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Washington Wizards | #5 | Guard

AJ Johnson

PPG

7.6

RPG

2.0

APG

2.6

HEIGHT

6'5" (1.96m)

WEIGHT

160lb (73kg)

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Illawarra

AGE

20 years

BIRTHDATE

December 1, 2004

DRAFT

2024 R1 Pick 23

EXPERIENCE

1 Year

6'5" | 160lb | 20 years

DRAFT

2024 R1 Pick 23

BIRTHDATE

December 1, 2004

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Illawarra

EXPERIENCE

1 Year

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.