Britton Johnsen

Britton Johnsen
Personal information
Born	July 8, 1979 (age 45); Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school	Murray (Murray, Utah)
College	Utah (1997–1998, 2000–2003)
NBA draft	2003: undrafted
Playing career	2003–2011
Position	Small forward / power forward
Number	31, 32
Career history
2003	Orlando Magic
2003–2004	Fayetteville Patriots
2004	Orlando Magic
2004	Indiana Pacers
2004–2005	Idaho Stampede
2005–2006	Lucentum Alicante
2006	Panellinios
2006–2007	Pau-Orthez
2008	Bakersfield Jam
2008	Utah Flash
2008	Galatasaray Café Crown
2008–2009	PAOK Thessaloniki
2009–2010	Panellinios
2011	Quilmes de Mar del Plata
Career highlights and awards
	All-NBADL Second Team (2004); MWC Player of the Year (2002); Second-team Parade All-American (1997);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Britton Weaver Johnsen (born July 8, 1979) is an American retired professional basketball player who played briefly in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He graduated from Murray High School and the University of Utah. Born in Salt Lake City, his hometown is Murray, Utah. Johnsen is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.^[1]

College career

Johnsen played college basketball with the University of Utah's Utah Utes.

Professional career

Johnsen was selected with the #19 pick of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) draft by the Gary Steelheads in 2003. He then played briefly for the Orlando Magic in the NBA in the 2003–04 NBA season averaging 2.1 points and 2.1 rebounds per game. He then played with the New Orleans Hornets during the 2004 NBA preseason and with the Indiana Pacers in the 2004–05 NBA season averaging 2.0 points and 1.7 rebounds per game.

He also played with the summer league squad of the Utah Jazz at the Rocky Mountain Revue and with the Jazz during their preseason training camp in the year 2008.^[2]

He also played in the NBA D-League with the Fayetteville Patriots, the Bakersfield Jam, and the Utah Flash^[3] and in the CBA with the Idaho Stampede.

Overseas

Johnsen also played overseas for several professional clubs. He moved to the Spanish ACB League club Etosa Alicante in 2005. He then moved to the Greek A1 League club Panellinios Athens in 2006.

In 2007, he joined the French Pro A League club Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez. In 2008, he moved to the Turkish League club Galatasaray Café Crown. In 2009, he joined the Greek team PAOK Thessaloniki.^[4] A year later, he signed with Panellinios B.C. In 2011, he joined the Argentine team Quilmes de Mar del Plata.^[5]

References

^ Johnsen has faith to keep knocking.
^ Ex-Ute Britton Johnsen at Jazz camp.
^ Flash acquire Johnsen from Bakersfield Jam.
^ PAOK signs Johnsen. (in Greek) Archived January 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ Britton Johnson. latinbasket.

Sources

External links

FIBA profile
TBLStat.net profile
Britton Johnsen NBA Statistics @ Basketballreference.com
Utah Utes bio

[1] Johnsen has faith to keep knocking.

[2] Ex-Ute Britton Johnsen at Jazz camp.

[3] Flash acquire Johnsen from Bakersfield Jam.

[4] PAOK signs Johnsen. (in Greek) Archived January 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

[5] Britton Johnson. latinbasket.

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