shooting
30.5% on threes in 2004 and 47.8% in 2005, and shooting .556 in the 2005 playoffs. In
the 2005 NBA playoffs, Johnson required surgery to repair a left
orbital bone fracture sustained following a dunk attempt against the Dallas Mavericks in the second round. Johnson missed the
remainder of the series against the Mavericks as well as the first two games of
the Western Conference Finals against the San Antonio Spurs. When he returned, Johnson wore a face mask
for protection. The Suns fell to the eventual NBA champion Spurs, 4 games to 1.