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Amir Jalla Johnson ▪ Twitter : @IamAmirJohnson
Position: Forward ▪ Shoots: RightHeight: 6-9 ▪ Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: May 1 , 1987 in Los Angeles, California
High School: Westchester in Los Angeles, California
Draft: Detroit Pistons , 2nd round (26th pick, 56th overall), 2005 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: January 24, 2006
Age: 26 years, 24 days ▪ Experience: 8 yearsD-League: 40 G, 18.1 PPG, 8.5 RPG, 1.7 APG (Full Record )
News -- May 2013
5/24 HoopsHabit: Toronto Raptors: 5 Best/Worst Moments Of 2012-13 Season : There were high hopes and expectations for the Toronto [...]The post Toronto Raptors: 5 Best/Worst Moments Of 2012-13 Season ...
News -- April 2013
4/25 HoopsHabit: Toronto Raptors: Should Dwane Casey Still Be The Coach Of The Raptors? : On Monday, April 22 in a news conference at The Air Can [...]The post Toronto Raptors: Should Dwane Casey Still Be The Coach Of ...
4/25 Hickory-High: 2013 NBA Anti-Awards! : It’s time again for The NBA Anti-Awards! These awards (playfully) recognize some of the most miserable and discouraging ...
4/12 HoopsHabit: Toronto Raptors: Grading Each Players’ Performance In 2012-13 : The Toronto Raptors head into the final four games of 2 [...]The post Toronto Raptors: Grading Each Players’ Performance ...
4/1 The Picket Fence: Well, Somebody HAS To Win, Right? : This post appeared on RaptorsRepublic.com In the last 17 games, the Toronto Raptors are 4-13. The only reason they haven’t ...
News -- March 2013
3/25 Hickory-High: Weekly Stats Recap : This week’s Stat Study was done with the intention to determine the impact of playing a back to back in terms of total ...
3/16 NBA Jerks: Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks for Mar. 15 : The last time I wrote up a FanDuel lineup I prognosticated a one game renaissance for the Suns Jared Dudley. That happened – ...
3/15 NBA Jerks: Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks for Mar. 15 : The last time I wrote up a FanDuel lineup I prognosticated a one game renaissance for the Suns Jared Dudley. That happened – ...
3/15 Spreadsheet Sports: Friday 3-15 NBA Fanduel Analytics : Please see Introducing the Spreadsheet-Sports Daily Fantasy Sports Analytics System for more information on how these rankings ...
3/11 NBA Jerks: Week 20 Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire: Wright as Rain : With the fantasy playoffs approaching quickly, it’s time to focus on improving specific stat categories you have been lacking ...
3/10 Pickin' Splinters: Raptors overcome poor shooting night, top Cavs 100-96 The Toronto Raptors (25-39) shot just 39% from their home floor yet still defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers (21-42), 100-96....
3/10 Foul Line Extended: The NBA’s Under-Rated Power Forwards : See the table below for players in the 2013 NBA season averaging: 10 Points/game 5 Rebounds/game 60% True Shooting Totals Per ...
News -- February 2013
2/14 Hickory-High: 2013 NBA Anti-Awards: Mid-Season Review : Rolling into the All-Star break of this wild season it’s time to check in on the favorites for The NBA Anti-Awards. These ...
2/12 Spreadsheet Sports: Tuesday 2-12 NBA Fanduel Analytics : Please see Introducing the Spreadsheet-Sports Daily Fantasy Sports Analytics System for more information on how these rankings ...
2/6 The Picket Fence: Is The Big Man Era Over In The NBA? : “You can’t teach height.” It was the late Frank Layden, former Hall of Fame coach and general manager for the ...
2/3 The Picket Fence: Is Pau Next? : It was apparent way back at the beginning of the offseason that the future was now, for the Raptors. Trading a guaranteed lottery ...
2/1 StoopSports.com: Rudy Gay Blockbuster : Jason Quint- Ah, wedding trade season is upon us. Last week Memphis kicked things off when they shipped Wayne Ellington, Mo Speights, ...
2/1 The Picket Fence: The Last Word on the Rudy Gay Trade : I’ve never written so much about one trade before. Of course, most of this post isn’t going to be my own words, but ...
News -- January 2013
1/31 NBA Jerks: Week 14 Fantasy Basketball Stock Market: Rudy Gay Trade Fallout : Any time you get a trade that involves as many players as the Rudy **** Raptors-Grizzlies-Pistons deal you are going to see a ...
1/31 The Picket Fence: What Would Einstein Say About the Raptors Trading for Rudy **** : At around the same time I found out about the Raptors acquiring Rudy **** my oldest daughter ran to me in tears after discovering ...
1/30 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Grizzlies Trade Rudy Gay to Raptors : In a deal that I honestly thought would never happen after the Grizzlies front office managed to get under the luxury tax threshold ...
1/28 The Picket Fence: Why the Raptors Can’t Win Close Games : Taking a break from my long awaited second part of my series on Bryan Colangelo’s three major flaws (it’s coming very ...
1/18 numberFire: Philadelphia 76ers Stat Monkey Brief: Sixers/Raptors (1/18/13) : The Nick Young Show: Throw-it-up offense, what defense?See More
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1/14 NBA Jerks: Week 12 Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire: Digging For Stats : It’s been a pretty quiet week in basketball, though that could be because no one paid any attention to anything but playoff ...
1/10 NBA Jerks: Week 11 Fantasy Hoops Stock Market: Asik For Your Money Back One of the key things a good fantasy daytrader has to look for is minutes. At the end of the day, most players who get......
1/9 HoopsHabit: Toronto Raptors: Can They Sneak Into The Playoffs? : After a very rough start, during which they looked like one of the worst teams in the league, the Toronto Raptors have quietly ...
News -- December 2012
12/17 The Picket Fence: Raptors Rocket Past Houston for Back-to-Back Wins : I haven’t done any post-game summaries, yet this year, mostly because I simply haven’t had the time, and also because ...
12/10 Z krainy NBA: Niszczący i zniszczeni tygodnia #6 : W tym tygodniu wyróżnione zostają zespoły, które jeszcze niedawno zaliczano do najgorszych w całej NBA. Teraz jeden z nich ...
12/10 Z krainy NBA: Staty i skróty: 09.12 : Lakers przegrywają u siebie z Jazz, a Suns notują siódmą z rzędu porażkę. Z kolei Thunder wygrali ósmy raz z rzędu.
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12/6 Cowbell Kingdom: Breaking down DeMarcus Cousins’ efficient outing against the Toronto Raptors Looking at the Sacramento Kings' shot selection in yesterday's win over Toronto...
12/1 Z krainy NBA: Staty i skróty: 30.11 : LA Lakers rozgromili Denver Nuggets, a bohaterami byli niespodziewanie zawodnicy rezerwowi. Phoenix Suns doznało kolejnej wstydliwej ...
News -- November 2012
11/26 Z krainy NBA: Staty i skróty: 25.11 : Trzy dogrywki, prawie triple-double Rajona Rondo, bardzo dobry występ Marcina Gortata i strzelanina za 3 punkty w Nowym Jorku. ...
11/13 Z krainy NBA: Staty i skróty: 12.11 : Thriller w Toronto, popis LeBrona Jamesa i Rajon Rondo bliski triple-double. Do tego zwycięstwo Phoenix Suns nad Denver Nuggets ...
11/11 Z krainy NBA: Staty i skróty: 10.11 :
Drugie zwycięstwo Bobcats, szóste Spurs i dwie dogrywki w Golden State. Do tego najsłabszy występ w sezonie Marcina ...
11/1 Z krainy NBA: Brodacz górą, Lakers wciąż dołują : Świetny debiut Jamesa Hardena, wybuchowe wejście z ławki Jamala Crawforda, a także pierwsze objawy świetnej gry Dwighta Howarda ...
News -- October 2012
10/29 The Picket Fence: 2012 Off-Season Grades and 2013 Season Previews (Raptors) : Since I’m a little later than normal with the Off-Season grades, as well as the Season Preview, I thought I would do an ...
10/19 Gothic Ginobili: Player Capsules 2012, #223-225: Amir Johnson, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Vernon Macklin : As our summer mainstay, Aaron's writing a 370-part series discussing almost every notable player who was -- as of last season ...
10/18 Z krainy NBA: Davis dinozaurem na dłużej :
Toronto Raptors są na tyle zadowoleni z gry Eda Davisa, że zdecydowali się przedłużyć jego umowę.
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10/9 Z krainy NBA: Top 5 akcji z 9 października : Tylko 3 mecze, więc zaledwie 5 akcji. W top 5 królował Brandon Rush, ale świetne akcje zaliczyli też Mirza Begić, Amir Johnson, ...
10/1 HoopsHabit: Toronto Raptors 2012-13 NBA Preview : Toronto Raptors 2011-12 Vitals: 23-43, 4th in Atlantic Division, 11th in Eastern Conference 90.7 PPG/94.0 OPP PPG 2012-13 Roster: ...
News -- September 2012
9/25 The Hoops Manifesto: 2012/13 NBA Team Rankings & Previews: #24 Toronto Raptors : #24 - Toronto Raptors2011/12 Record: 23-43, no playoffs2012/13 Projected Record: 33-49, no playoffs
Key Additions:Terrence ...
9/25 The Hoops Manifesto: 2012/13 NBA Team Rankings & Previews: #24 Toronto Raptors : #24 - Toronto Raptors2011/12 Record: 23-43, no playoffs2012/13 Projected Record: 33-49, no playoffs
Key Additions:Terrence ...
News -- May 2012
5/22 The Picket Fence: 2012 Final Raptor Report Card (Part 2) : After the first part of the Raptors final grades of the season, where we looked at Alabi to DeRozan, I’ve finally been able ...
News -- April 2012
4/20 Hickory-High: NBA Stock Report : Myles Ma is back with the NBA Stock Report, making buy, sell, and hold recommendations for the Heat, Bucks, Trail Blazers, Raptors ...
4/10 The Picket Fence: On Pace To Lose : With all the discussions about tanking recently, it’s **** that the Raptors met, and lost to, the Indiana Pacers Monday ...
News -- March 2012
3/30 The Wages of Wins Journal: Could Kentucky Beat the Toronto Raptors? : The other day, Wages of Wins favorite Charles Barkley (if Magic Johnson is the God of advanced stats, Barkley is the Jesus, or ...
News -- February 2012
2/25 BBR Blog: PI+ Stat of the Day: Most Effective Lineups in a Game : Thanks to the PI+ Lineup Finder, here are the 5-man units with the best +/- in a single game this season: Net (Totals) Rk Lineup ...
2/14 Orlando Magic Daily: Family Time: Checking in on the Timberwolves : In 1989, the Magic and the Timberwolves entered the NBA together. In 23 years since, both franchises have seen their ups and downs. ...
2/4 The Wages of Wins Journal: DeMar DeRozan is killing the Raptors : Devin examines just why the 2011-2012 Raptors are playing so poorly and DeMar DeRozan is largely responsible. Continue reading ...
News -- January 2012
1/11 Hickory-High: Last Night’s Numbers – 1/10/12 : Welcome back to Last Night’s Numbers. For those of you who are new to LNN and Hickory-High, last season I quickly recapped each ...
News -- December 2011
12/26 The Wages of Wins Journal: Toronto will be terrible. : The following post uses the Wins Produced metric. During the long offseason Dave Berri took a little time to tweak it a little. ...
News -- November 2011
11/9 Z krainy NBA: Ranking ESPN, miejsca 200-181 :
Dzisiaj witamy już do pierwszej dwusetki rankingu. Znajdziecie w pierwszej dwudziestce drugi numer tegorocznego draftu, wielu ...
News -- October 2011
10/23 A Substitute for War: NBA Franchise Power Rankings: #22 – Toronto Raptors : Previous rankings: #30 - Charlotte Bobcats (+ introduction) #29 - Phoenix Suns #28 - Denver Nuggets #27 - Detroit Pistons #26 ...
10/23 A Substitute for War: NBA Fan Q&A: Toronto Raptors : From now on after a ranking of players on the NBA Franchise Power Rankings, I will post quotes from the fans – taken from ...
News -- August 2011
8/5 The Wages of Wins Journal: Questions for the Wages of Wins Network Alex, Ben, Greg, James and Patrick examine players ripe for the amnesty clause, underrated players and team killers....
8/5 Z krainy NBA: Podsumowanie 2010-11: Toronto Raptors :
Trzeci dzień podsumowania to trzecia najgorsza drużyna ostatniego sezonu. Przyszła więc pora na jedyną drużynę spoza USA ...
News -- July 2011
7/12 BBR Blog: 2012 APBRmetric Player Rankings: By Position : As a follow-up to this afternoon's list of the Top 593 Players of 2012, here's a positional breakdown for the 452 players who ...
News -- June 2011
6/26 The Picket Fence: Jonas Valanciunas Is Like Two Cookies (and Amir) : A friend recently told me about a show she was watching where scientists conducted an experiment with young children. They put ...
6/17 A Substitute for War: Of Intangibles vs Talent: Jonas Valanciunas vs Donatas Motiejunas in the 2011 NBA Draft : In the 2011 draft there is really only one complete prospect: PG Kyrie Irving. The rest of the prospects split into two general ...
6/16 NBeh?: 2010-11 Raptor Charts Part II : New readers, please check out the basics before leaving any comments.
Yesterday I posted part one, which included both team and ...
6/16 NBeh?: 2010-11 Raptor Charts Part I : New readers, please check out the basics before leaving any comments.
I have a couple of things to post today (with more to ...
6/16 NBeh?: 2010-11 Raptors Season Review : New readers, please check out the basics before leaving any comments.
Now that the season is official over for the Raptors, ...
News -- May 2011
5/15 NBeh?: 2010-11 Raptor Charts Part II : New readers, please check out the basics before leaving any comments.
Yesterday I posted part one, which included both team and ...
5/14 NBeh?: 2010-11 Raptor Charts Part I : New readers, please check out the basics before leaving any comments.
I have a couple of things to post today (with ...
News -- April 2011
4/27 NBeh?: 2010-11 Raptors Season Review : New readers, please check out the basics before leaving any comments.
Now that the season is official over for the Raptors, ...
4/5 Orlando Magic Daily: No Defense for Loss to Raptors : Toronto's 102-98 win over Orlando on Sunday could be described easily in three series in the final moments of the fourth quarter.
The ...