Live Bar News on January 3 after Alexander’s rookie season ended (2019 offseason), the Clippers sent out Gary Nelly, Alexander, five first rounds and two first rounds of exchange rights, and exchanged rights from Thunder for George.
Recently, at that time, Clippers coach Rivers talked about Alexander in an interview. He said, “Alexander is one of my favorite guys.”
“He reminds me of maxi in many places. The two of them are very close. He is one of those players who you want to coach him as much as possible in his rookie year. He likes to be guided, makes more than 100% efforts, and has all the outstanding potentials in the competition. I said the same thing to Maxi. I have coached several of these types of players, but SGA is very prominent, quiet but very tough.”
“You can see his future, at least I won’t be surprised by his current performance. When I was on the Clippers, the day we decided to make a big deal, I was not so sure about it-although what we did was also extraordinary. I always think this child will be very special, and I am very glad that he is a good child.”