Joe Johnson: The level is higher than the All-Star but lower than the super giant, and there is no need to prove his career!

I think everyone is familiar with "Eagle King" Joe Johnson. He played in the league from 2000 to 2018, where the basketball atmosphere was most enthusiastic, retired in 2019, and then competed in the Big3 League. Although he made a brief comeback, he did not play for a long time. The Big3 League became the continuation of his career.

Joe Johnson left a deep impression on fans born in the 1980s and 1990s. Although he was still a little short of a distance from superstars at his peak, he was a perfect All-Star level. Like Carter, he played basketball more out of his love for basketball than his pursuit of championships. This is another form of pursuit.

Of course, we are not saying that chasing the championship is utilitarian. They are also extremely hot for basketball, but their talent is enough to support them to climb higher mountains, such as Kobe, O'Neal, James, Jordan, Wade, etc. Looking at the entire history, only a few people can compare and discuss it repeatedly.

Johnson's entire professional basketball career can be divided into four stages, namely the Suns, the Hawks, the Nets, and the Heat, which correspond to the four stages of starting, development, peaking, and lying down.

1. Suns' period: adapted quickly and made a fortune. Joe Johnson was very impressed by the Suns period. Especially after Nash's transfer in the 2004/05 season, Joe Johnson was in the running and bombing system and fully demonstrated his shooting ability.

He completed 82 games in three consecutive seasons, and was an "iron man". He reached the first peak of his career in the 2003/04-04/05 season, averaging 17 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists per game. He was eye-catching enough in the era when defense was paramount. Besides, he did this output when he did not have unlimited firepower in the team and had many scorers, which shows how efficient he was.

The Suns reached the Western Conference Finals under the leadership of Nash in 2005, but unfortunately they encountered the high-spirited Spurs and were eliminated 4:1. Joe Johnson averaged 18.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 9 playoffs, with a three-point shooting percentage of 55.6%. He averaged 40 minutes of playing time. He was the absolute main force of the Suns. Unfortunately, he failed to reach the finals, otherwise their competition with the Pistons would be an epic spear and shield.

2. Eagles' period: personal peak, the top scorer

may be due to the bloated lineup, too many scoring points, or too much salary pressure. The Suns chose to trade strong point guard Joe Johnson in the offseason, with the chips being Dior and two first-round draft picks, which is also comparable.

Joe Johnson received a 5-year, $70 million contract, starting his extremely prominent EAGUE career.

Joe Johnson has been selected as the Eastern Conference Player of the Week and Player of the Month many times, and has also been selected into the Eastern Conference All-Star lineup for six consecutive years, with personal honors reaching the peak of his career.

In the 20-year free agent market where big fish are running around, Joe Johnson is also a hot hot item, competing with James, Wade, Bosh, Xiao S, etc., but he finally chose to stay in the Eagles with a maximum salary of $120 million in 6 years and continue his Eagle King rule.

In his 7 seasons of Hawks career, Joe Johnson played 508 regular season games and missed only 50 games. He basically averaged more than 20 points per game in each season. Average of 20+5+4 per game is the standard configuration, which is very similar to McGrady at that stage and can be said to be a "Iron Man".

's super high attendance rate and long career are closely related to his ornamental and skillful playing style. On the offensive end, he perfectly integrates breakthroughs and shooting, and his scoring methods are extremely rich and difficult to be truly restricted.

3, Nets' period: Passing through its peak and declining its status in the 12-year offseason, 31-year-old Joe Johnson was traded to the Nets, ending his seven-year career as the "Eagle King". Although the age of 31 is still in its peak period, he can still get a maximum salary. But at that time, it was generally believed that after a player's golden period, it was inevitably going downhill, and Joe Johnson was no exception.

joined the Nets. He initially assisted Deron Williams. In the following season, Garnett, Pierce, and AK47 all chose to join the Nets. The Nets, which have extremely luxurious paper strength, are considered a favorite to the championship and can overthrow the Miami Heat in one fell swoop.

But the facts prove that the championship is not just achieved by the crowded stars, let alone Garnett and Pierce, who are almost retired.

Nets were eliminated by the Peak Heat in the Eastern Conference semi-finals 4:1, and then announced their disintegration later.

Joe Johnson played for four seasons with the Nets, with a considerable attendance rate, playing 288 regular season games in total, and missing only 40 games. However, his personal abilities have become as good as those in Japanese dramas, from averaging 16 points to less than 12 points, which also indicates that his era is gradually drifting away.

4. Heat period: becoming a role and enjoying basketball in February 16, 35-year-old Joe Johnson joined the Heat, but his function was seriously weakened and he could only help the team slightly on the offensive end. Fortunately, he was lucky, and he followed Wade, Rollden and Bosh to the Eastern Conference semi-finals, almost knocking down the Eastern Conference regular season champion Toronto Raptors. After

, Joe Johnson continued his role as a player attribute and was traded to the Utah Jazz, Houston Rockets, etc., and the average data per game was not worth watching.

Maybe Joe Johnson's final stages of his career are simply enjoying the fun of basketball. He played until he was 43 years old, spanning four decades, which is a basketball myth.

Joe Johnson played in a total of 1,277 regular season games, averaging nearly 35 minutes per game, scoring a total of 20,407 points, 5059 rebounds, 5001 assists and 1071 interruptions, which is already shocking enough.

However, Joe Johnson did not choose to continue to compete after the end of the 17/18 season, but joined the big3 league to continue his love for basketball. He was elected as the MVP of the big3 league many times and led the team to win the championship.

Last quote review of former Raptors player Landry Fields comments, accurately summarizing Joe Johnson's career: "Joe Johnson is one of the best offensive players in the league. He can dribble, shoot, and find open teammates, which is a triple threat."