Former NBA journeyman, Orlando Johnson, of the Guangxi Weizhuang Rhinos had an amazing double-double performance, earning him the right to be named Asia-Basket.com NBL Player of the Week in the 16^th round of China's professional minor basketball league.

According to Asia-Basket, the 27-year-old American basketball reinforcement had a very remarkable game; scoring 46 big points and pulling 10 rebounds along with eight assists and four steals. Johnson led the Guangxi team to win against the lowly Jiangsu Lions with a lopsided 32-point margin 140-108 triumph.

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Johnson, who was playing his first professional basketball game in China, went 17 for 32 from the field including four three-pointers from the 10 attempts he released from beyond the arc. The 6-foot-5 tall native of Monterey, California also made 8 of 12 from the free throw line as he played for 43 minutes in his debut game with the Rhinos.

With Sunday's victory, the Guangxi team has a 9-7 win-loss record and share the sixth and seventh spot with Hunan in the 14-team basketball league.  The addition of Johnson to the club's lineup would strengthen the team's backcourt and provide a solid offensive production.

According to the NBA, Johnson, who played for the University of California-Santa Barbara, was averaging 19.7 points and 5.8 rebounds in 34.4 minutes of playing time in the 31 games he played with the Gauchos in the 2011-12 NCAA season. He played for the New Orleans Pelicans and the Phoenix Suns in the 2015-16 season of the NBA.

Johnson is the 2012 NBA Draft 36^th overall pick selected by the Sacramento Kings. However, he was immediately traded to the Indiana Pacers, where he appeared in a total of 89 games from 2012 to 2014. He also played in the Developmental League of the NBA, fitting in for Fort Wayne Mad Ants and Austin Spurs.

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