‘It’s Not As Easy As It Looks’: Joe Johnson On The Big3 & 18 Year NBA Career

(CBS Local Sports)– Joe Johnson is 40 years old, but helium is proving that helium is inactive 1 of the champion hoops players successful the world. The 7x All-Star is 1 of the galore erstwhile NBA players shining successful the Big3, which is the league created by Ice Cube and amusement enforcement Jeff Kwatinetz for players extracurricular of the NBA to proceed to play the crippled they love. Week 7 begins this Saturday, August 14 astatine 1pm EST/PST connected CBS and volition beryllium streaming connected Paramount+.

Johnson is presently the starring scorer successful the league with 152 full points and helium has the astir steals and full tract goals. The erstwhile Atlanta Hawks and Brooklyn Nets prima precocious chatted with CBS Local’s DJ Sixsmith astir what it’s similar to play successful the Big3, his favourite memories from his 18 twelvemonth NBA vocation and the clip helium got to defender Michael Jordan.

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“This year, I’m conscionable fortunate capable to beryllium capable to compete. We’ve been done truthful overmuch arsenic a state implicit the past twelvemonth and a half,” said Johnson. “To yet get a accidental to vie and person fans travel to the crippled has been awesome. Jannero Pargo is my teammate and we played assemblage shot together. We are ever talking, ever successful interaction and ever trying to travel up with a crippled plan. We are ever moving retired unneurotic and that is comforting. I cognize truthful galore guys connected each the different teams.”

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“A fewer of them unrecorded successful Atlanta and we enactment retired unneurotic and play prime up together,” said Johnson. “It’s each been fun. There’s Josh Smith, Jarrett Jack and Josh Powell and these are guys I person been playing with implicit the past fewer summers and it’s amusive to travel retired connected the large signifier connected CBS and compete.”

The 10th prime successful the 2001 NBA Draft averaged 16 points per crippled during his 18 twelvemonth NBA vocation and averaged implicit 20 points per crippled for 5 consecutive seasons portion helium played for the Atlanta Hawks. Johnson played for the Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns, Hawks, Brooklyn Nets, Miami Heat, Utah Jazz and Houston Rockets. His violative prowess earned him the nickname “Iso Joe” and helium is inactive getting buckets successful the Big3 conscionable similar helium did successful the NBA.

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“It’s my archetypal emotion and I worth that and conscionable due to the fact that I’m not playing successful the NBA doesn’t mean I inactive can’t play hoops astatine a precocious level,” said Johnson. “I instrumentality attraction of my body, power what I tin power and effort and spell retired determination to vie and person fun. The Big3 is entertaining and it is not arsenic casual arsenic it whitethorn look oregon seem. If you are successful shape, you volition beryllium alright. For me, I grew up successful the Hoopfest playing 3 connected 3 erstwhile I was 13 oregon 14 and I won that. I got to convey Ice Cube for putting this league together. I played 18 seasons and it is specified a toll connected your body. If you don’t bash the things you request to bash to support your assemblage strong, you volition yet interruption down. For me, it’s conscionable the longevity and enjoying the game.”