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On Wednesday afternoon, simply over 24 hours earlier than the NBA commerce deadline, the Utah Jazz agreed to a three workforce commerce with the San Antonio Spurs and the Portland Path Blazers.
The Jazz despatched ahead Joe Ingles and guard Elijah Hughes to Portland — a pair of second spherical picks additionally went out, one to the Spurs, the opposite to the Blazers — and in return obtained energy ahead Juancho Hernangomez and guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker.
Who's Alexander-Walker?
Age: 23 (Sept. 2, 1998)
Peak: 6-foot-5
Weight: 205 lbs.
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He performed collegiately at Virginia Tech.
Drafted: seventeenth total within the 2019 NBA draft by the Brooklyn Nets. His rights have been traded two weeks later to the Atlanta Hawks after which instantly to the New Orleans Pelicans, who he has performed for his whole profession till getting traded to the Portland Path Blazers on Tuesday (he didn't seem in a recreation for them) and the Jazz on Wednesday.
Contract: He has yet one more 12 months on his rookie deal after this season at simply over $5 million, though he's extension eligible on the finish of this season.
Profession averages: 9.9 factors, 3.3 rebounds and a pair of.8 assists in 26.3 minutes per recreation.
Do you know?: He's the cousin of Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.