<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/bulls-news-james-johnson-reveals-what-derrick-rose-really-like');   ga('set', 'title', 'James Johnson reveals what Bulls’ Derrick Rose was really like');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Bulls-news-James-Johnson-reveals-what-Derrick-Rose-was-really-like.jpg"></figure><h1>James Johnson reveals what Bulls’ Derrick Rose was really like</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-16T16:57:00-07:00">September 16th, 4:57pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-16T16:57:00-07:00">September 16th, 4:57pm</time><address><a href="https://nextmanupblog.medium.com/">Jay Postrado</a>Jay Postrado is a sports writer for ClutchPoints, with expertise in covering the NBA, NFL, MLB, Tennis, and Formula 1. He is a lifelong motorsports and tennis fan. Jay's need for speed may no longer be on the grid or courts but has stayed with him through writing.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The biggest what-if in NBA history has to be about Derrick Rose. He was thriving with the Chicago Bulls and even found his way to become the youngest Most Valuable Player in league history. However, injuries derailed him from being able to play to his full potential. He then made his way to a lot of teams and has now <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-ja-morants-game-draws-derrick-rose-comparison-from-joakim-noah">ended up with the Memphis Grizzlies.</a> Up until now, legends about the great things he did on the court have been surfacing throughout league history. Indiana Pacers’ James Johnson may have just added to the plethora of stories about the all-time great.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-news-jalen-brunson-derrick-rose-injury-tom-thibodeau-negative-reputation">Derrick Rose was thought of</a> as a very serious guy. He did not show emotions during his All-Star introductions and was just ready to jump over someone if it meant that he would get a and-one opportunity. However, James Johnson posits that the youngest MVP in league history was not too serious. In fact, the Bulls legend was<a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1835173947035598977" rel="noopener"> actually fairly funny.</a></p><p>“He was very quiet until you met him and started rocking with him. One of the funniest guys ever. Just being a rookie and knowing that I’m about to watch the best player in the league at that time. The things that he was doing were so incredible, that was the year before his MVP year. His MVP year, he picked up where he left off,” the Pacers enforcer said, via The OGs Show.</p><h2><b>Derrick Rose’s time with the Bulls</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Derrick-Rose.jpg"><figcaption>© Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>There truly is not a blink-or-you-miss-it moment in the NBA greater than Derrick Rose, maybe Brandon Roy rivals it. At the peak of his powers, the Bulls may have very well been considered a title contender just because of how gifted Rose was. In his MVP year, he managed to rack up 25 points while shooting with a 44.5% clip from all three levels of scoring. He also dropped 7.7 rebounds while stealing the ball at least once per game.</p><p>Now, he is off to mentor Ja Morant and the young guns in the Grizzlies system. There is no certainty as to when his last year in the league would come but one can imagine that his time to hang it up is looming.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

James Johnson reveals what Bulls’ Derrick Rose was really like

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-news-jeff-teague-story-james-johnson-knocking-out-three-guys');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jeff Teague tells wild story of James Johnson knocking out 3 guys at once');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/NBA-news-Jeff-Teague-tells-wild-story-of-James-Johnson-knocking-out-3-guys-at-once.jpg"></figure><h1>Jeff Teague tells wild story of James Johnson knocking out 3 guys at once</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-18T20:09:12-07:00">July 18th, 8:09pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-18T20:09:12-07:00">July 18th, 8:09pm</time><address><a>Nathan Yasis</a>Nathan Yasis is a sports writer for ClutchPoints, specializing in the NBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jeff Teague recently appeared on “The Draymond Green Show,” where he talked about one of the most intimidating players in the league. Teague, who played alongside veteran forward James Johnson for two years at Wake Forest, recounted the experience of knowing not to cross him.</p><p>During the podcast, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-why-draymond-green-still-holds-grudge-with-jeff-teague-brother">Teague and Green discussed</a> James Johnson, known for being an enforcer in the NBA, his black belt in karate and his practice of kickboxing and mixed martial arts.</p><p>Green initiated the conversation stating, “Speaking of James Johnson, probably the most feared man in the NBA,” to which Jeff Teague immediately chimed in, “I’ve seen him knock out three dudes at one time, and I’ve seen him knock out a seven-footer.”</p><p>Johnson was the subject of a story Teague shared from their college days, highlighting his scary presence and reputation.</p><p>“His whole family, black belts. He got videos of his dad beating his legs with like wood, but they got their feet up like six inches. So when you see James’ legs it’s massive,” Teague said.</p><h2><b>James Johnson had Jeff Teague’s back when they were in college</b></h2><p>Although Johnson hasn’t achieved notable milestones in the NBA aside from a lengthy 15-season career, he is widely respected and rarely challenged. Many are unaware of his martial arts prowess, which includes disciplined and dedicated practice.</p><p>“Our freshman year, (football players) kept calling me Mike Conley when I came to Wake Forest. He was like, ‘You call him Mike Conley again, I’m gonna knock you out.’ But nobody know that he had this kickboxing resume. One of the coaches like, ‘Aye, bro. Leave him alone. He not who y’all think he is,” Teague recalled.</p><p>At just 18 years old, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/james-johnson-thinks-he-could-beat-ufc-jon-jones-in-a-fight">Johnson won his first martial</a> arts fight in an impressive 97 seconds. He has also competed in MMA across three states, maintaining an undefeated record. Aware of Johnson’s formidable fighting skills, Teague was glad to have him as a <a href="https://www.twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1814015797020459176" rel="noopener">teammate during their college days</a>.</p><p>“And the coaches start telling him, ‘He a kickboxer.’ We didn’t know either so we had a meeting. This dude had a kickboxing match set up. The coach has to sit us down and tell us, ‘Yo, are you gonna be a kickboxer or a basketball player?’ He like, ‘I need some money.’ Oh, you’re about to go fight? For money? Oh, hell no. I’m not f**king with this dude,” the former NBA star said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"I've seen him knock out three dudes at one time… You're about to go fight? For money? Oh hell I'm not f****** with this dude."</p><p>Jeff Teague on James Johnson 😂</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/TheVolumeSports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheVolumeSports</a>)<a href="https://t.co/3BSwdzc6Nh">pic.twitter.com/3BSwdzc6Nh</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1814015797020459176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Jeff Teague and Jeff Johnson’s very different NBA careers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Jeff-Teague-coaching.jpg"><figcaption>Doug McSchooler/for IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK</figcaption></figure><p>Jeff Teague and James Johnson played two years together at Wake Forest before Teague declared for the 2009 NBA Draft.</p><p>Teague was selected 19th overall by the Atlanta Hawks and went on to have a successful career, becoming an All-Star in 2015 and winning an NBA championship with the Milwaukee Bucks in 2021.</p><p>Conversely, Johnson was selected 16th overall by the Chicago Bulls. Throughout his 15-season career, he has played for 10 different teams. At 37, he is now a free agent.</p><p>Despite lacking the accolades typically used to judge players, Green and Teague respect the NBA journeyman. Green, in particular, respect Johnson’s discipline, and courage.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jeff Teague tells wild story of James Johnson knocking out 3 guys at once

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/james-johnson-thinks-he-could-beat-ufc-jon-jones-in-a-fight');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why James Johnson thinks he could beat Jon Jones in a fight');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Why-James-Johnson-thinks-he-could-beat-Jon-Jones-in-a-fight.jpg"></figure><h1>Why James Johnson thinks he could beat Jon Jones in a fight</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-17T07:19:14-07:00">September 17th, 7:19am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-17T07:19:14-07:00">September 17th, 7:19am</time><address><a>Abhinav Kini</a>Abhinav Kini is a Journalism graduate from Loyola University Chicago and has been writing on sports ever since he realized he was good at it during his gap year after high school. He mainly specializes in MMA, NBA, boxing, soccer and tennis.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MMA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Former NBA forward <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-james-johnson-joins-kevin-durant-brooklyn-on-one-year-deal" rel="noopener">James Johnson</a> believes he could defeat UFC heavyweight champion <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/im-over-the-hill-jon-jones-real-athletic-mortality-amid-ufc-295-stipe-miocic-fight" rel="noopener">Jon Jones</a> in a fight.</p><p>The 2009 first round pick made the extremely bold claim while appearing on the NBA Rookie Life podcast where he went on to state that with <a href="https://www.si.com/fannation/mma/news/nba-vet-james-johnson-ill-beat-ufc-champ-jon-jones-with-1-year-of-training" rel="noopener">a year of training</a>, he’d emerge victorious over Jones.</p><p>“I rock with [Jon] Jones,” Johnson said (via SI). “…I would need a year [to go up against Jones]. My standup game is great but what we all know with Jones is he’s a collegiate wrestler… really good on the ground and that’s not my forte.</p><p>“I can get on the ground. …To his level? I’m not there yet I’d definitely need a year to work on counters and defenses against it so that we can stay on our feet.”</p><p>Johnson is seemingly backing his experience in fighting growing up as well as his physical attributes being 6’7”. He’s also a few months older than Jones.</p><p>“I could beat [Jon Jones] for real,” he added. “With a year of training defense, I just need ground defense. … He started learning how to use your hands and your feet what? After college? I’ve been punching and kicking since I was five, six years old.</p><p>” … He has a big advantage there [on the ground] but as long as I can keep him from going on the floor… I win.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"I could beat [Jon Jones] for real. With a year of training defense… He started learning how to use your hands and your feet what? After college? I've been punching and kicking since I was 5/6 years old." </p><p>—James Johnson</p><p>(via "NBA Rookie Life") <a href="https://t.co/WQWllKDsSr">pic.twitter.com/WQWllKDsSr</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1703236633993326698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 17, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Now, to his credit, Johnson is said to have a black belt in karate as well as a 20-0 record in kickboxing along with some MMA experience. However, at the same time, his combat experience isn’t really documented anywhere.</p><p>But that said, even if he does have some legitimate combat experience, it’s extremely bold and delusional to feel he can defeat Jones in a fight with just a year of training.</p><p>Jones is regarded as the greatest MMA fighter of all time and is yet to suffer a true defeat inside the octagon with his only loss coming as a result of a disqualification.</p><p>Granted, “Bones” does tend to struggle at times against fighters who are close to his height and frame, but he’s still emerged victorious every time and those are against fighters training and competing for multiple years at the highest level.</p><p>Safe to say, take Johnson’s comments with a massive grain of salt.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why James Johnson thinks he could beat Jon Jones in a fight

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'James Johnson joins Kevin Durant, Nets on one-year deal');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/James-Johnson-Kevin-durant-Kyrie-Irving-James-Harden.jpg"></figure><h1>James Johnson joins Kevin Durant, Nets on one-year deal</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-08-03T09:54:29-07:00">August 3rd, 9:54am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-08-03T09:55:54-07:00">August 3rd, 9:55am</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a freelance sports journalist and full-time editor for ClutchPoints. He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP, he's writing predictions across the European soccer and NBA world for bettors at Sports Betting Dime, one of the fastest-growing sports betting sites in North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Brooklyn Nets continue to add pieces around their Big 3 of Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Kyrie Irving. After recently bringing back Bruce Brown,<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/brooklyn-nets/roster"> the team</a> has now signed NBA journeyman James Johnson to a one-year deal, <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1422594060620079107">per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski</a>:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Free agent F James Johnson has agreed to a one-year deal with the Brooklyn Nets, his agent Mark Bartelstein of <a href="https://twitter.com/PrioritySports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@PrioritySports</a> tells ESPN.</p><p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1422594060620079107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">August 3, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>The Nets will be the ninth team Johnson plays for after splitting time between the Dallas Mavericks and New Orleans Pelicans last season. Ahead of the March trade deadline, the Mavs sent the 34-year-old to the Pels in the JJ Redick deal.</p><p>In 51 games between both organizations, Johnson averaged 7.2 points and 3.5 rebounds per night. While he’s not a huge offensive weapon, Johnson brings a veteran presence and stout defense to the Nets. He gives Brooklyn frontcourt depth and is a physical presence in the paint who takes pride in stopping bigs.</p><p>The Nets don’t need much more pieces with a superstar trio already in place, but it’s nice to see them bringing in role players to complement the Big 3. An NBA title is a very realistic possibility again next season if KD, Harden, and Irving can stay healthy because that was their kryptonite in 2020/21.</p><p>It will be interesting to see if Brooklyn adds any more players to the fold by the end of the week.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

James Johnson joins Kevin Durant, Nets on one-year deal

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Lakers’ Jared Dudley calls out NBA for fines after James Johnson-Cody Martin fight');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Lakers-news-Jared-Dudley-calls-out-NBA-for-fines-after-James-Johnson-Cody-Martin-fight-Thumbnail.jpg"></figure><h1>Lakers’ Jared Dudley calls out NBA for fines after James Johnson-Cody Martin fight</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-01-01T10:55:37-08:00">January 1st, 10:55am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-01-01T10:55:37-08:00">January 1st, 10:55am</time><address><a>Marty Fenn</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Los Angeles Lakers veteran Jared Dudley has some questions regarding NBA fines for physical altercations.</p><p>The league office handed down fines to Charlotte Hornets swingman Cody Martin and Dallas Mavericks forward James Johnson <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavs-news-james-johnson-cody-martin-ejected-after-headbutting-incident/" rel="noopener">after the two scuffled</a> Wednesday night. Johnson was fined $40,000 for sparking the incident with a headbutt. Martin was fined $25,000, and his twin brother, Caleb, was fined $20,000.</p><p>Dudley thinks the dollar amount is excessive. The 35-year-old questioned whether the financial penalty should really be that steep when no punches were thrown. As Dudley points out, it was mostly pushing and shoving, though the situation might have escalated further:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I know NBA players make a lot of money but getting fined 40k and 25k with no punches being thrown is crazy.. You can get a tech, talk crazy to a ref, cussed him out and it’s only 2500.. But pushing a player body is 40 and 25k.. Naw bruh! It’s getting out of control <a href="https://t.co/PcrSVg8dAT" target="_blank">https://t.co/PcrSVg8dAT</a></p><p>— Jared Dudley (@JaredDudley619) <a href="https://twitter.com/JaredDudley619/status/1345059088900743171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 1, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>The Lakers forward also clarified the need for financial punishment for incidents like these, suggesting there should be a max penalty for pushing and shoving:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I agree! There needs to be a punishment just like a tech.. I’m just disagreeing with the money amount <a href="https://t.co/4v9JJ7j1Lc" target="_blank">https://t.co/4v9JJ7j1Lc</a></p><p>— Jared Dudley (@JaredDudley619) <a href="https://twitter.com/JaredDudley619/status/1345070920277356546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 1, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Agreed! Malice started cuz of fans throwing things onto the court… you can’t stop these esculations but you can discourage them. If you throw a punch you should get suspended. Pushing should be 5/10k Max just like a tech is 2500 max.. <a href="https://t.co/h7CG7JDlPz" target="_blank">https://t.co/h7CG7JDlPz</a></p><p>— Jared Dudley (@JaredDudley619) <a href="https://twitter.com/JaredDudley619/status/1345073086941573121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 1, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>The league stated Johnson’s punishment was based on a certain intimidation factor. Meanwhile, Martin was fined for a retaliatory act and making contact with an official, per <a href="https://www.thescore.com/news/2082219">theScore</a>:</p><blockquote>The league slapped Johnson with a $40,000 fine for “deliberately pushing Cody Martin out of bounds, aggressively confronting him, and imitating the incident,” according to a statement. The 14-year veteran received a technical foul for his role in the confrontation and was ejected from the game.Cody Martin also received a technical and was ejected for “pushing Johnson in retaliation and making contact with a game official,” the league’s statement read. The NBA fined him $25,000.</blockquote><p>The explanation apparently doesn’t sway Dudley, who is unafraid to mix things up himself. The Lakers veteran seems to believe there is a certain line players would have to cross in order to receive such a heavy fine, though he understands there has to be some form of discipline.</p><p>We’ll see if Dudley winds up facing any punishment himself for speaking out against the league.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Lakers’ Jared Dudley calls out NBA for fines after James Johnson-Cody Martin fight

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