Joe Johnson returns!

[JumpingJudkins]

I love having Joe Johnson back for ten days, but we've now signed three emergency small forwards ... wouldn't it have made sense to pick up one guy to back up Bruno Fernando? We let Luke Kornet escape to the Cavs.

[Surferdad]

Just looking for ideas, and this came up:
https://big3.com/news/joe-johnson-crowned-too-hard-to-guard-after-dominant-season/

[hpantazo]

I love having Joe Johnson back for ten days, but we've now signed three emergency small forwards ... wouldn't it have made sense to pick up one guy to back up Bruno Fernando? We let Luke Kornet escape to the Cavs.

Exactly. We were already short on power forwards even before covid hit, and we're short on centers right now too. We could have signed at least one big man.

[jambr380]

Box score from the last game he played for the Celtics before being traded to the Suns his rookie year:

Feb 16, 2002

https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200202160SEA.html

Starters:

Pierce
Walker
Anderson
Eric Williams
Battie

You've simply got to love Employee #8's stat line from this game. Classic Walker, all the way across.

Not really 'classic'. That was an especially bad game for him. The dude was an All-Star 3 times and helped lead Cs teams further in the playoffs than they had any business going. I get it, he was inefficient, but people seem to think he was one of the all-time worst players.

Anyway, it'll be interesting to have Joe back on the team. Nice to see any hard feelings of being traded 20 years ago should be gone with this signing 

[SparzWizard]

He might even be more valuable than our 3-stringers combined

[gouki88]

Love it. He might be old, but I'm sure he can still score on most NBA defenders.

His defence might not be too flash though...

[#1P4P]

The longer Joe Johnson and CJ Watson stay with the team, the better it is for the ceiling.

This team is too young to have the amount of players on their 1st contract and reclamation projects. Winning teams are veteran-laden with few exceptions; inexperienced players and reclamation projects are still trying to figure it out individually with their primary goal as to cling to a roster spot, while experienced players have figured it out individually and have set their primary goal to win a Championship.

When we replace the likes of Hernangomez, Parker, and Fernando with Joe Johnson, CJ Watson, and the like, we’ll see this team raise their performance level. Welcome Joe!

[SHAQATTACK]

my sauces say

Joe will be arriving via wheelchair 



Btw….my grandmother called and said ,  if Joe can get a 10 day gig ,  by golly so can she !

[SHAQATTACK]

Bring back KG

[Phantom255x]

Bring back KG

Yeah screw it, bring back KG and Pierce

[mr. dee]

Box score from the last game he played for the Celtics before being traded to the Suns his rookie year:

Feb 16, 2002

https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200202160SEA.html

Starters:

Pierce
Walker
Anderson
Eric Williams
Battie

You've simply got to love Employee #8's stat line from this game. Classic Walker, all the way across.

Not really 'classic'. That was an especially bad game for him. The dude was an All-Star 3 times and helped lead Cs teams further in the playoffs than they had any business going. I get it, he was inefficient, but people seem to think he was one of the all-time worst players.

Anyway, it'll be interesting to have Joe back on the team. Nice to see any hard feelings of being traded 20 years ago should be gone with this signing 

Different ownership and management

[pokeKingCurtis]

Forgot about the Al Horford-Joe Johnson connection

[Goldstar88]

Seeing Joe Johnson out there was bitter sweet. Really miss seeing the great players I grew up watching. KG, Duncan, Kobe, Shaq, AI, Pierce, Ray Allen, T-Mac, Vince Carter, Dirk, Nash, Kidd, Webber, Peja, Yao, B Davis, Sheed, Stevie Franchise...

[Kiorrik]

Pre-game interview with Joe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb8YzBki3-g

Post-game interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFmKk98yg7o

Worth a watch

[radiohead]

The fans and the media seem to love Iso Joe. Even Jaylen said that Joe Johnson’s presence in the locker room is huge. Is he worth keeping around past his 10 day contract for an end of the bench guy like Jabari or Bruno?