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Joe Alexander Named NBA Development League Performer of the Week

Published on December 1, 2014 under NBA G League (G League)
Santa Cruz Warriors News Release


NEW YORK, Dec. 1, 2014 - Santa Cruz Warriors forward Joe Alexander was today named NBA Development League Performer of the Week for games played Monday, Nov. 24 - Sunday, Nov. 30. The honor is the first of Alexander's career.

Alexander (6-8, 220, West Virginia) averaged 26.7 points on 57 percent shooting from the floor (35-of-62) to go with 9.3 rebounds as the Warriors went 2-1 last week. He scored a season-high 35 points on Nov. 25 against the Bakersfield Jam in defeat before recording double-doubles in the team's next two contests, both wins over the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.

The eighth overall selection in the 2008 NBA Draft, Alexander is in his second year with the Warriors. For the season, he is averaging a Warriors-best 21.4 points, good for 12th in the NBA D-League, to go with 8.6 rebounds and 29.7 minutes.

Other top performers considered include Austin's Bryce Cotton, Bakersfield's Elijah Millsap, Idaho's Joel Wright, Maine's Tim Frazier, and Texas' Eric Griffin.

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