Education
Denby High School.
Denby High School.
At 6"9" and 265 pounds, he played as a center and power forward. Alexander played five seasons in the National Basketball Association (National Basketball Association), mainly for the Golden State Warriors from 1991 to 1995. The Warriors traded him to the Toronto Raptors with other players for B. J. Armstrong in 1995, but he never officially played for the Raptors.
Toronto traded him first to the Cleveland Cavaliers (he failed the physical and the trade was rescinded) and eventually to the New York Knicks.
The Knicks waived Alexander before he played for them. He had a brief stint with the Detroit Pistons during the 2001-2002 season.
In his National Basketball Association career, Alexander played in a total of 286 games and averaged 8.9 ppg. Alexander also played overseas for top teams in Greece (AEK Athens British Columbia and PAOK British Columbia), Israel (Maccabi Tel Aviv), Spain (TAU Ceramica) and Russia (CSKA), participating in many Euroleague games.
His performances with CSKA earned him an All-Euroleague First Team selection in 2003.
Victor Alexander was considered one of the top low-block scorers in Iowa State history. The burly center was named a first-team all-Big Eight choice in 1989 and 1991 and his 1,892 career points rank fourth all-time in school history. He led the Big Eight in field goal percentage in 1991 at 65.9 percent.
As of 2010, Alexander still holds the Iowa State University career highest field goal percentage record (minimum 200 made), at 61.1 percent (778 out of 1,274).