Joe Johnson - Superb Separation (Stepbacks and Gamewinners for DAYS for Iso Joe)

Joe Johnson. 7x NBA-All Star. All-NBA Third Teamer in 2010. Born bucket getter. A career 16.0 point per game scorer. In his prime, he averaged 20.9 points per game with Atlanta. He’s 8th all-time among active NBA scorers (just a shade below Kevin Durant and Pau Gasol, and well beyond fellow vets like Tony Parker, Jamal Crawford, Jason Terry, and Zach Randolph). He’s also 6th among active 3 point leaders (1978 3 pointers made, leading Dirk Nowitzki and his 1917). All that as a way of saying that Joe Johnson just knows how to put points on the board. Put him under defensive pressure and you’ll find that he won’t crack; they don’t call him “Joe Cool” for nothing.

Iso Joe is from a bygone era. Back when he was drafted by the Boston Celtics, the league was all about going mano-a-mano and having a guy who could go get his. Joe has every hesi, stutter, drag dribble, pivot, pump, and look off in the book. He’s got a bag and he’s barely ever out of it. Even after 17 seasons in the league, you put him on an island and he could probably find you some points. You’ll see a lot of floaters and fadeaways, but that’s only because the clips are from later in his career and the man knew where his bread was buttered. I strongly urge you to go back and watch as much film on Joe as possible, because you’ll see he was putting guys in jail, using the jab dribble to stall the defense as he loaded into his pullup, and his feet drifted on his jumper about as often as most elite shooters. The point is that when we look at a guy like Joe Johnson, there’s so much to be learned from his game, and that’s in part why I made this video.

Basketball Reference has the former Arkansas Razorbacks’ hall of fame probability listed at 50.6%, which is higher (right now) than active players like Rajon Rondo (40.7%), Kyrie Irving (36.4%), Draymond Green (27.3%), Derrick Rose (10.5%), and Andre Iguodala (6.1%).

By the way, in case you wanted a list of all the teams he played for:
Boston Celtics
Phoenix Suns
Atlanta Hawks
Brooklyn Nets
Miami Heat
Utah Jazz
Houston Rockets

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[cofusedJames]

He had way more highlights in ATL then u showed he is more of a hawk than a net

[jameswynter]

Joe Johnson was the missing link to phoenix winning a championship in the Steve nash era

[theanalyticalrevolutionary]

when yo pops friend say he can ball but no one believe him😂😂😂😂😆

[Eastsiderep]

Totally underrated, made the all star team 7 times in a 17 year career, all rookie team, made an all nba team. ISO Joe!!

[enzorocha]

The NBA commentator who said, "he's a snake charmer" is goddamn spot on. When he starts to make his move, entire teams, mind, and not just his defenders are simply lulled into just standing there. Watch again, it's incredibly uncanny.

[edmichaelalobog]

Now I see where PG and The Beard imitated their game from. And yea I was too young to watch his primetime.

[SoleStashTV]

He was killing it in the nba now he’s killing it in the big let’s go ISO JOE!!! 🔥🔥🔥

[sonofwolfbait]

In a league of analytics and metrics, Joe simply finds the best way to score. I'd rather learn from his game than any 3-point shooter in the league today.

[HxCjavi]

When your name is Joe but you far from average.

[damonherrera]

One of the most underrated / clutch players of all time . deserves wayy more credit!!

[cmc]

JJ was a very skilled and talented allstar just wasn't a superstar but he was one of my favorite players to watch

[godstatus]

1:53 - trying to remember the last time he hit the Joe Johnson a sniper. Nothin but PURE shooting from this dude.

[LunchtimeHoopers]

I don't care who your favorite player is... Joe Johnson would give him buckets

[V_Edits]

One of the most underappreciated players to play the game

[thapeloafrika]

I think guys bite on every move because he looks like a PF but has the handles of PG

[melaninarmour]

Joe Johnson, Jamal Crawford and Lou Williams are some of the best one-on-one players of All-time

[saad]

I love the look on Doc Rivers face at the 18:02 mark lmao . . . nodding his head to his team, yup he's too good, we did what we could, nothing we can do about it, ultimate satisfaction in sports to do that to your opponents

[kbayj]

Iso Joe giving everybody that unorthodox smoove, yet so effective WORK!!!

[leavingthevalley]

What i love about Joe’s game the most is the fact that he deadeye splashes most of his shots, contested means nothing, step back three in your eye, can’t stop that, can only hope to contain it

[squadup]

Thank you so much for putting these clips together. Big fan of the guy growing up in atl. Watching him perform night in night out was a real treat. Love how Joe makes the game look so easy and effortless. Very highly skilled and technical, it’s a shame he’s not as appreciated as he should be especially since his career is coming to an end.