Virginia Tech Basketball: NBA Draft profile of Nickeil Alexander-Walker

Virginia Tech Basketball: 2019 NBA Draft profile of Nickeil Alexander-Walker

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 24: Nickeil Alexander-Walker #4 of the Virginia Tech Hokies looks on in the second half against the Liberty Flames during the second round of the 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at SAP Center on March 24, 2019 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images) /

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NBA Comparisons

Spencer Dinwiddie/Khris Middleton

The NBA comparisons for NAW are strikingly similar in archetypes with Spender Dinwiddie and Khris Middleton. Both players have proven themselves as capable scorers and defenders in the league and are solid contributors for their respective teams.

Dinwiddie is coming off a career year in the points per game department after averaging 16.8 points per game in 2018-19 for the Brooklyn Nets. He had some early growing pains to work through in his first few seasons, which sets the stage for NAW and his own growth and development.

Middleton is another player who’s done a little bit of everything to make a name for himself with the Milwaukee Bucks. He’s coming off the first All-Star appearance of his career in Year 7. NAW is a player with All-Star potential if put in the right situation.

NAW won’t be a player that explodes in the league right away but if he’s given a plan for development, he certainly has the potential to emerge as a Dinwiddie/Middleton type of player.

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