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Minnesota Timberwolves Western Northwest
 
Nickeil Alexander-Walker • #9 • F
Status:On roster
Ht/Wt:6'6", 205 lbs.
Born:Sep 2, 1998 (26 yrs) in Toronto, Ont.
Hometown:Toronto, Ont.
From:Virginia Tech
Experience:4 years
Drafted:Drafted by Brooklyn in 2019 (1/17).
Acquired:Acquired in a trade with Utah in 2023.
Movements & Injuries
2023
2/08/2023 Acquired from the Utah Jazz
2022
2/09/2022 Acquired from the Portland Trail Blazers
2/08/2022 Acquired from the New Orleans Pelicans
2021
12/31/2021 Missed 3 games (health and safety protocols).
12/23/2021 Health and Safety Protocols, day-to-day.
10/13/2021 New Orleans Pelicans exercised their contract option for the 2022-23 season.
5/09/2021 Missed 18 games (sprained left ankle).
4/06/2021 Sprained left ankle, sidelined indefinitely.
2020
12/18/2020 New Orleans Pelicans exercised their contract option for the 2021-22 season.
7/29/2020 Missed 2 games (fractured right wrist).
3/07/2020 Fractured right wrist, sidelined indefinitely.
3/06/2020 Right wrist injury, day-to-day.
3/01/2020 Recalled from the Erie BayHawks (NBA G League).
2/26/2020 Assigned to the Erie BayHawks (NBA G League).
2/05/2020 Missed 1 game (illness).
2/04/2020 Illness, day-to-day.
2019
7/07/2019 Signed by the New Orleans Pelicans to a four-year contract.
7/06/2019 Acquired from the Atlanta Hawks
7/06/2019 Acquired from the Brooklyn Nets
6/21/2019 Drafted by the Brooklyn Nets in the 1st round (17th overall) in 2019.
Career Transactions
2019
7/06/2019 Brooklyn Nets traded Allen Crabbe, the rights to Nickeil Alexander-Walker and a conditional 2020 first-round pick to the Atlanta Hawks for Taurean Prince and a 2021 second-round pick.
7/06/2019 New Orleans Pelicans traded the rights to De'Andre Hunter, Solomon Hill, a conditional 2023 second-round pick and the rights to Jordan Bone to the Atlanta Hawks for the rights to Jaxson Hayes, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Marcos Louzada Silva and a conditional 2020 first-round pick.
6/20/2019 Drafted by the Brooklyn Nets in the 1st round (17th overall) in 2019.
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