Joe Alexander Might Be the Best Athlete in the Draft
Everything we’ve been hearing since the college season ended, is that everyone has been floored by the athleticism of West Virginia’s Joe Alexander.
Our friends at DraftExpress went to watch Joe work out with a bunch of other NBA prospects in Las Vegas and sat down with him to do a Q&A. Alexander claims his athleticism has come through working out, as opposed to just having good genes. Check out the interview and pics of Joe’s head by the rim HERE.
May 27th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
ERIC says:
It’s amazing that this draft has 2 American-born, white guys (Alexander & Budinger) who display elite-class athleticism. In the last 20 drafts there have been 0!
There have been many top white players who have come along but not those who possessed this athleticism. Maybe I am wrong: can anybody name a white, American NBA Player in the last 10-20 years with this type of athleticism?
May 27th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Dime Magazine says:
first guy who comes to mind is one of my favorites when i was a little kid: Rex Chapman
- PC
May 27th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
subrock says:
brent barry was a slam dunk champ back in the days.
May 27th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
JHov says:
This kid’s got ri-dunk-u-lous ups! Hope he goes to a team like Dallas, Charlotte, Hornets, New Jersey, etc. They could use his athletism!
May 27th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
K Dizzle - Get that quarter out yo' ass cuz you played yourself says:
Dan Majerle
May 27th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
GEE...stand in the place where you live..now face north says:
Rex was like that. I remember seeing dude in basketball camps and he was nice back when.
Brent was one of my favorites too.
Dan Majerle…not so much. Lol
May 27th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
djKianoosh says:
joe alexander can shoot too. didn’t we see him against the dukies in the ncaa’s? i’m losing my memory but didn’t he have a nice game that day?
May 27th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
djKianoosh says:
just checked.. he had 22 and 11 but he shot 7-22. they won though… http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/gamecenter/recap/NCAAB_20080322_WV@DUKE
May 27th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
iain. says:
i love this kid. he ain’t just happy to be there listen to how much he beleives in himself, could kinda tell that during the tourney. i definately think he should stay in the draft.
May 27th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Jim says:
Tom Chambers…brushing up on the edge of 20 years. And like Chambers, dude appears to be an unpleasant fellow.
Googs was a good athlete before he got hurt, but Rex and Bones are the prime examples recently. Damn. My toddler sons are coming for the title!
May 27th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
AY says:
these things always look great without bruce bowen trying to take your legs out, or raja bell trying to take your head off. Dennis Rodman is looking for a paycheck: why don’t teams get him to come into these camps and see how the kids react to him D-ing them? He can’t stay in front of them anymore, but he’ll still check them into the floor.
May 27th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Brado says:
Dude looks up to Matt Harpring?!? I love this guy even more for having the balls to admit that.
May 28th, 2008 at 12:22 am
tealish says:
Harpring is so underrated, you have no idea.
May 28th, 2008 at 3:35 am
Craig says:
Never heard of someone throwing up 6pts and 3 reb a game in the playoffs as being underrated…i think its the “you have no idea” that cracks me up the most tho
May 28th, 2008 at 9:17 am
bsteezy3 says:
LOL you guys are a trip. I don’t buy into pre-draft hype. There’s always someone saying who’s the “best athlete” or the “sleeper pick”. I like Alexander though, and I hope he does well, but I’ll wait and see until he gets to the pros before I make judgement on him. Like AY said, no one’s playing any tough D on him, so of course it looks good. (Remember Yi Jianlian’s footage last year when he did all those drills playing against a CHAIR??)
May 28th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
jimmhumm says:
I go to WVU. Joe’s got serious hops regardless of his color. The team had a slam dunk contest before the season. Joe did some Lebron type dunks and a foul line dunk. He is intense on the court but just a regular dude off of it. I think he majors in engineering. He’s almost as laid back as Pittsnoggle was. (Without the tats)
May 28th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Brado says:
I’m not saying Matt Harpring is underated…the dude is one tought mofo. If I was building a team I wouldn’t mind having him coming off the bench to frustrate opponents.
May 29th, 2008 at 12:13 am
Alec says:
“It’s amazing that this draft has 2 American-born, white guys (Alexander & Budinger) who display elite-class athleticism. In the last 20 drafts there have been 0!”
FYI…..Alexander was actually born in Taiwan
Joe Alexander (born December 26, 1986 in Taiwan; lived abroad for eight years (two in Taiwan, five in Beijing and one in Hong Kong); hometown: Mount Airy, Maryland)
HE IS A BEAST THOUGH!
June 9th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Paul says:
Actually Joe is 100% American. His father was overseas while working for nestle, I went to the same high school with him when his family moved back to Mt. Airy, MD. I played with him in high school, and his work ethic is amazing. Glad to see him overcome not getting a D-1 offer after high school. His hard work paid off.
Way to go Joe
June 13th, 2008 at 3:23 am
Clowns says:
You guys are all clowns.
a) joe was born in taiwan
June 13th, 2008 at 3:26 am
Clowns says:
You guys are all clowns. joe didn’t even start on our high school team in beijing and in the last 3 months he has gone from nobody and potential late 2nd round to lottery pick.most driven and athletic guy in the draft.
a) joe was born in taiwan
b) he is going top ten in the draft
c) he will be dropping 18 and grabbing 8 in 2 yrs.