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Five things to know about Pelicans forward James Johnson

1) A 12-year NBA veteran, the 34-year-old has played in 663 career regular season games, making 221 starts. The franchise he’s played the most for among seven different teams was Miami, where he appeared in 222 games and averaged 24.7 minutes. He averaged double-digit points for the Heat in consecutive seasons (2016-17 and 2017-18).

2) Johnson has been on five different playoff teams, totaling 24 games of postseason experience, with five starts for Miami in 2018. He appeared in 10 playoff games for the 2016 Raptors, who reached the Eastern Conference finals before lost to Cleveland in six games.