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New Orleans Pelicans | #14 | Guard

AJ Johnson

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HEIGHT

6'6" (1.98m)

WEIGHT

175lb (79kg)

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Illawarra

AGE

21 years

BIRTHDATE

December 1, 2004

DRAFT

2024 R1 Pick 23

EXPERIENCE

2 Years

6'6" | 175lb | 21 years

DRAFT

2024 R1 Pick 23

BIRTHDATE

December 1, 2004

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Illawarra

EXPERIENCE

2 Years

Player Bio

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Selected by the Bucks with the 23rd overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft … 2024 NBA Summer League: Played and started all 5 of Milwaukee’s 2024 Summer League games … averaged 11.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 22.2 minutes per game … reached double figures in scoring 3 games, including 1 game with 22 points.

BEFORE NBA

INTERNATIONAL … Before being drafted by the Bucks, played his first professional season in 2023-24 with the Illawarra Hawks in Australia’s NBL … was part of the league’s Next Stars program, which is an innovative player development program that is unique to the Australian NBL … played in 26 games with the Hawks and averaged 2.9 points, 1.0 rebound and 0.7 assists in 7.7 minutes per game.

HIGH SCHOOL … Consensus four-star recruit in the Class of 2023 coming out of Southern California Academy in Castaic, California … originally committed to the University of Texas before choosing to play in Australia … participated in the 2022 Chris Paul Elite Guard Camp and 2023 Iverson Classic … selected for the October 2022 USA Basketball Junior National Team minicamp.