Dave M. Johnson (born November 16, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player who had a brief career in the

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(NBA) in the early 1990s. Born in

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, Johnson attended

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, where, as a junior and senior, he developed into a high scoring

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. Following his senior year, he participated in the now defunct Orlando Classic pre-draft camp/tournament and made the all-tourney team. He had the highest measured

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of all the camp participants (34 inches), was the leading scorer in the tournament (19 points per game) and also won the Slam Dunk Contest.Who's Who In The NBA Draft (archived)
/ref> He was selected by the

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as the 26th pick in the 1992 NBA draft. He played one season for Portland before moving on to the

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in his second and final NBA season, for whom he played 17 games in 1993–94.

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