Darius Johnson-Odom’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro American basketball player
Is Athlete 
Basketball player 
From United States of America 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 28 September 1989, Raleigh
Age: 30 years

Darius Earvin Johnson-Odom (born September 28, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Vanoli Cremona of the Italian Serie A. In 2009, he transferred to Marquette University from Hutchinson Community College. As a senior, Johnson-Odom was named first-team All-Big East.

Player profile

Johnson-Odom is listed as a 6’2″ tall (1.88 m) and 100 kg (220 lb.) point guard-shooting guard. He was measured at 6’3″ tall with shoes on at the 2012 NBA Draft combine.

Professional career

Johnson-Odom spent three seasons at Marquette University before he was selected 55th overall in the 2012 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks, who immediately traded him to the Los Angeles Lakers. Johnson-Odom was assigned to the Lakers’ D-League team, the Los Angeles D-Fenders, several times during 2012–13 season.

On January 7, 2013, Johnson-Odom was waived by the Lakers. It was the final day for NBA teams to cut players on non-guaranteed contracts before their contracts became locked for the season. He played four games and had just 6 minutes in total for the Lakers, spending most of his time in the D-League where he was the D-Fenders’ leading scorer, averaging 21 points per game.

On January 24, 2013, Johnson-Odom joined Spartak St. Petersburg of Russia for the remainder of the 2012–13 season.

He joined the Boston Celtics for the 2013 Orlando Summer League. On September 25, 2013, he re-signed with the Lakers. However, he was later waived again on October 16. On October 18, 2013, he signed with the Sichuan Blue Whales of China. In November 2013, just four games into the season, he left the Blue Whales.

On January 3, 2014, he was acquired by the Springfield Armor.

On March 14, 2014, he signed a 10-day contract with the Philadelphia 76ers. On March 24, 2014, he was not offered a second 10-day contract after his first 10-day contract expired.

On August 2, 2014, he signed with Pallacanestro Cantù of Italy for the 2014–15 season.

On June 14, 2015, Johnson-Odom signed with Trabzonspor of the Turkey for the 2015–16 season. On December 28, 2015, he left Trabzonspor and signed with Olympiacos Piraeus of Greece for the rest of the season.

On June 11, 2016, Johnson-Odom signed with Dinamo Sassari of Italy for the 2016–17 season. On February 1, 2017, he left Sassari and signed with Vanoli Cremona.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 L.A. Lakers 4 0 1.5 .000 .000 .000 1.0 .3 .0 .0 .0
2013–14 Philadelphia 3 0 5.0 .000 .000 .000 .7 .3 .3 .0 .0
Career 7 0 3.0 .000 .000 .000 .9 .3 .1 .0 .0

NBA D-League

Regular Season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 Los Angeles 13 13 39.8 .440 .393 .817 5.2 5.2 1.3 .2 21.0
2013–14 Springfield 27 26 35.9 .453 .356 .815 4.4 6.1 1.4 .2 22.0
Career 40 39 37.2 .448 .369 .816 4.7 5.8 1.4 .2 21.7

International Leagues

Regular Season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 St. Petersburg 13 4 10.3 .418 .200 .692 .9 .9 .3 .0 5.3
2013–14 Sichuan 5 0 30.8 .596 .556 .806 3.4 2.2 .6 .2 20.4
Career 18 4 16.0 .509 .294 .758 1.6 1.2 .4 .1 9.5

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009–10 Marquette Golden Eagles 34 22 29.7 .455 .474 .677 2.7 2.4 .9 .2 13.0
2010–11 Marquette Golden Eagles 37 35 30.0 .433 .364 .708 3.0 2.4 .8 .2 15.8
2011–12 Marquette Golden Eagles 34 33 32.9 .447 .385 .764 3.5 2.7 .9 .1 18.3
Career 105 90 30.8 .443 .402 .722 3.1 2.5 .9 .2 15.7
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