Selected by the Spurs in the first round of the 2019 NBA Draft (29th overall) ... signed with the Silver and Black on7/1/19 ... played with San Antonio in the 2019 NBA Summer League in both Salt Lake City and Las Vegas ... was one of eight players recognized as a 2019 Salt Lake City Summer League Standout after averaging 16.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.00 steals over two games played ... his 29 points (10-17 FG) against Memphis on 7/2 were the most scored by any player in a single game at the 2019 SLC Summer League ... averaged 12.2 points, 4.0 boards and 1.00 stealsin five total contests between Salt Lake and Vegas in 2019 ... played one season at Kentucky ... attended high school at Oak Hill Academy, earning Virginia Gatorade High School Player of the Year honors ... selected to both the McDonald's All American Game and the Jordan Brand Classic Game.

Named SEC Freshman of the Year by the league’s coaches in his lone season at the University of Kentucky, contributing 13.5 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 30.7 minutes while playing in all 37 games, starting 36 ... scored in double figures in 26-of-37 games, including scoring 20-plus points seven times ... finished second on the team with four double-doubles on the year ... Johnson led his team in scoring nine times, steals nine times and rebounding seven times ... helped lift the Wildcats to the Elite Eight at the 2019 NCAA Tournament ... earned All-SEC Second Team and SEC All-Freshman team honors.