Michael Hawkins Basketball player

Steven Michael Hawkins, referred to as Michael Hawkins (born October 28, 1972 in Canton, Ohio), is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the NBA and last played with Al Jalaa Aleppo of the Syrian basketball league. Hawkins, along with classmate and NBA player Eric Snow, played basketball at Canton McKinley High School and graduated from there in 1991. The 6' 0" (1.83 m) point guard went undrafted out of Xavier University when he signed with the Boston Celtics in 1997. Over the next four years he played for three other NBA teams, finally finishing his short NBA career with his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers in 2001. He played for the US national team in the 1998 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal.