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— and the boy king Josiah from the Bible, as well as the No. 54 that’s synonymous with the Johnson family.
Johnson’s appeal isn’t confined to the NBA community. He gained tens of thousands of followers during the 2020 presidential election with clever memes, including one of Chris Webber’s infamous championship-game timeout when President Trump wanted the vote count to stop in decisive states.to confirm Johnson’s preeminence. Filmmaker Jordan Peele sent complimentary messages. Songwriter John Legend called him the king of sports comedy.It’s been a rapid ascent.
Josiah Johnson, who turned 40 in April, has gone on to outperform deep-pocketed social media teams paid to mimic his style. A nickname — Dewey Centavos — was born in a nod to him always giving parents Marques and Jocelyn Johnson his two cents. There wasn’t much drama when it came to Josiah’s college basketball destination. He had been a ball boy on UCLA’s 1995 national championship team that included his half-brother, Kris. For years, he even possessed a strand of the championship net.On a strip of dirt called the Gulch, along Gulch Road in San Pedro, homeless people face a city deadline and an uncertain future.
Those notes were mostly taken from the bench. Johnson was a bit player on teams that reached the NCAA tournament three times but were mediocre by UCLA standards. For his career, Johnson averaged 1.3 points in 7.3 minutes per game.