Each NBA team’s most clutch player of all-time

Most clutch player in Brooklyn Nets history: Joe Johnson

Many players gain a nickname that describes their game, or perhaps simply a play on their name. For at least one player his nickname came from his late-game prowess. Joe Johnson was a cold-blooded killer at the end of tight games, earning the nickname “Iso Joe” on the back of numerous game-winning shots.

For every season Johnson spent with the Nets they put the ball in his hands in late-game situations. He never backed down from big shots, hitting eight buzzer-beating game winners from 2007 – 2017, many of those for the Brooklyn Nets. While the Nets never made it far into the postseason, their record was buoyed by his icy disposition under pressure.

Key Moment: In January 2014 the Brooklyn Nets were reeling, just 10-21 on the season when the postseason was the minimum expectation. With center Brook Lopez ruled out for the season a few weeks earlier, the Nets were in danger of losing the season.

Facing a dominant Oklahoma City Thunder team, the Nets battled them through to the end of the game. With the score tied at 93, Johnson accepts the ball, performs a few looping crossovers, and leaps into a long jumper at the top of the key. The ball whips through the net, Brooklyn wins. That win became the first in a midseason turnaround, and the Nets would go 34-17 over the remainder of the season.