Brent « BJ » Johnson, a well-known and popular basketball player, died Thursday evening of a bicycle accident in Houston Johnson was 65
« He was riding his bike and hit a culvert, » said Claudette, Johnson’s wife « There was work They think he fell forward and broke his neck because there was no blood »
Johnson was one of the oldest members of the Rockets organization having worked in the basketball operations department since the 1994-95 championship season under former coach Rudy Tomjanovich and general manager Carroll Dawson He has remained a valuable voice within the team’s basketball operations department through numerous coach and leadership changes, working to recruit college and NBA players.
He was widely respected throughout basketball, but even more loved, known for his love of the game, genuine enthusiasm and friendships at all levels of the game.
« BJ was always true to himself » said Claudette Johnson « He never met a stranger, never He never closed his mouth He spoke forever Everyone was his family for him It was not a question of the game, it was to love the game, which he did with all his heart He loved basketball, loved his job «
Jonathan Feigen has been the Rockets’ beat-maker since 1998 and a basketball enthusiast since before Willis Reed limped for Game 7 He became a sports writer because the reporter who was supposed to cover the University of Delaware basketball team decided to play one more season of college lacrosse and never looked back.
Feigen, who won the APSE, APME and United States Basketball Writers Association awards from El Campo in Houston, came to Texas in 1981 to cover the Rice Birds, was a sports writer at Garland before moving to Dallas to cover everything from the Hurray final of the South West Conference to SMU after the death penalty
After joining the Houston Chronicle in 1990, Feigen covered the demise of the SWC, the rise of the Big 12 and the Rockets to their best level
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