Sophomore guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker is entering the 2019 NBA draft and hiring an agent, the 20-year-old Canadian announced on Twitter earlier tonight. Alexander-Walker posted a picture thanking Virginia Tech and his collegiate teammates and coaching staff.
The hiring of an agent will not preclude Alexander-Walker from returning to Blacksburg next season, but based upon his projected draft position, it seems unlikely that he will withdraw from the draft and return for his junior year.
Alexander-Walker, a third-team All-ACC selection this past season, averaged 16.2 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 4.0 APG, and 1.9 SPG for the Hokies during his sophomore campaign after putting up 10.7 PPG as a freshman. He started all 77 games he played during his college career.
Once considered a potential lottery pick, Alexander-Walker currently ranks 22nd overall on ESPN’s Jonathan Givony‘s 2019 big board, behind fellow wings R.J. Barrett, Jarrett Culver, Kevin Porter, and Tyler Herro. Alexander-Walker’s scouting report notes his ability to play on the ball some in the NBA and guard positions 1-3.
Too many syllables. Pretty sure I made this point last year. Will he make it in the NBA?
NAW
It’s too bad guys like Dikembe Mutombo, Hakeem Olajuwon, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Giannis Antetokounmpo never made the NBA
Those names fall short of Alexander-Walker’s epic tale which he insists we all have to hear out… except for Annomumbl, which nobody but some TV guys use.
BTW Eastern Euros need to translate their names correctly, from their original names with all the hats and sliders attached to the letters, into phonetically equivalent English letters– not just cut off the hats and sliders and say my name is Charch. Nobody owes Saric anything, he made no effort, and that is not the name he was born with.
You know someone is privileged when they rant about what other people’s names should and should not. Seriously do you not have anything better to do with your like x%
It is an imposition, which is a rudeness, to make people wrong and put out when they try to say your name as well as remember whatever else they were trying to say.
Think about what side you’re on.
Nobody who comments here or anywhere or reads comments or articles or books or does anything else, had anything better to do when they did it, at least in their opinion, or else they would have done some other thing instead.