Unveiling the Surprising Contenders for NBA’s Most Improved Player and Sixth Man of the Year: Could Keldon Johnson and Nickeil Alexander-Walker Shock the League?
Alexander-Walker credits a lot of his success to Hawks’ coach Quinn Snyder who has allowed him to develop after Snyder saw the potential in Alexander-Walker after a short stint in Utah together. “He saw a ceiling higher for myself than I did,” Alexander-Walker told NBA.com. “And that was really cool for me because I felt like in my career I’ve never had that before.”
Alexander-Walker scored a career-high 41 points against Orlando earlier this month, scored 30 or more points five times, had two double-doubles, and posted three or more steals 9 times. He’s truly taken his game other level this season and despite his teammate Jalen Johnson being a favorite for this award most of the year, Alexander-Walker has forged his name in contention with only Jalen Duren having better odds to win the award (-115), but in my opinion, not for long. I played Alexander-Walker to win Most Improved Player at +100 and +105 odds.



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