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Buck Johnson throughout his career he was pushed, cajoled, disciplined and nurtured by coaches and family who believed in his abilities. We discussed the journey that would lead the former University of Alabama basketball star around the world playing the game he discovered growing up in Birmingham.
Occupying a household populated by women, Buck rarely had a moment to get in a word edgewise. He was raised by his mother, Delores Johnson, and late grandmother, Callie (called Mom by Johnson), along with his sisters, Wynema, eleven months older and Juaria, ten years younger. He escaped the incessant conversation of the women by seeking out the comfort of the playgrounds where he learned to entertain himself playing the game of basketball.