Victor Alexander

Victor Alexander

Personal information
Born	(1969-08-31) August 31, 1969 Detroit, Michigan
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	265 lb (120 kg)
Career information
High school	Denby (Detroit, Michigan)
College	Iowa State (1987–1991)
NBA draft	1991 / Round: 1 / Pick: 17th overall
Selected by the Golden State Warriors
Playing career	1991–2003
Position	Center / Power forward
Number	52, 9
Career history
1991–1995	Golden State Warriors
1996–1997	Estudiantes de Olavarría (Argentina)
1997	Atléticos de San Germán (Puerto Rico)
1997–1998	AEK Athens BC (Greece)
1998–1999	Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)
1999–2000	PAOK BC (Greece)
2000–2001	Tau Ceramica (Spain)
2001–2002	Detroit Pistons
2002–2003	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
2003	Unicaja Málaga (Spain)
2003–2004	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
Career highlights and awards
All-Euroleague First Team (2003) First-team All-Big Eight (1991)
Career NBA statistics
Points	2,542 (8.9 ppg)
Rebounds	1,384 (4.8 rpg)
Assists	257 (0.9 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Men’s Basketball Representing United States Summer Universiade 1989 Duisburg National team

Victor Joe Alexander (born August 31, 1969) is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Golden State Warriors in the first round (17th pick overall) of the 1991 NBA Draft after playing collegiately at Iowa State University. At 6'9" and 265 pounds, he played as a center and power forward.

Alexander played five seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), mainly for the Golden State Warriors from 1991 to 1995. The Warriors traded him to the Toronto Raptors 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 Toronto traded him first to the Cleveland Cavaliers (he failed the physical and the trade was rescinded) and eventually to the New York Knicks.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 ppg.

Alexander also played overseas for top teams in Greece (AEK Athens BC and PAOK BC), Israel (Maccabi Tel Aviv), Spain (TAU Ceramica) and Russia (CSKA), participating in many Euroleague games. His performances with CSKA earned him an All-Euroleague First Team selection in 2003.

College career

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

Victor Alexander Collegiate Statistics (Iowa State University)

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

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1991–92	Golden State	80	28	16.9	.529	.000	.691	4.2	.4	.6	.8	7.4
1992–93	Golden State	72	59	24.3	.516	.455	.685	5.8	1.3	.5	.7	11.2
1993–94	Golden State	69	39	19.1	.530	.154	.527	4.5	1.0	.4	.5	8.7
1994–95	Golden State	50	29	24.7	.515	.240	.600	5.8	1.2	.6	.6	10.0
2001–02	Detroit	15	0	6.5	.353	.000	.500	1.9	.4	.0	.1	2.7
Career		286	155	20.1	.518	.286	.634	4.8	.9	.5	.6	8.9

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1992	Golden State	4	0	6.0	.600	.000	1.000	1.5	.3	.5	.0	1.8
2002	Detroit	1	0	3.0	.000	.000	.000	1.0	.0	.0	.0	0.0
Career		5	0	5.4	.500	.000	1.000	1.4	.2	.4	.0	1.4

External links

• Euroleague.net Profile
• NBA.com Profile
• Basketpedya.com Profile