Victor Alexander


Victor Joe Alexander is a retired American professional basketball player. Listed at 6'10" tall, and 265 pounds in weight, he played as a center and power forward.

College career

Alexander was considered one of the top low-post 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 scored ranks fourth all-time in the school's history. He led the Big Eight in field goal percentage in 1991, at 65.9 percent. As of 2010, Alexander still held the Iowa State University career highest field goal percentage record, at 61.1 percent.
YearGamesMinFGFGA3P3PAFTFTAREBPFASTTOBLKSTLPTS
1987–88 Iowa St23120183000363219474239
1988–89 Iowa St2992324041200971492558635813026577
1989–90 Iowa St28887226386011001732436443353415552
1990–91 Iowa St311020294446001362012807837855135724
Total1112950778127401336529810247119208120781892

Professional career

NBA

Alexander was selected by the Golden State Warriors, in the first round of the 1991 NBA Draft, after playing college basketball at Iowa State University. Alexander played five seasons in the National Basketball Association, mainly with the Golden State Warriors, from 1991 to 1995. The Warriors traded him to the Toronto Raptors, along 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, 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 points per game.

Europe

Alexander also played overseas, for top teams in Greece, Israel, Spain and Russia. During his career in Europe, he played in 115 EuroLeague games, over 6 EuroLeague seasons. His performances with CSKA earned him an All-EuroLeague First Team selection, in 2003.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

NBA

Regular season

Playoffs