Joe Alexander (born December 26, 1986) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for Beşiktaş of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). Alexander, who at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) plays both forward positions, was selected for the 2007 All-Big East squad during his collegiate career with West Virginia and was an All-American Honorable Mention. He was selected eighth overall in the 2008 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks. He is the first-ever Taiwanese-born NBA player.\n', '

Born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Alexander moved to Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S., when he was two. When he was eight, his family relocated to China when his father got a job working for Nestlé. Alexander lived in Hong Kong for six months and then in China for six years, becoming conversant in Mandarin. While Alexander lived in Hong Kong, he attended the Hong Kong International School in Tai Tam. Alexander and his family lived in a separated ex-pat community with other Americans in Beijing. There he attended the International School of Beijing from 1996–2002, where he first became acquainted with basketball. His brothers, John and Jeremy, became the first foreigners to win the Beijing High School basketball MVP award and did so in successive seasons. In 2010, the ISB Dragons basketball team officially retired Alexander\'s jersey in an elaborate ceremony in the school gym, a ceremony where Alexander himself was present.\n', '

His maternal grandfather was Jewish, which made him eligible for an Israeli citizenship while playing for Maccabi Tel-Aviv.\n', '

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