Kevin Johnson

About Kevin Johnson

Kevin Maurice Johnson (born March 4, 1966) is an American retired basketball point guard who played for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers and the Phoenix Suns. He is currently running for mayor in his hometown of Sacramento, California.

Johnson was born and raised in Sacramento. He attended Sacramento High School where he starred in both basketball and baseball all four years, leading the state in scoring as a senior (32.5 ppg).

He played basketball exclusively at the collegiate level while attending the University of California, Berkeley. He starred for four seasons, ending his career in 1987 as the school's all-time leader in assists, steals, and scoring (since eclipsed by Lamond Murray). He was also the first player in the Pac-10 Conference to post a triple-double and was named to the Pac-10's all-conference First Team in both his junior and senior seasons, averaging 17.2 points and 5.0 assists in his final campaign. His number 11 is retired. Originally drafted in 1986 to play professional baseball with the Oakland Athletics as a shortstop, Johnson spent his collegiate summers with the A's' minor-league team in Modesto, but after being advised by a scout that his future was in basketball, Johnson never looked back, and was the seventh selection overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers for the 1987-88 season in the 1987 NBA Draft.