Marques Kevin Johnson was born on February 8,1956 and is an American former professional basketball player who is a basketball analyst for the Milwaukee Bucks on Bally Sports Wisconsin.
21 Facts About Marques Johnson
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Marques Johnson played as a small forward in the National Basketball Association from 1977 to 1989, where he was a five-time All-Star.
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Marques Johnson played the majority of his career with the Bucks.
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Marques Johnson played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins and won a national championship in 1975.
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Marques Johnson was the third overall pick in the 1977 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks.
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Marques Johnson played seven seasons with Milwaukee before finishing his NBA career with the Los Angeles Clippers and the Golden State Warriors.
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Marques Johnson was born in Natchitoches, Louisiana and raised in South Los Angeles, where he played high school basketball at Crenshaw High School in Crenshaw, Los Angeles, winning the Los Angeles City Section 4-A Division Player of the Year in 1973.
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Marques Johnson later attended UCLA, and became an All-American player on its basketball teams, under Coach John Wooden and coach Gene Bartow.
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Marques Johnson continued to excel, earning the first of his two first-team All-Pac-8 selections as a junior in 1976.
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Marques Johnson was selected third overall in the 1977 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks, coached by Don Nelson.
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Marques Johnson averaged 19.5 points per game and 10.6 rebounds per game in his first professional season, and was named to the 1978 NBA All-Rookie Team.
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Marques Johnson played in the 1979 NBA All-Star Game and was named to the All-NBA First Team.
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Nelson instructed Marques Johnson to set up the offense from his forward position.
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Marques Johnson responded, "OK, so instead of a point guard, I'm a point forward".
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Marques Johnson helped lead Milwaukee to several division titles.
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Marques Johnson has five sons, Kris, Josiah, Joshua, Moriah and Cyrus.
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Marques Johnson is still actively enhancing his creative roots, writing screenplays and short stories.
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Marques Johnson was the early morning show co-host on the Clippers' flagship radio station, KFWB-AM in Los Angeles.
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Marques Johnson served a color analyst for the Seattle SuperSonics in the late 1990s.
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Marques Johnson was nationally on Fox Sports and Fox Sports 1 as a basketball analyst.
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Since 2015, Marques Johnson has worked as both a full-time and part-time analyst for Milwaukee Bucks telecasts on Fox Sports Wisconsin.