Redhawks in Professional Basketball

REDHAWK BASKETBALL

Antonius Cleveland plays for the Dallas Mavericks and is on a two-way contract with the Texas Legends of the NBA G League.

Cleveland, who was at SEMO for four years from 2013-17, became the first Redhawks player signed to a NBA roster since the NBA/ABA merger in 1976.

After going undrafted in the 2017 NBA Draft, Cleveland signed with the Portland Trail Blazers and joined the team for its 2017 NBA Summner League. He averaged 5.8 points per game in six games off the bench for the Trail Blazers.

On July 27, 2017, Cleveland signed with the Golden State Warriors on a training camp deal. He was later waived by the Warriors on September 30 and was then assigned to the Santa Cruz Warriors NBA G League affiliate on October 24, 2017.

Cleveland next signed a twoway contract with the Dallas Mavericks on November 17, 2017. He made his NBA debut later that night in a 111-87 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Cleveland had two points and two rebounds in six minutes against Minnesota. He split his playing time between the Mavericks and their G League affiliate, the Texas Legends. On December 18, 2017, Cleveland was injured in a 97-91 loss to the Phoenix Suns and was waived from the team a day later.

The Atlanta Hawks then signed Cleveland to a 10-day contract on February 22, 2018. He signed a second 10-day contract with Atlanta on March 4, 2018. On March 14, 2018, the Hawks signed Cleveland to a multi-year contract. A week later, he was placed on waivers by Atlanta on July 21, 2018.

Cleveland appeared in four games and averaged 3.3 points and one rebound in 10.5 minutes per game for the Hawks.

On July 23, 2018 the Chicago Bulls claimed Cleveland off waivers. The Bulls waived Cleveland on October 13, 2018.

Cleveland re-signed with the Dallas Mavericks on a two-way contract with the Texas Legends on July 25, 2019. He has played in a total of 28 NBA games between his time with Dallas (24) and Atlanta (4).

Cleveland became the first SEMO player to play and score in a playoff game when he netted four points vs. the Los Angeles Cippers on Aug. 25, 2020.

A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Nino Johnson spent time with the NBA G League Memphis Hustle in 2018. Johnson averaged 6.3 points and 5.1 rebounds per game in 32 appearances off the bench that year.

Cousins Tyler Stone and Jarekious Bradley, once teammates at Southeast Missouri, are both playing overseas.

Stone is with JSF Nanterre in France and Bradley is with Joensuun Kataja Basket in Finland.

Stone also played professionally in Turkey, Greece, Japan, Israel and Russia before joining his current team in Italy.

Meanwhile, Bradley played in Slovakia and Germany before joining his current team in Finland.

REDHAWK BASKETBALL

Tyler Stone Nino Johnson Jarekious Bradley

REDHAWKS IN THE NBA

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI NBA DRAFT PICKS

Year 1963 1979 1986 Round 10 4 7 Pick 75 71 149 Name Carl Ritter Larry Rogers* Ronnie Rankin

* - Played one season at Southeast Missouri in 1974-75 Team St. Louis Hawks New York Knicks Sacramento Kings

FORMER SEMO PLAYERS IN THE NBA

Draft Yr. 1961 2017 Name Rich Eichhorst Antonius Cleveland Team(s) St. Louis Hawks Dallas Mavericks Atlanta Hawks Chicago Bulls Pos. G G Pos. G F G