Joe Alexander is a Taiwanese-born American-Israeli professional basketball player for Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Liga Leumit.
45 Facts About Joe Alexander
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Joe Alexander was selected eighth overall in the 2008 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks.
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Joe Alexander lived in Hong Kong for six months and then in Mainland China for six years, becoming conversant in Mandarin.
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Joe Alexander then returned to the US to live in Mount Airy, Maryland, where he spent his junior and senior seasons playing for Linganore High School.
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Joe Alexander was named team captain his senior year and selected to the Frederick County all-star first team.
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Joe Alexander set school records for blocks in a season and season field-goal percentage.
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On November 13,2005, Joe Alexander scored his first collegiate basket against Wofford.
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Against DePaul on January 28,2007, Joe Alexander posted a career-high 23 points.
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Joe Alexander scored no points and grabbed one rebound in 16 minutes.
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Joe Alexander averaged 10.3 points per game, 1.9 assists per game, and 4.3 rebounds per game for the season.
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Huggins emphasizes strength training and as a result Joe Alexander went from 210 pounds to 230 pounds and has often remarked that the training allowed him to avoid fatigue and weight loss.
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The next game, a victory over UMES, Joe Alexander scored 22 points with 8 rebounds.
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Joe Alexander then scored 17 points in the victory over Auburn and a then career-high 26 points over Duquesne.
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Joe Alexander scored 20 points and grabbed 8 rebounds against Maryland-Baltimore County on December 15, then followed up with 20 points and 6 rebounds against Canisius on December 22,2007.
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Joe Alexander then put up 19 points, 4 rebounds, and 5 assists in the victory over Marquette on January 6,2008.
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Joe Alexander was the sixth Mountaineer in school history to earn first-team All-Big East honors.
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Joe Alexander contributed with a career-high 34 points, the most ever by a Mountaineer in a Big East championship.
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However, as the Mountaineers lost in the semifinal matchup against the No 8 Georgetown Hoyas, Joe Alexander finished the Big East tournament with 12 points on 5-of-16 shooting, and 5 rebounds.
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Joe Alexander finished his junior season leading the team with 16.9 points per game and 6.4 rebounds per game.
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Joe Alexander was second on the team with 1.5 blocks per game and third with 2.4 assists per game and 31.6 minutes played per game.
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Joe Alexander finished the NCAA Tournament by averaging 18 points and 9.6 rebounds per game.
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Joe Alexander was described as the best athlete on paper at the draft overall, by having the second-most number of 185-pound bench reps, the second-highest max touch and the second-fastest three-quarter sprint time.
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Lakers, Joe Alexander led the team in scoring with 15 points.
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Joe Alexander finished the season averaging 4.7 points in his 12.1 minutes per game.
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On February 18,2010, Joe Alexander was traded to the Chicago Bulls along with Hakim Warrick for John Salmons.
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On September 20,2010, Joe Alexander signed with the New Orleans Hornets, but he was waived on November 13,2010.
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Joe Alexander was in an Atlanta Hawks minicamp before the 2011 NBA lockout occurred.
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In June 2011, Joe Alexander was listed as one of the NBA's "Biggest Draft Busts" by the New York Daily News, due to his struggles to transition from college to the NBA.
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In July 2011, Joe Alexander signed with BC Krasnye Krylya Samara of Russia.
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Joe Alexander left in December 2011, after an X-ray revealed Alexander had a stress fracture in his left tibia.
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On September 27,2013, Joe Alexander signed with the Golden State Warriors.
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On October 25,2013, Joe Alexander was waived by the Warriors.
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On December 25,2014, Joe Alexander left Santa Cruz and signed with Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League and the Euroleague for the rest of the season.
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Joe Alexander won the 2015 Israeli State Cup with Maccabi, as well as reaching the 2015 EuroLeague Quarterfinals, where they eventually were eliminated by Fenerbahce.
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Joe Alexander won the 2017 Israeli State Cup title with Maccabi.
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On November 30,2017, Joe Alexander was named Israeli Player of the Month for games played in November.
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Joe Alexander was named Israeli League Round 28 MVP.
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Joe Alexander won the 2018 Israeli State Cup title with Holon, as well as reaching the 2018 Israeli League Final, where they eventually were lost to his former team Maccabi Tel Aviv.
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On June 8,2018, Joe Alexander earned a spot in the All-Israeli League First Team.
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On November 11,2019, Alexander signed with ESSM Le Portel of the French LNB Pro A On December 23,2019, he parted ways with Le Portel after appearing in five games.
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On December 29,2019, Joe Alexander returned to Hapoel Holon for a second stint, signing for the rest of the season.
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On March 25,2021, Joe Alexander signed with Jeonju KCC Egis of the Korean Basketball League.
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On May 24,2021, Joe Alexander signed for the third time with Hapoel Holon.
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On October 11,2021, Joe Alexander signed with Maccabi Rishon LeZion.
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Joe Alexander competed for the $2 million prize, and for The Stickmen, he averaged 6.0 points per game.