Los Angeles Lakers: Best 29th overall picks in NBA history

1. Dennis Johnson, 1976

Dennis Johnson is not only the greatest 29th overall pick of all-time but he is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and while often overlooked throughout his career and after, Johnson was absolutely Hall of Fame worthy and pieced together an excellent career.

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Johnson did not get elected into the Hall of Fame until 2010, 10 years after he retired. He was elected posthumously after he passed away from a heart attack in 2007. Prior to that, he was one of the hall’s all-time biggest snubs.

Johnson played 14 seasons in the NBA after being drafted by the Seattle Supersonics in 1976. He played four years for the Sonics, three for the Phoenix Suns and then seven for the Boston Celtics, where he went on to win his second and third NBA Championship.

His first came in 1979 with the Supersonics as he was named the NBA Finals MVP. Johnson was exceptional in those playoffs, averaging over 40 minutes per game while scoring 20.9 points with elite defense.

Johnson was never the biggest offensive threat in the league as he averaged just 14.1 points in his career and never averaged 20 or more in an entire season. However, he was about as good as it came defensively, being named to six All-Defensive First Teams and three All-Defensive Second Teams.

He was a five-time all-star, two-time All-NBA (one first team, one season team), has three championships and a Finals MVP.

The only thing that Dennis Johnson didn’t do was win an MVP. He finished in the top-10 in voting twice.