According to the Basketball Reference website, 41 players in NBA history were born in Canada, including 19 who’ve appeared in at least one game during the 2019-20 regular season. That means roughly 10 percent of current Canadians in the league hail from the same family, with New Orleans rookie Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Oklahoma City second-year guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander being cousins. Alexander-Walker, 21, is a proud native of the country located north of the United States, sporting multiple tattoos that are direct references to the nation of roughly 38 million people. One of two Pelicans born outside the 50 states (Italy native Nicolo Melli is the other), Alexander-Walker played two seasons of NCAA hoops at Virginia Tech, before being picked No.
Off the Court: Pelicans guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker
