Victor Alexander

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Victor Joe Alexander (born August 31, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player. Listed at Script error: No such module "convert".[1][2][3] tall, and Script error: No such module "convert". in weight, he played as a center and power forward. Alexander played five seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Golden State Warriors and Detroit Pistons. He also found success in Europe, playing in the top leagues in Greece, Israel, Spain and Russia.

College career

Alexander was considered one of the top low-post scorers in Iowa State history. The burly center was named a first-team All-Big Eight Conference choice in 1989 and 1991, and his 1,892 career points scored ranks fourth all-time in the school's history. He led the Big Eight in field goal percentage in 1991, at 65.9 percent. As of 2010, Alexander still held the Iowa State University career highest field goal percentage record (min. 200 made), at 61.1 percent (778 out of 1,274).[4]

In 2017, Alexander was inducted into the Iowa State Hall of Fame as well their all century basketball team.[5]

Collegiate Statistics
Year Games Min FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA REB PF AST TO BLK STL PTS
1987–88 Iowa St 23 120 18 30 0 0 3 6 32 19 4 7 4 2 39
1988–89 Iowa St 29 923 240 412 0 0 97 149 255 86 35 81 30 26 577
1989–90 Iowa St 28 887 226 386 0 1 100 173 243 64 43 35 34 15 552
1990–91 Iowa St 31 1020 294 446 0 0 136 201 280 78 37 85 51 35 724
Total 111 2950 778 1274 0 1 336 529 810 247 119 208 120 78 1892

Professional career

NBA

Alexander was selected by the Golden State Warriors, in the first round (17th pick overall) of the 1991 NBA draft, after playing college basketball at Iowa State University. Alexander played five seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), mainly with the Golden State Warriors, from 1991 to 1995. The Warriors traded him to the Toronto Raptors, along with other players, for B. J. Armstrong, in 1995, but he never officially played for the Raptors.

Toronto traded him first to the Cleveland Cavaliers (he failed the physical and the trade was rescinded), and eventually to the New York Knicks. The Knicks waived Alexander before he played for them. He had a brief stint with the Detroit Pistons, during the 2001–02 season. In his NBA career, Alexander played in a total of 286 games, and averaged 8.9 points per game.[6]

Europe

Alexander also played overseas, for top teams in Greece (AEK Athens and PAOK), Israel (Maccabi Tel Aviv), Spain (TAU Ceramica) and Russia (CSKA Moscow). During his career in Europe, he played in 115 EuroLeague games, over 6 EuroLeague seasons. His performances with CSKA earned him an All-EuroLeague First Team selection, in 2003.

Career statistics

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EuroLeague

Template:Euroleague player statistics start |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2000–01 | style="text-align:left;"| Tau Ceramica | 22 || 20 || 30.0 || .400 || .250 || .740 || 7.0 || .7 || .9 || .4 || 13.5 || 14.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2002–03 | style="text-align:left;"| CSKA Moscow | 15 || 14 || 30.4 || .415 || .308 || .674 || 6.6 || 1.1 || 1.1 || .1 || 16.6 || 16.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2003–04 | style="text-align:left;"| CSKA Moscow | 19 || 15 || 18.2 || .525 || .500 || .689 || 3.2 || .3 || .7 || .3 || 9.3 || 7.9 |-class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 56 || 49 || 26.1 || .460 || .370 || .707 || 5.6 || .7 || .9 || .1 || 12.9 || 12.7 |}

NBA

Regular season

Template:NBA player statistics start |- | align="left" | 1991–92 | align="left" | Golden State | 80 || 28 || 16.9 || .529 || .000 || .691 || 4.2 || .4 || .6 || .8 || 7.4 |- | align="left" | 1992–93 | align="left" | Golden State | 72 || 59 || 24.3 || .516 || .455 || .685 || 5.8 || 1.3 || .5 || .7 || 11.2 |- | align="left" | 1993–94 | align="left" | Golden State | 69 || 39 || 19.1 || .530 || .154 || .527 || 4.5 || 1.0 || .4 || .5 || 8.7 |- | align="left" | 1994–95 | align="left" | Golden State | 50 || 29 || 24.7 || .515 || .240 || .600 || 5.8 || 1.2 || .6 || .6 || 10.0 |- | align="left" | 2001–02 | align="left" | Detroit | 15 || 0 || 6.5 || .353 || .000 || .500 || 1.9 || .4 || .0 || .1 || 2.7 |- |-class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 286 || 155 || 20.1 || .518 || .286 || .634 || 4.8 || .9 || .5 || .6 || 8.9 |}

Playoffs

Template:NBA player statistics start |- | align="left" | 1992 | align="left" | Golden State | 4 || 0 || 6.0 || .600 || .000 || 1.000 || 1.5 || .3 || .5 || .0 || 1.8 |- | align="left" | 2002 | align="left" | Detroit | 1 || 0 || 3.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 0.0 |- |-class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 5 || 0 || 5.4 || .500 || .000 || 1.000 || 1.4 || .2 || .4 || .0 || 1.4 |}

References

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