{"id":694650,"date":"2026-01-14T04:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T04:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/694650\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T04:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T04:45:11","slug":"london-johnson-wont-play-for-louisville-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/694650\/","title":{"rendered":"London Johnson won&#8217;t play for Louisville this season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan 13, 2026, 10:55 PM ET<\/p>\n<p>LOUISVILLE, Ky. &#8212; Former NBA G League player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/5104203\/london-johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London Johnson<\/a> will not play this season for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/team\/_\/id\/97\/louisville-cardinals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Louisville<\/a>, coach Pat Kelsey said Tuesday night, three days after Johnson was activated to help the 20th-ranked Cardinals address a lack of depth.<\/p>\n<p>Kelsey explained the decision after Louisville&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/recap\/_\/gameId\/401820669\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">79-70 loss<\/a> to No. 16 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/team\/_\/id\/258\/virginia-cavaliers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia<\/a>. The school had announced a few hours before Saturday&#8217;s game against Boston College that the 6-foot-3 guard, who played three seasons in the G League, would be available to play.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/story\/_\/id\/47551956\/predicting-mens-college-basketball-conference-winners-biggest-threats-sec-big-ten-big-12-acc-big-east\" class=\"img-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/r1598188_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/story\/_\/id\/47589897\/ap-mens-college-basketball-top-25-poll-reaction-2025-2026-week-10\" class=\"img-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/r1599751_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<p>But Johnson did not enter that game or against the Cavaliers. The 21-year-old has two seasons of eligibility.<\/p>\n<p>Kelsey took responsibility for how the matter was handled. The second-year coach said the decision to redshirt Johnson followed conversations with the player&#8217;s family and agent, while noting that there would be a lot for him to catch up on at the season&#8217;s midpoint.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It looked like he was moving in the right direction,&#8221; Kelsey said. &#8220;I think what we&#8217;ve all got to remember, too, is that&#8217;s a lot to ask of that young man. There&#8217;s a lot of things that go into it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He only has two years of eligibility. We&#8217;re already halfway through the season. He has a whole lot of ground to make up before he can really go out there and be a productive player for us.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan 13, 2026, 10:55 PM ET LOUISVILLE, Ky. &#8212; Former NBA G League player London Johnson will not&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-694650","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115891635879124452","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}