Alize Johnson

On June 21, 2018, Johnson was selected by the Indiana Pacers with the 50th pick in the 2018 NBA draft. On July 6, 2018 Johnson made his debut for the Pacers at the 2018 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas where against the Houston Rockets Johnson scored 15 points had 4 rebounds and 2 assists in 16 minutes of play.[9] In the Pacers 2018 summer league finale Johnson started scoring 12 points grabbing 14 rebounds and having 4 assists.[10] Johnson played in 4 games during the 2018 summer league averaging 12.4 ppg, 8.6 rpg and 1.6 apg in 23 minutes played.

On July 17, 2018, Johnson signed a two-year, guaranteed contract worth $2,255,316 with the Pacers.[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. Johnson remained on the Mad Ants being called up for three games in December. He remained with the Pacers throughout all of January playing in seven games with limited minutes played.[13][14] Johnson remained in the G League until its season ended. Johnson finished the season with averages of 18.8 points per game, 13.5 rebounds per game, 3.3 assists per game and 1.4 blocks per game. 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.[15]

On August 14, 2020, Johnson recorded a career-high 17 rebounds in the Pacers' 109–92 win over the Miami Heat.[16]

On November 27, 2020, Johnson signed an Exhibit 10 deal with the Toronto Raptors[17] The signing was confirmed by the Raptors on December 1, 2020.[18] and was waived on December 19.[19] On January 27, 2021, Johnson signed with Raptors 905 of the NBA G League.[20] In 15 games, he averaged 16.6 points, 13.3 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.3 steals in 32.1 minutes per game, helping the Raptors have the season's best record.[21]

On March 22, 2021, Johnson signed a 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets.[21] On March 24, in his debut with the Nets, Johnson recorded a career-high 23 points along with 15 rebounds in the Nets' 118–88 loss to the Utah Jazz.[22] On April 1, Johnson was signed to a second 10-day contract.[23] On April 11, Johnson agreed to a multi-year contract.[24] On April 29, Johnson recorded a double-double with 20 points and a career-high 21 rebounds in a 130–113 win over the Indiana Pacers.[25] On September 3, he was waived by the Nets.[26]

On September 8, 2021, Johnson signed with the Chicago Bulls.[27] On December 26, he was waived.[28]

On December 28, 2021, Johnson signed a 10-day contract with the Washington Wizards.[29]

On March 2, 2022, Johnson signed another 10-day contract, this time with the New Orleans Pelicans. He made his debut for the team that evening.[30] On March 11, he was waived.[31] A day later, he signed a 10-day contract with the Pelicans via the hardship exception.[32]

On October 24, 2022, Johnson joined the Austin Spurs training camp roster.[33]

On November 29, 2022, Johnson signed a contract to join the San Antonio Spurs.[34] On December 13, he was waived by the Spurs[35] and two days later, he rejoined Austin.[36]

On January 28, 2023, the Wisconsin Herd announced via their Twitter account that they had acquired Johnson from Austin Spurs for Brandon Randolph.[37][38]

On August 3, 2023, Johnson signed with Jeonju KCC Egis of the Korean Basketball League.[39]

Johnson is very active in the charity and activism landscape. 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.[41][42] In late 2018, Johnson launched the Alize Johnson Foundation; the foundation's first major fundraiser gave out Thanksgiving meals to over 100 families in need in Williamsport.[43] In November 2018, Johnson donated basketball shoes for three Lycoming County varsity high school basketball teams, over 40 players from Williamsport, Loyalsock and St. John Neumann high schools were given pairs. In early 2019, Johnson announced he was donated $145,000 to open a basketball court at park.[44] On June 2, 2019, Johnson and city officials opened the court.[45] In July 2019, Johnson held his first annual basketball camp in Springfield at his alma mater.[46][47][48][49] On July 19, 2019, Johnson held his first basketball camp at his former high school. Forty-five kids participated and were given signed Pacers gear and all of the costs were absorbed by Johnson's foundation. The camp still goes on to this day. The point of his camp is to help kids in his community learn and get better at basketball. It is also a place for kids to have fun.[50]