Nickeil Alexander-Walker

Nickeil Alexander-Walker
	Alexander-Walker with Canada in 2023
No. 9 – Minnesota Timberwolves
Position	Shooting guard
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	September 2, 1998 (age 26); Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school	Vaughan Secondary School; (Vaughan, Ontario); St. Louis Christian Academy; (St. Louis, Missouri); Hamilton Heights Christian Academy; (Chattanooga, Tennessee);
College	Virginia Tech (2017–2019)
NBA draft	2019: 1st round, 17th overall pick
	Selected by the Brooklyn Nets
Playing career	2019–present
Career history
2019–2022	New Orleans Pelicans
2020	→Erie BayHawks
2022–2023	Utah Jazz
2023–present	Minnesota Timberwolves
Career highlights and awards
	Third-team All-ACC (2019);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Men's basketball
Representing Canada
FIBA World Cup
FIBA Americas U18 Championship

Nickeil Alexander-Walker (/nɪˈkiːl/ nih-KEEL;^[1] born September 2, 1998) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Virginia Tech Hokies. A shooting guard, he was drafted 17th overall by the Brooklyn Nets in the 2019 NBA draft but was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans.

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