Geron Johnson

Geron Marquis Johnson (born August 9, 1992) is an American former professional basketball player. He played two seasons of college basketball for the University of Memphis after playing for two community colleges.

Early life and high school career Johnson's father is not in his life and his mother, Duana Hancock, raised him and his brother as a single parent. He attended Dunbar High School in Dayton, Ohio. After his sophomore season, Johnson's mother asked former NBA player Sedric Toney to mentor him. As a junior in 2008–09, he averaged 18.1 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 2.9 steals per game as he earned Dayton City League Player of the Year honors. As a senior in 2009–10, he averaged 16.8 points, 4.6 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game in helping lead Dunbar to a 25–3 overall record. He subsequently earned Dayton Daily News Division 2 Player of the Year honors. A top 100 recruit in the class of 2010, Johnson led Dunbar to a state title as a senior. However, poor grades and disciplinary issues, including an attempted burglary arrest as a junior, derailed his basketball career and forced him to pay in junior college instead of immediately enrolling in an NCAA Division I school.

College career As a freshman at Chipola College in 2010–11, Johnson averaged 10.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game, as he helped lead the Indians to a 25–6 overall record and the Panhandle Conference championship. Coach Josh Pastner recruited Johnson as a replacement for Will Barton after it became clear that Barton would leave early for the professional ranks. Johnson was considered to be one of the best junior college players in the nation but a risky recruit due to his criminal record. As a result, Pastner set a unique midnight curfew and routine academic monitoring. and NABC Division I All-District 11 second team honors. Off the court, Johnson volunteered in the community by reading to small children and was honored for his academic achievement. He was one of the 19 players invited to the Kevin Durant Skills Academy over the summer after his junior year. only to be waived two days later prior to the start of the 2014–15 NBA season. On November 2, 2014, he was acquired by the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player. In 33 games for the Vipers in 2014–15, he averaged 5.2 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game.

In July 2015, Johnson joined the Los Angeles Clippers for the 2015 NBA Summer League.

On May 26, 2018, Johnson signed with Halcones de Ciudad Obregón of the Mexican CIBACOPA. He averaged 15.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game in 25 games as Halcones made it to the CIBACOPA final. On August 9, 2019, he signed with Al Mouttahed Tripoli of the Lebanese Basketball League.