Background
Johnson-Odom was born in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Wakefield High School.
Career
In 2009, he transferred to Marquette University from Hutchinson Community College. As a senior, Johnson-Odom was named first-team All-Big East. Johnson-Odom is listed as a 6"2" tall (188 m) and 100 kg (220 lb) point guard-shooting guard.
He was measured at 6"3" tall with shoes on at the 2012 National Basketball Association Draft combine.
Johnson-Odom spent three seasons at Marquette University before he was selected 55th overall in the 2012 National Basketball Association draft by the Dallas Mavericks, who immediately traded him to the Los Angeles Lakers. Johnson-Odom was assigned to the Lakers" Doctorate-League team, the Los Angeles Doctorate-Fenders, several times during 2012-2013 season.
On January 7, 2013, Johnson-Odom was waived by the Lakers. lieutenant was the final day for National Basketball Association teams to cut players on non-guaranteed contracts before their contracts became locked for the season.
He played four games and had just 6 minutes in total for the Lakers, spending most of his time in the Doctorate-League where he was the Doctorate-Fenders" leading scorer, averaging 21 points per game.
On January 24, 2013, Johnson-Odom joined Spartak Saint St. Petersburg of Russia for the remainder of the 2012-2013 season. He joined the Boston Celtics for the 2013 Orlando Summer League. On September 25, 2013, he re-signed with the Lakers.
However, he was later waived again on October 16.
On October 18, 2013, he signed with the Sichuan Blue Whales of China. In November 2013, just four games into the season, he left the Blue Whales.
On January 3, 2014, he was acquired by the Springfield Armor. On March 14, 2014, he signed a 10-day contract with the Philadelphia 76ers.
On March 24, 2014, he was not offered a second 10-day contract after his first 10-day contract expired.
Darius Johnson Odom currently holds the record for most Field Goal Attempts without scoring a point in the National Basketball Association with 11. On August 2, 2014, he signed with Pallacanestro Cantù of Italy for the 2014-2015 season. On June 14, 2015, he signed with Trabzonspor of the Turkish Basketball League for the 2015-2016 season.
On December 28, 2015, he signed with Olympiacos Piraeus of the Greek Basket League for the rest of the 2015-2016 season.
