Nickeil Alexander-Walker has made a huge impact at the Hawks
Nickeil Alexander-Walker’s consistency for the Atlanta Hawks has been acknowledged after he was named the NBA’s Most Improved Player for the 2025-26 season.
The 27-year-old guard beat out Portland Trail Blazers forward Deni Avdija and Detroit Pistons big man Jalen Duren for the honour.
Alexander-Walker received 66 first-place votes from the 100-person media panel. Duren got 23 first-place votes, while Avdija received seven. Milwaukee Bucks guard Ryan Rollins and Alexander-Walker’s Hawks teammate, Jalen Johnson, were the other two players to receive first-place votes.
This is the second consecutive season a Hawks player has won Most Improved honours, after guard Dyson Daniels won it last season.
The award culminates what has been a career high for Alexander-Walker, who joined Atlanta last summer from the Minnesota Timberwolves. This season, the seven-year veteran averaged career-bests in points (20.8), rebounds (3.4) and assists (3.7) per game while shooting a career-high 45.9 percent from the field and making 39.9 percent of his 3s.
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