The New Orleans Pelicans seem to have found something in the first round of the draft, but that something wasn’t either of their top-ten picks. Nickeil Alexander-Walker is coming off an electric preseason and with Zion Williamson missing “a period of weeks” early in the season, he could be the first Pels rookie to make a big splash in the NBA.
Falling all the way to the 17th pick and being drafted to New Orleans, Alexander-Walker joins the Pelicans after two seasons of college basketball at Virginia Tech.
Examining the physical profile of Alexander-Walker, his 6’5.