“He back! My sleeper from last year pulled out of the draft following the combine, allowing us to have a rare encore in the sleeper section. Alexander didn’t have a great year at Creighton relative to his previous draft stock, mostly because he began the year in a horrible shooting slump. But by the end of it, most of his statistical indicators were pointing exactly where they were a season ago. And after playing the point full-time this past season, he’s more credible as a true combo guard.
Alexander isn’t a sure thing, but I think his prospects have been undersold. He’s a wiry, slightly undersized shooting guard whose handle may be good enough to play extended minutes at the point. He has a solid outside shot that has some clear potential for improvement, and he doesn’t have any red-flag indicators that would preclude him from playing rotation backcourt minutes.
Alexander’s defensive tape was just OK, but dig deeper, and you’ll see a lot of really good defensive slides followed by some weak shot challenges at the end. On a Creighton team with basically no bench, it seemed he was trying incredibly hard not to foul — and indeed had one of the lowest foul rates of any prospect in this draft. He did struggle with physicality (when players got a bump on him, he couldn’t always recover), and that may be an issue at the next level if he can’t fill out a bit more.
Offensively, you’d also like to see him get all the way to the rim more. Alexander leaned pretty heavily on putting pick-and-roll defenders in jail and then shooting tough pull-ups; that’s how he shot only 47.2 percent on 2s in Big East play. On the other hand, he moved from shooting guard to point guard and posted nearly two assists for every turnover under the burden of a much higher usage rate (26.6 percent). He only shot 33.8 percent from 3 this past season, but he’s a career 82.2 percent foul shooter, and his 3-point shot seems to offer an obvious pathway to improvement if he could just square up better and stop missing to the sides so often”
Scouting Report from the Athletic
MoooonRiverrrr
He’s a steal I’m sure of it, he was ranked top 30-40 for a while until he started struggling
dominicshade
He looks great so far. Right now he’s the backup point if I have any say in the matter (I do not)
ruggnuget
I dont trust evaluations by hollinger. That guy said trading for KCP 2 years ago was a bad move. But Trey has impressed in summer league so I would like to see more and hope they find a way to keep him around
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“He back! My sleeper from last year pulled out of the draft following the combine, allowing us to have a rare encore in the sleeper section. Alexander didn’t have a great year at Creighton relative to his previous draft stock, mostly because he began the year in a horrible shooting slump. But by the end of it, most of his statistical indicators were pointing exactly where they were a season ago. And after playing the point full-time this past season, he’s more credible as a true combo guard.
Alexander isn’t a sure thing, but I think his prospects have been undersold. He’s a wiry, slightly undersized shooting guard whose handle may be good enough to play extended minutes at the point. He has a solid outside shot that has some clear potential for improvement, and he doesn’t have any red-flag indicators that would preclude him from playing rotation backcourt minutes.
Alexander’s defensive tape was just OK, but dig deeper, and you’ll see a lot of really good defensive slides followed by some weak shot challenges at the end. On a Creighton team with basically no bench, it seemed he was trying incredibly hard not to foul — and indeed had one of the lowest foul rates of any prospect in this draft. He did struggle with physicality (when players got a bump on him, he couldn’t always recover), and that may be an issue at the next level if he can’t fill out a bit more.
Offensively, you’d also like to see him get all the way to the rim more. Alexander leaned pretty heavily on putting pick-and-roll defenders in jail and then shooting tough pull-ups; that’s how he shot only 47.2 percent on 2s in Big East play. On the other hand, he moved from shooting guard to point guard and posted nearly two assists for every turnover under the burden of a much higher usage rate (26.6 percent). He only shot 33.8 percent from 3 this past season, but he’s a career 82.2 percent foul shooter, and his 3-point shot seems to offer an obvious pathway to improvement if he could just square up better and stop missing to the sides so often”
Scouting Report from the Athletic
He’s a steal I’m sure of it, he was ranked top 30-40 for a while until he started struggling
He looks great so far. Right now he’s the backup point if I have any say in the matter (I do not)
I dont trust evaluations by hollinger. That guy said trading for KCP 2 years ago was a bad move. But Trey has impressed in summer league so I would like to see more and hope they find a way to keep him around