Player card
- Team/status: officially acquired in the 2026 multi-team transaction; leading departure candidate.
- Position: official roster label G.
- Age/experience: 21 during the season; entering NBA Year 3.
- Depth role: zero-minute Memphis base; development guard only if retained.
- 2025-26: 48 total GP, 9.4 MPG; .324 FG, .850 FT, 0.3 3PM, 3.3 PTS, 1.1 REB, 1.0 AST, 0.2 STL, 0.1 BLK, 0.6 TO. ESPN stats, accessed 2026-07-18
2026-27 projection
| State | GP | MPG | FG% (FGA) | FT% (FTA) | 3PM | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis base | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Retained branch | 20 | 8 | .350 (3.0) | .800 (0.6) | 0.3 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
Nine-category/points: no 2026-27 redraft value at base. Dynasty: very deep athletic-upside stash, but a third professional season must produce efficiency and playmaking growth soon.
Range and risks
- Strengths: youth, length and theoretical on-ball development.
- Liabilities: severe FG% weakness, low threes/stocks and no stable role.
- Floor/base/ceiling: waived and G League-heavy / no Memphis role / lands on a patient development team and reaches 16 minutes late in the year.
- Branches: roster reporting expects Memphis to move him; a surprising retention would still leave at least four guards ahead.
The official transaction and live roster establish current status, while July reporting strongly anticipates a departure. The model does not interpret age alone as fantasy upside after a .324 shooting season. NBA.com, updated 2026-07-09 · Sports Illustrated / Memphis On SI, 2026-07-09
Confidence
| Component | Label | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Roster | Low | Leading cut/trade candidate. |
| Minutes | Low | Outside base and contingent rotations. |
| Rate | Medium | 48 games establish current weakness; development variance remains. |
| Availability | High | No current medical restriction found. |
Sources
- Official Memphis roster — accessed 2026-07-18.
Career record
Pre-NBA: Skipped college (originally a Texas commit) for the NBL Next Stars program — Illawarra Hawks 2023-24: 26 games, 2.9 PPG, 1.3 RPG in 7.7 MPG on a championship team; drafted on athletic projection, not production. Draft: 2024, Round 1, Pick 23, Milwaukee Bucks.
| Season | Age | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20 | MIL | 7 | 6.3 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | .421 | .500 | 0.6 |
| 2024-25 | 20 | WAS | 22 | 27.0 | 9.1 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 | .381 | .886 | 1.4 |
| 2025-26 | 21 | WAS | 25 | 8.6 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | .325 | .750 | 0.7 |
| 2025-26 | 21 | DAL | 23 | 10.4 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .323 | .893 | 0.5 |
| Career | — | — | 77 | 14.2 | 4.9 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | .357 | .857 | 0.8 |
Durability: No injury flags in two seasons — the low game counts are role-driven (rookie DNPs in Milwaukee, tanking-team auditions in Washington, bench spot in Dallas). Trajectory: The record shows a rare early opportunity already spent: Washington gave him 27 minutes and 11 starts as a 20-year-old post-Kuzma-trade rookie (9.1 PPG, 3.1 APG on .381 FG), then his shooting collapsed to .324 across Washington and Dallas in 2025-26 and the role shrank to spot minutes. Now on his fourth organization in three years, he enters 2026-27 as a leading Memphis cut/trade candidate with a zero-minute base role. He becomes fantasy-relevant only in dynasty, and only if a patient team retains him and league-average finishing or three-point efficiency finally appears alongside 16+ minutes. Career sources: ESPN career stats, Wikipedia, Basketball-Reference international stats.
Open questions
- Which organization controls Johnson's development after camp?
- Can he reach league-average finishing or three-point efficiency?