Trey Alexander | |
Position: | Shooting guard |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 4 |
Weight Lbs: | 185 |
League: | NBA |
Team: | Denver Nuggets |
Number: | 23 |
Birth Date: | 2 May 2003 |
Birth Place: | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
High School: | Heritage Hall (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
College: | Creighton (2021–2024) |
Draft Year: | 2024 |
Career Start: | 2024 |
Years1: | –present |
Team1: | Denver Nuggets |
Years2: | 2024–present |
Team2: | →Grand Rapids Gold |
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Trey Alexander (born May 2, 2003) is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Grand Rapids Gold of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Creighton Bluejays.
Alexander grew up in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and attended Heritage Hall School.[1] He was named the Oklahoma Gatorade Player of the Year after averaging 23.6 points, 8.7 rebounds, four assists, and 2.1 steals per game as a senior.[2] Alexander was rated a four-star recruit. In November 2020, he committed to playing college basketball for Auburn over offers from Arkansas, Georgia, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, and Kansas.[3] Alexander decommitted from the program at the end of his senior season.[4] He later signed to play for Creighton.[5]
Alexander played in all 35 of Creighton's games during his freshman season and was named to the Big East Conference All-Freshman team after averaging 7.4 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game.[6] He became the Bluejays' starting point guard after Ryan Nembhard suffered a season-ending injury.[7] Alexander averaged 11.6 points, 4.3 assists, and four assists during the final eight games of the season.[8]
Alexander entered his sophomore season as Creighton's starting shooting guard.[9]
After going undrafted in the 2024 NBA draft, Alexander joined the Denver Nuggets for the 2024 NBA Summer League[10] and on July 10, 2024, he signed a two-way contract with the team.[11]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22| style="text-align:left;"| Creighton| 35 || 13 || 26.6 || .422 || .281 || .818 || 3.7 || 2.5 || .7 || .3 || 7.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23| style="text-align:left;"| Creighton| 37 || 37 || 32.1 || .447 || .410 || .824 || 4.2 || 2.6 || 1.1 || .5 || 13.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24| style="text-align:left;"| Creighton| 35 || 35 || 37.3 || .446 || .339 || .824 || 5.7 || 4.7 || 1.1 || .4 || 17.6|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 107 || 85 || 32.0 || .442 || .358 || .822 || 4.6 || 3.2 || 1.0 || .4 || 12.9