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Nickeil Alexander-Walker Rumors
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Position: G
Born: 09/02/98
Height: 6-5 / 1.96
Weight:205 lbs. / 93 kg.
Salary: $2,964,840
Born: 09/02/98
Height: 6-5 / 1.96
Weight:205 lbs. / 93 kg.
Salary: $2,964,840
Among all players who have logged at least 20 minutes this season, the Pelicans’ key free agency acquisition JJ Redick ranks second-best (5.46 MPH) based on their average speed run on offense. That is by far the fastest measure he has recorded since this has been tracked despite the fact that he is 35 years old. But more surprising is who ranks No. 1 overall: New Orleans rookie Nickeil Alexander-Walker (5.70 MPH).
07 Nov 19
Jim Eichenhofer: Jrue Holiday on #Pelicans first-round picks (Zion Williamson, Jaxson Hayes, Nickeil Alexander-Walker) and how their maturity off the court bodes well for their futures in #NBA: “They’re good. They’re talented… The way they handle themselves is really promising.”
2. New Orleans Pelicans. WAR: 77.5 | Best Under-25 Players: Lonzo Ball (29.4), Zion Williamson (22.0), Josh Hart (9.5). Unsurprisingly, Williamson projects as far and away the best rookie; he more than doubles every other 2019 draft pick except Morant in expected production over the next five seasons. But New Orleans isn’t just the Zion Show: The Pelicans have more young depth than any other team in the NBA. Beyond the trio listed above, Brandon Ingram, Jaxson Hayes, and Nickeil Alexander-Walker all project as rotation players, and more players will join them in the coming years thanks to New Orleans’s numerous future first-round picks.
Minnesota Timberwolves forward Andrew Wiggins wasn’t included among the list which features NBA rookies R.J. Barrett and Nickeil Alexander-Walker along with NCAA players such as Andrew Nembard, EuroLeaguers like Kevin Pangos and the expected NBA suspects in Jamal Murray, Tristan Thompson and Cory Joseph.
