ESPN reports that the Portland club has activated the “team option” on the contract of Keon Johnson for the 2023/24 season, which will be the third of his rookie contract.
A perfectly logical choice since the 20-year-old rear took advantage of his transfer from the Clippers to the Blazers last year. Stuck in Los Angeles, he found more playing time in Portland in the second half of the season, in a team focused on the Draft after the “trade deadline”, and he offered himself some good passages.
His averages in Oregon: 9.7 points on 35.7% shooting, 2.7 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 25.5 minutes (22 games, 12 starts).
His playing time should logically decrease this season, within a workforce eager to return to the playoffs to erase the exit from the road last year. Thus, behind Anfernee Simons and Gary Payton II, or even also the rookie Shaedon Sharpe, the former Tennessee will try to recover a few crumbs at the back. Last night, he started against Maccabi Ra’anana and scored 18 points.
| Keon Johnson | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2021-22 * | All Teams | 37 | 19 | 35.3 | 34.0 | 80.4 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 7.2 |
| 2021-22 * | ORP | 22 | 26 | 35.7 | 34.8 | 83.3 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 9.7 |
| 2021-22 * | LAKE | 15 | 9 | 33.3 | 27.3 | 76.2 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 3.5 |
| Total | 37 | 19 | 35.3 | 34.0 | 80.4 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 7.2 | |
