Mateen Ahmad Cleaves was born on September 7,1977 and is an American retired basketball player.
22 Facts About Mateen Cleaves
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Mateen Cleaves played parts of six seasons in the National Basketball Association.
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Mateen Cleaves was an All-American college player for Michigan State, where he led the Spartans to a national championship in 2000.
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Mateen Cleaves has worked as a studio analyst for Fox Sports.
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Mateen Cleaves's recruiting trip with the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team touched off a major scandal after he was a passenger in a rollover accident.
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Mateen Cleaves is one of the four MSU players from Flint, Michigan, dubbed "The Flintstones".
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The school's only three-time All-American, Mateen Cleaves was named Big Ten Player of the Year twice.
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Mateen Cleaves led MSU and the conference in career assists with 816, and is Michigan State's all-time steals leader.
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On February 3,2007, Mateen Cleaves became the eighth MSU player to have his number retired.
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In 2000, Mateen Cleaves was selected 14th overall in the 2000 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons.
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Mateen Cleaves played with the Cleveland Cavaliers in four games.
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In total, Mateen Cleaves played 167 NBA games, starting in 10 of them and had career averages of 3.6 points, 2 assists and 1 rebound a game.
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In that game Mateen Cleaves recorded 2 points and 3 assists.
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On March 14,2010, it was announced that Mateen Cleaves had joined Fox Sports Detroit as a Detroit Pistons studio analyst.
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In 1998, while at Michigan State, Mateen Cleaves ran afoul of the law twice, both cases involving alcohol.
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One night, Mateen Cleaves took a beer from a 7-Eleven while the clerk was in the bathroom, leaving money on the counter.
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Mateen Cleaves was underage at the time and the incident occurred after legal alcohol selling hours.
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Mateen Cleaves was benched for half a game, fined, and ordered to perform community service.
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Mateen Cleaves was charged with being a minor in possession of alcohol, refusing a breath test, and not wearing his seat belt.
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On December 5,2016, after reviewing surveillance video and the alleged victim's testimony, all charges against Cleaves were dismissed by District Court Judge M Cathy Dowd.
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Cleaves attorney Frank J Manley released a statement saying that Cleaves was doing the right thing by pulling a naked woman back into the hotel room and allowed her to leave when fully dressed.
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Manley stated that Mateen Cleaves' case was dismissed previously by a female judge who heard all the evidence and he was acquitted by a jury that had 9 out 12 jurors who were female.