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Other things[edit]

he's also been in movies and written books of poetry, i think--216.165.11.245 18:33, 24 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Expansion[edit]

one of the greatest ballers deserves a better article than the present one! Chensiyuan 17:42, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, I really wish someone was able to help work on this article. He's the greatest NBA player to have such a short article on Wikipedia...FamicomJL 19:35, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A section on Alex's early life[edit]

https://books.google.com/books?id=DDO3sdV6ytsC&pg=PA134&dq=Alex+English+encyclopedia+grandparents&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjP___5rIvaAhVIyVMKHXpnChkQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=Alex%20English%20encyclopedia%20grandparents&f=false

For example, this reference talks about how Alex was one of 12 children to be raised by his grandparents.FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 01:30, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]