Certainly one of the more over-looked point guards...he's now mayor of Sacramento
http://nationalpost.pa-sportsticker.com ... 225936901A

While Barack Obama made history Tuesday in becoming the first African-American to be elected president of the United States, former Phoenix Suns point guard Kevin Johnson was securing a similar victory of his own - albeit on a much smaller scale.

Johnson was elected mayor of Sacramento on Tuesday, the first African American to accomplish the feat. He defeated incumbent Heather Fargo in Tuesday's runoff election, capping off a grueling eight-month process since he announced his candidacy in March.

Election day was June 3, but the fact that neither Johnson nor Fargo earned a majority vote necessitated Tuesday's runoff. The Sacramento Bee reported that Johnson received nearly 58 percent of the final vote. Approximately 118,000 ballots were cast, though more than 50,000 absentee ballots have yet to be counted.

"Obama and myself, we ran on the promise and the theme of change. No more business as usual," Johnson said in a Sacramento Bee report. "I am so ready and so humbled to accept this great honor that has been bestowed upon me today."

He is expected to officially take office on November 25.

Johnson grew up in the area, starring at Sacramento High School, where he averaged a state-high 32.5 points per game as a senior. He played college ball at nearby University of California-Berkeley. After being selected seventh overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1987, he found most of his success with the Suns, whom he helped lead to the NBA Finals in 1993.

Phoenix acquired him in a trade with Cleveland his rookie season and he manned the point for most of the next decade. Despite being dogged by nagging injuries throughout his career, Johnson was a three-time All-Star selection and an All-NBA selection five times - four times for the second team and once for the third team.

In 12 seasons, he averaged 17.9 points and 9.1 assists while shooting 49 percent from the field. For three straight seasons from 1988-91, he posted at least 20 points and 10 assists per game - joining Oscar Robertson and Isiah Thomas as the only players in NBA history to do so.

During the 1993 Finals, he logged 62 minutes - a league record for a Finals game - in Game Three to lead the Suns to a 129-121 victory in triple overtime.

Horace Grant is gonna block his legislation

Congrats to KJ. He's my second favorite PG of all time (behind Isiah) and his dunk over Hakeem in 1994 is one of the greatest highlights I've ever seen. Unbelievably underrated player.

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"Cowabunga? Cowa fucking piece of dog shit! This game is diarrhea coming out of my dick!"

Does Isaih being a gigantic piece of garbage off the court (and sometimes on it) affect your fandom at all?
I grew up a Bulls fan but always loved the way Isaih played but since he retired he's whittled away anything i used to like about him.
Im usually good at separating the stars and the games they play from their personal life but some guys are just such morons off the court/field I cant

For me it's strictly a basketball thing. Isiah is a miserable human being with no redeeming qualities whatsoever...but he was a hell of a basketball player.

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"Cowabunga? Cowa fucking piece of dog shit! This game is diarrhea coming out of my dick!"

yeah i understand where your coming from but for me Isaih is on the O.J. list for athletes that are such pieces of human garbage it doesnt matter how good they were/are.
other people on this list
Brett Myers (not that hes that good but his wife beating exhibition gets him in)
Leonard Little

Is KJ a top PG of all time? Maybe not, but he was always overshadowed for a couple of reasons - 1) He played out west in a Chicago/New York dominated league 2) He was always second fiddle to Payton/Stockton/Magic in terms of west point guards 3) He retired very early (in the NBA sense).

He's done alot of good outside the game now with his schools in Sacramento.

Kevin Johnson was overshadowed playing the point for some really good Phoenix Suns' teams back in the '90s when Cotton Fitzsimmons and I think Paul Westphal called the shots. I didn't even know he was running for political office, let alone Mayor of Sacramento, CA. Best of luck to KJ...