Arthur Dock Johnson is an American

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player playing most recently for Istanbul BBSK.

Biography

Johnson was born December 20, 1982 in

Detroit, Michigan Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at ...

. After graduating from Pershing High School, he played four seasons for the Missouri Tigers at the

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. During his collegiate years, he played on the All-Big 12 second team during the 2002–2003 and 2003–2004 seasons and on the All-Big 12 tournament first team in 2003. He remained undrafted in the

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. Despite this, he played in the

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for the

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(2004–2005), the Atlanta Hawks (2005–2006), and the Chicago Bulls (2005–2006). In October 2004, Johnson signed with the

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, but was placed on waivers and became a free agent in January 2005. In October 2005, he signed with the New Jersey Nets, but within the month was on waivers and became a free agent. He has played internationally with

Aris B.C. Aris Basketball Club ( el, Άρης K.A.E., transliterated into English Aris B.S.A.) known in European competitions as Aris Thessaloniki, is the professional basketball team of the major Thessaloniki-based Greece, Greek multi-sport club Aris Th ...

(2004–2005), Cherkasy Monkeys (2005–2006, 2006–2007),

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(2007–2008), Vestel (2010–2011), Maliye Milli (2011–2012), and Istanbul BBSK (2012–2013).

References

1982 births Living people American men's basketball players Basketball players at the 2003 Pan American Games Basketball players from Detroit Missouri Tigers men's basketball players Pan American Games competitors for the United States Pershing High School alumni {{1980s-US-basketball-bio-stub