When Jalen Johnson stepped onto the floor in Las Vegas for Summer League play, not many — this writer included — knew what to expect. This was a player who had only played 22 regular season contests since his junior year in high school.
After started his high school play at Sun Prairie High School in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, and moving to Nicolet High School in Glendale of the same state for his junior year, he split his senior year between there and the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. If you’re counting, that’s three separate moves in just four years.