DeShawn Stevenson (born April 3, 1981) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA. Before his NBA career, he originally committed to play at the University of Kansas, but decided to enter the NBA directly from Washington Union High School in his hometown of Fresno, California, and was picked by the Utah Jazz with the 23rd selection of the 2000 NBA Draft. He is well known for his defense and his athleticism. DeShawn Stevenson was born in Fresno, California to Genice Popps and Darryl C. Stevenson. A year after DeShawn's birth, Darryl Stevenson was hospitalized for threatening family members, allegedly attacking his brother with a butcher knife. Stevenson's parents never married, although when the boy was 3, his father signed a court order agreeing he had a duty to support his son.
Dallas Mavericks star DeShawn Stevenson has a fallback plan in case the new NBA deal falls apart -- TATTOO ARTIST -- and TMZ has learned he got his first crack at human flesh earlier this week.… READ MORE >
TMZ has obtained the 911 call made the night Dallas Mavericks star DeShawn Stevenson was arrested for public intoxication -- and according to the caller, Stevenson couldn't even talk straight. The… READ MORE >
Dallas Mavericks guard DeShawn Stevenson was arrested last night for public intoxication in Texas ... TMZ has confirmed.Law enforcement sources tell us, police received a call about some drunk guy… READ MORE >
