Houston Rockets • 2003-2004 Media Guide - NBA Media Central
Houston Rockets • 2003-2004 Media Guide - NBA Media Central
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Brent Johnson<br />
Personnel Scout<br />
BASKETBALL STAFF<br />
Brent Johnson begins his 10th year as a scout with the <strong>Houston</strong> <strong>Rockets</strong><br />
and his eighth as a full-time member of the team’s basketball staff. “BJ”<br />
will focus his efforts on scouting talent at the high school, college and<br />
minor league level.<br />
Johnson is a 1979 graduate of East Tennessee State, where he played<br />
guard for the Buccaneers and was a graduate assistant during the 1978-<br />
79 season. His coach at East Tennessee State was Sonny Smith, Charles<br />
Barkley’s coach at Auburn.<br />
Upon graduation, Johnson played on Meadowlark Lemon’s exhibition<br />
teams that toured throughout the world. He also played professionally in Mexico and Ecuador. After<br />
his playing days, Johnson worked for Schoenfeld Sports, a sports agent firm, until he got his start in<br />
scouting.<br />
Johnson and his wife, Mariette, have a seven-year-old son, Bijan. Johnson is the fifth of eight children,<br />
four boys and four girls, all of who played basketball.<br />
Gianluca Pascucci<br />
International Basketball Consultant<br />
Gianluca Pascucci is in his second season as an international basketball<br />
consultant for the <strong>Rockets</strong>. He is responsible for scouting assignments of<br />
international players overseas.<br />
Pascucci possesses over 10 years of international coaching experience.<br />
For the last five seasons, he has served on the coaching staff of Scavolini<br />
Pesaro’s senior team in the Italian A-1 League and the Euroleague. As<br />
an assistant coach with Scavolini Pesaro, Pascucci faced <strong>Rockets</strong> forward<br />
Bostjan Nachbar and Benetton Treviso.<br />
Along with his coaching background, Pascucci has spent several years<br />
scouting for Scavolini Pesaro. He has traveled to Venezuela, Russia and throughout Europe for various<br />
scouting assignments.<br />
Born in Pesaro, Italy, Pascucci studied at the University of Ancona.<br />
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SCOUTING