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Eric Johnson

A single NBA season, 1989–90 with the Utah Jazz, is the sum of Eric Johnson's time in the league. Born in Brooklyn in 1966, he came from a basketball household — his brother is Vinnie Johnson.

The record lists him as American-Spanish, and little else of his life after Utah has made it into print: a short career, a famous basketball brother, and a signature that takes patience to track down.

HOW HE CAME & WENTUndrafted in 1989, he walked into the Jazz free-agent camp hoping to back up John Stockton and lasted about sixteen months before his release.

Full name
Eric Johnson Jones
Utah Jazz tenure
1989–90
Position
Guard
Born
1966, Brooklyn, New York
Height
6′2″ (188 cm)
Weight
205 lb (93 kg)
College
Nebraska
Drafted
undrafted
Why this player is hard to find
Forty-eight games for Utah in 1989-90. A Jazz card is on the shelf unsigned, no signed example has been published.
Already in the archive — but unsigned 1990 Skybox Basketball Cards (Series 1) - Complete Your Set. This card is on the shelf; the signature is the missing half. That is why Eric Johnson still counts as an open position.
Do you have anything signed by Eric Johnson?
A card, an index card, a photo, a program — anything authentic. I'm a collector building an autograph archive of every player in Utah Jazz history (319 of 370 so far). I cover postage both ways and answer every message.

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With the Jazz

ERIC JOHNSON · 1989–90 · PER GAME
SEASONTEAMGMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFG%3P%FT%
1989–90UTA485.71.10.61.30.40.0.238.167.765
JAZZ TOTAL1 SEASON485.71.10.61.30.40.0.238.167.765

Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗  ·  Wikipedia ↗

Did you know

ERIC JOHNSON · 9 NOTES
  • Only unsigned SkyBox cards of him are known to exist.
  • His older brother is Vinnie Johnson — the Microwave of the Bad Boys Pistons. One brother won titles in Detroit while the other fought for minutes in Utah.
  • In Spain he inherited his brother Vinnie's nickname — Valencia fans called him Microondas, the Microwave.
  • Averaged 31 points a game as a senior at Franklin D. Roosevelt High in Brooklyn, where Vinnie had averaged 24.
  • He spent his Jazz season competing with Delaney Rudd for the few minutes behind John Stockton, and Rudd got most of them.
  • Asked about his chances at the 1989 free-agent camp he said simply that all he had to do was go to California and be perfect.
  • He became the first North American perimeter player in Pamesa Valencia's history, recruited out of an Alcoy summer league.
  • He took Spanish citizenship and played 164 games in the ACB at 9.9 points, remembered there as an excellent defender.
  • He later worked as a production coordinator at Piston Group, the automotive manufacturer his brother Vinnie founded.