Nickeil Alexander-Walker had his best game of the season for the New Orleans Pelicans against the Philadelphia 76ers in an impressive loss.
NAW was forced into the starting lineup due to injuries that kept Brandon Ingram, Jonas Valanciunas and Devonte’ Graham on the bench as the Pels try to navigate their way through the weirdest part of a schedule that has them playing six games in nine games, all back-to-backs.
NAW has been largely disappointing in his third season even though his scoring numbers are up slightly. Yes, he’s scoring 13.1 points per game but doing it in increased minutes and very inefficiently, putting up the worst shooting numbers of his career.
All of the problems that have plagued NAW in his young career are still there, as he is still committing too many turnovers, shooting too many 3-pointers and taking too many questionable shots.
But for all of his faults, NAW has still been the Pelicans’ sixth man, mostly due to his defense and the fact that they don’t…
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