Johnson managing to do a little bit of everything for Antelope Valley

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For those unfamiliar with some of my blogging tendencies, let me explain one thing before we go any further. I’m a stats junkie. Crunching numbers is interesting. It comes with the territory most times, which leads me to the point of this entry: Donald Johnson can fill up a basketball box score with the best of them.

The senior from Antelope Valley is averaging 16.6 points, 15.8 rebounds and 5.4 blocks a game heading into Tuesday’s Golden League contest against Littlerock. Wait, it gets better. Much better. Johnson ranks among MaxPreps.com’s top 10 in the state in boards and top 15 in swatting shots.

His name, however, isn’t the first mentioned when the subject of hoops is talked about in the 661. That distinction is reserved for Paul George, Kyisean Reed or Justin Haynes. Perhaps Johnson should be included in the conversation. He’s done something the others haven’t, finishing with a double-double in 17 of 19 games so far.

Still not impressed? Perhaps his triple-double -- 11 points, 15 rebounds and 10 blocks -- in the season opener against Palisades will change your mind. And Johnson duplicated the feat with a 24-18-10 effort two weeks ago in a victory over Quartz Hill. Not too shabby, if you’re into playing the numbers game.

-- Sean Ceglinsky