Suns rookie Cam Johnson throws down slam dunk over JaVale McGee

Cam Johnson is known as a shooter, not a dunker. But he powered down a slam dunk over longtime shot-blocker JaVale McGee.

The Phoenix Suns did not draft forward Cam Johnson for any dunking ability.

He was seen as an NBA-ready sharpshooter when he was drafted No. 11 in the 2019 NBA Draft.

But on Monday night, Johnson rose up and shocked the Los Angeles Lakers crowd — and Suns Twitter — as he jammed it home over JaVale McGee.

Johnson missed 10 games from Jan. 18 to Feb. 5 due to a right quad contusion, but he came back with an attribute that fans weren’t quite aware he possessed.

In the first start of his career, Johnson drove on Lakers All-Star Anthony Davis and rose up over McGee, who is known as an adept shot-blocker. Johnson slammed it home:

Midway through the video, the camera pans to the Suns bench, where high-flying rookie Jalen Lecque is in awe.

If Lecque thinks you had a good dunk, you know you had a good dunk.