Alize Johnson

Alize DeShawn Johnson (born April 22, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Kawasaki Brave Thunders of the B.League.

By the time his high school days were over, however, Johnson had grown to 6 feet 4 inches while turning in a fairly decorated career along the way.

Despite leading his team to a 30–1 record while averaging 24.1 points, 15.0 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game, Johnson had no Division I offers after his senior year, with only a little bit of interest from St. Peters and St. Francis.

[2] Because of Johnson's lack of Division I offers he attended Frank Phillips College for his freshman and sophomore years.

[4] Later that month on December 30 Johnson scored a career-high 30 points on 50% shooting and grabbed 15 rebounds in an 81–75 overtime win over Indiana State.

Prior to the 2017–18 season, Johnson was invited to the Adidas Nations basketball camp with the likes of Michael Porter Jr. and other top level NBA talent.

[9] In the Pacers 2018 summer league finale Johnson started scoring 12 points grabbing 14 rebounds and having 4 assists.

[11] On October 19, 2018, Johnson made his NBA debut vs the Milwaukee Bucks and scored two points in four minutes of play in a 118–101 loss.

[12] Johnson remained with the team playing in two more games before being moved down to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants on October 27.

In the Pacers season finale on April 10, 2019, Johnson saw significant playing time in 25 minutes he score 7 points and 11 rebounds in a 135–134 win over the Atlanta Hawks.

[36] On January 28, 2023, the Wisconsin Herd announced via their Twitter account that they had acquired Johnson from Austin Spurs for Brandon Randolph.

Johnson has three brothers David, Davion, and Nasza as well as four sisters, Davesha, Destiny, Davida and Alana.

Johnson mainly focuses on his hometown of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, but has also been a player in the Indianapolis area as well, participating in multiple community events with the Pacers and Mad Ants.

Forty-five kids participated and were given signed Pacers gear and all of the costs were absorbed by Johnson's foundation.