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| No. 7 – Al-Difaa Al-Jawi | |
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| Position | Point guard /shooting guard |
| League | Iraqi Basketball Premier League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1989-09-28)September 28, 1989 (age 36) |
| Listed height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Listed weight | 98 kg (216 lb) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Wakefield (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| College |
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| NBA draft | 2012: 2nd round, 55th overall pick |
| Drafted by | Dallas Mavericks |
| Playing career | 2012–present |
| Career history | |
| 2012–2013 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2012–2013 | →Los Angeles D-Fenders |
| 2013 | Spartak St. Petersburg |
| 2013 | Sichuan Blue Whales |
| 2014 | Springfield Armor |
| 2014 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 2014–2015 | Pallacanestro Cantù |
| 2015 | Trabzonspor |
| 2016 | Olympiacos |
| 2016–2017 | Dinamo Sassari |
| 2017–2018 | Vanoli Cremona |
| 2018–2019 | Iowa Wolves |
| 2019–2020 | Pallacanestro Reggiana |
| 2020–2021 | Orléans Loiret Basket |
| 2021–2022 | Le Mans Sarthe |
| 2022–2023 | Rapid București |
| 2024 | Orléans Loiret Basket |
| 2024-Present | Al-Difaa Al-Jawi |
| Career highlights | |
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Stats at NBA.com  | |
| Stats atBasketball Reference | |
Darius "Darjo" Earvin Johnson-Odom[1] (born September 28, 1989) is an American professionalbasketball player forAl-Difaa Al-Jawi of theIraqi Basketball Premier League. In 2009, he transferred toMarquette University fromHutchinson Community College. As a senior, Johnson-Odom was named first-team All-Big East.[2]
Johnson-Odom is listed as a 6'2" tall (1.88 m) and 100 kg (220 lb.)point guard-shooting guard.[3] He was measured at 6'3" tall with shoes on at the2012 NBA draft combine.[4]
Johnson-Odom spent three seasons at Marquette University before he was selected 55th overall in the2012 NBA draft by theDallas Mavericks, who immediately traded him to theLos Angeles Lakers.[5] Johnson-Odom wasassigned to the Lakers' D-League team, theLos Angeles D-Fenders, several times during2012–13 season.[6]
On January 7, 2013, Johnson-Odom was waived by the Lakers.[7] It was the final day for NBA teams to cut players on non-guaranteed contracts before their contracts became guaranteed 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.[8]
On January 24, 2013, Johnson-Odom joinedSpartak St. Petersburg of Russia for the remainder of the 2012–13 season.[5]
He joined theBoston Celtics for the 2013Orlando Summer League.[9] On September 25, 2013, he re-signed with the Lakers.[10] However, he was later waived again on October 16.[11] On October 18, 2013, he signed with theSichuan Blue Whales of China.[12] 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.[13]
On March 14, 2014, he signed a 10-day contract with thePhiladelphia 76ers.[14] On March 24, 2014, he was not offered a second 10-day contract after his first 10-day contract expired.[15] Johnson-Odom has not played in an NBA game since.
During his time in the NBA, Johnson-Odom tiedLuther Green's NBA record for most careerfield goal attempts without a made field goal, going 0–11 on field goals in his 21minutes of NBA play.[16] However, Green did score 3 points in his career, all of which came fromfree throws;[17] Johnson-Odom, however, went 0-2 from the free throw line throughout his 7-game NBA career, never scoring a single point.[18] This makes Johnson-Odom the record-holder for the most career field goal attempts with 0 career points scored.[19] Johnson-Odom also holds the record for the most career games played without scoring any points, at 7; second on the list arePete Nance andMartynas Andriuškevičius, with 6 career games. He is second in minutes played (MP) without scoring a point, with 21 MP, behindPatricio Garino (43 MP).[20]
On August 2, 2014, he signed withPallacanestro Cantù of Italy for the 2014–15 season.[21]
On June 14, 2015, Johnson-Odom signed withTrabzonspor of the Turkey for the 2015–16 season.[22] On December 28, 2015, he left Trabzonspor and signed withOlympiacos Piraeus of Greece for the rest of the season.[23]
On June 11, 2016, Johnson-Odom signed withDinamo Sassari of Italy for the 2016–17 season.[24] On February 1, 2017, he left Sassari and signed withVanoli Cremona for the rest of the season.[25][26] On September 28, 2017, he re-signed with Cremona.[27]
On September 24, 2018, Johnson-Odom signed with theMinnesota Timberwolves.[28] This came after it was announced that an Italian anti-doping court suspended him for eight months after he tested positive to a THC test on May 6, 2018.[29] On October 13, 2018, he was waived by the Timberwolves.[30] Johnson-Odom was added to theIowa Wolves opening night roster.[31] Appearing in 49 games, Johnson-Odom led the 2018–19 Wolves in points per game among players of any service time, putting up 22.5 points per game.[32]
On March 25, 2019, Johnson-Odom signed withReggio Emilia in the ItalianLega Basket Serie A (LBA).[33] On July 25, 2019, he extended his contract withReggio Emilia for 2 more years.[34]
On July 21, 2020, Johnson-Odom signed withOrléans Loiret Basket of theFrench Pro A.[35]
On October 26, 2021, Johnson-Odom signed withLe Mans Sarthe of theLNB Pro A.[36]
On July 21, 2022, he has signed withRapid București of theLiga Națională.[37]
On February 19, 2024, Johnson-Odom signed withOrléans Loiret Basket of theLNB Pro B.[38] He averaged 13.9 points and 6.4 assists per game across 16 appearances.[39]
On September 21, 2024, Johnson-Odom signed withAl-Difaa Al-Jawi of theIraqi Basketball Premier League.[39]
Johnson-Odom has played inThe Basketball Tournament (TBT), a million-dollar winner-take-all annual tournament, as a member of theGolden Eagles, a team mainly consisting of former Marquette players. He first played on the team inTBT 2016 andTBT 2017. He next played inTBT 2020, when the team won the tournament and its $1 million prize.[40] Johnson-Odom was named MVP of the tournament.[41] He averaged 16.8 points, 1.5 assists and 1.0 steals per game and had 15 points in the title game.[42] He returned to the Golden Eagles forTBT 2022.[43]
| 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 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | Marquette | 34 | 22 | 29.7 | .455 | .474 | .677 | 2.7 | 2.4 | .9 | .2 | 13.0 |
| 2010–11 | Marquette | 37 | 35 | 30.0 | .433 | .364 | .708 | 3.0 | 2.4 | .8 | .2 | 15.8 |
| 2011–12 | Marquette | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
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