Jonathan Lawyer

Jonathan Lawyer
(Meerkat, F/G)
ID# 825

Illustrated by Pac
No. 9 – Dakota Bikers
Position	Swingfur
Species	Meerkat ( Herpestidae )
Gender	Male
Nickname(s)
Judge Johnny
Personal information
Born	(1994-02-16) February 16, 1994 Savannah, GA
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	217 lb (98 kg)
Shoots	Right
Career information
School	Ferrengton University
FBA draft	2015 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4th overall
Selected by the San Jose Thrust
Pro playing career	2015–present
Career history
2015-2017	San Jose Thrust
2017-present	Dakota Bikers
Career highlights and awards
FBA Most Valuable Player (2019) FBA Champion 2018) FBA All-Star x6 (2018-2022, 2024) FBA Rookie All-Star (2016) FBA 3-Point Shootout Champion (2019) FBA Scoring Champion x2 (2018-2019) Olympics (2020 Silver, 2024 Gold)
Contract information
Contract year	2023
2026 Salary	$21.5 million
2027 Salary	$22 million
Player Contacts
(IC) Agent	Unknown
(OOC) Creator	Xenos Blade
(OOC) Actor	Unknown
(OOC) Usage	Ask me before any use

Biography

Jonathan Lawyer is viewed to be one of the odd ones in the group. Even at a young age, he's always does the things most furs would consider crazy and weird. One of his favorite things to do as a child was wearing face paint, due to his family being part Samoan, and gloves of different varieties. He also likes talks himself into the mirror. However, the mirror is very personal to him. When he talks to the mirror, he makes it seems like he is talking to his father, who died when Johnny was 8 years old. It makes him feel a bit more confident about himself, and makes him feel better when he's down.

Due to that, not a lot of kids really wanted to hang around him. However, only one kid would spend time with him and he became the closest friend of his life, a porcupine named Craig Miller. The two always end up doing the craziest things for years, and it always lead them to trouble. Even though a lot of people consider them as outsiders and not very likable, they couldn't care less and enjoy themselves of being the dangerous duo.

Entering The Basketball Life

Johnny’s interest in basketball wasn't really high in his early years. When his father was alive, he would always tell stories about how he was a former Mascot for the Huntsville Mayors. Even though he found the stories interesting and memorable, he never really had that true spark to play. However, when he was given the opportunity to go to a game as a surprise birthday gift from his dad in 2000. His eyes widened from the site of the graceful style that was played by the team led by none other than Halley Summers. After that game, he was even able to give a simple fist bump to the Cheetah. Later on, his dad finally gave him a small mirror, telling him that he could use it to help him picture what wanted to do in life. That was a memory he would always cherish in his life, and it gave him the passion of wanting to be a professional basketball player.

When he tried out for his middle school basketball team in the 6th grade, he was having a bit of a struggle in figuring out the ways to play the game. After the first few days, he was frustrated on how bad he’s been playing, thinking whether or not he was even meant to play on the court. However, Craig wasn’t going to let him give up that easy. He decided to make it a little interesting. He placed a little wager against the meerkat. He told him, “If you make the team, then I’ll be your personal trainer for however long you’re gonna be doing, but if don’t… Then you’re gonna be my personal assistant for the rest of your days. Starting now!!~” The porcupine dashed away before John could even get a word out. He chuckled a tad bit, and he made sure he worked hard to make it in the team. After weeks of practicing, he exceeded the coaches expectations and was successful in making it in. So Craig officially became his trainer, and their friendship was bonded with the sport.

In high school, he already started to become better with his perimeter shooting. However, due to the lack of defense and struggles with driving, he was benched for a majority of his freshman and sophomore years. After the first couple of years of not really getting the respect he wanted from the coaching staff, He tried his hardest, with the help of Craig, to get better at getting points from the paint and with perimeter defense. In his junior year, he became more important in the rotation as the sixth man. The coaches started to see even more potential in him as the season progressed and he became the starter. In his senior year, he was able to achieve team captain and helped his school achieve their first championship while he was attending.

College Life and Career

It was rather difficult in finding a college for Johnny. He wasn’t able to obtain a full ride scholarship for his athletics and academics. However, Craig was able to give him some aid. With both of Craig’s parents being an alumni and a well known friend to the principal, the both of them went to Ferrengton University in Athens, GA. John went into to the field of engineering and earned bachelor's degree.

When basketball was concerned, He was able to get a spot in the roster for the Ferrengton Natives. However, the meerkat later on suspended in the beginning of the season. The reason was due to being in a fist fight. The meerkat was being harassed by a few furs, and one of them smashed the beloved mirror his father gave him when he was a pup. John completely lost it, and he quickly started to beat the livin’ hell out of the fur to the point where he went to undergo surgery. He was on the brink of getting expelled as well, but when the evidence was shown they went easy on him, banning him from going on campus for a month and was suspended from the team. This put the meerkat in a very depressive state, regretting what he did. However with the help of Craig and a few teammates, the meerkat began to work his hardest on the court to help him feel good about himself again and prepare for a redemption year. During that amount of time, he gained 20 lbs to reach the current weight of 200 which helped him become more suited in switching from the 2 and 3, thus giving him even more minutes.

When his junior year, the coaching staff became very impressed with his play in both the two and the three spot in the line up that he was able to obtain a starting position in his junior year, and was achieving double digit points a game. When it came to his final year, he was able to help Ferrengton reach the FCAA championship tournament for the first time in over 30 years. He was even able to help his team win to make it to the sweet 16 with a corner three buzzer beater. However, they were eliminated after being dismantled by the heavily favored Braylor.

Vegas Street Heat and the Combine

After he placed his name in the 2015 draft, he registered himself to take part of the year's Vegas Street Heat Tournament. He was on a team that consists of Micah Davenport, Hank Sawyer, Samantha Canuteson, Mika Ziggler. For the practice games, his team was able to do well winning them both. However for the meerkat, he showed inconsistency in the games he played. Out of the 3 games he played, there were times when he would play phenomenal, but there were other times where he would fall flat in his paws. Most of the time it was the latter. From making bone-headed fouls to throwing it in the stands a few times, it was clear that he wasn't at his best in the tourney and the team that he was apart of was eliminated from play.

A couple of months later in the combine, The meerkat was hoping to redeem himself after a disappointing performance in the previous tournament, and he exceeded expectations. Lawyer was in the top 5 in the speed trials, the top 10 in the Agility trials and the Non-stationary Shooting Challenge, and tied for silver in the Maximum Vertical Jump. Overall he finished 5th in the entire combine and he had the highest score of the forwards who participated in the 2015 combine.

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Stats

Season	Team	G	Min	FGM	FGA	3PtM	3PtA	FTM	FTA	Off	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts	MPG	FG%	TP%	FT%	RPG	APG	TPG	SPG	BPG	FPG	PPG	Ast/TO
2015-16	SJT	64	1881.1	285	661	86	252	93	100	32	146	163	58	48	14	126	749	29.4	0.431	0.341	0.93	2.3	2.5	0.9	0.8	0.2	2	11.7
2016-17	SJT	70	2310	452	991	173	396	68	75	24	258	173	80	26	9	157	1145	33	0.456	0.437	0.907	3.7	2.5	1.1	0.4	0.1	2.2	16.4
2017-18	DAK	80	2349.6	689	1331	353	702	191	226	20	206	374	214	102	42	157	1922	29.4	0.518	0.503	0.845	2.6	4.7	2.7	1.3	0.5	2	24
2018-19	DAK	80	2452	742	1466	395	784	217	251	20	200	429	185	129	70	180	2096	30.7	0.506	0.504	0.865	2.5	5.4	2.3	1.6	0.9	2.3	26.2
2019-20	DAK	80	2358.6	711	1363	359	744	249	312	11	161	371	142	114	53	200	2030	29.5	0.522	0.483	0.798	2	4.6	1.8	1.4	0.7	2.5	25.4
Career Total		374	11351.3	2879	5812	1366	2878	818	964	107	971	1510	679	419	188	820	7942	30.4	0.495	0.475	0.849	2.6	4.0	1.8	1.1	0.5	2.2	21.2