Alkins looks sharp, healthy, ready for takeoff

After watching both of Arizona’s basketball exhibition games in Spain I came away impressed with two things. One, freshman guard Alex Barcello is a gamer. If he stays at Arizona through 2021, everyone in the league will feel his impact. Two, Rawle Alkins withdrew from the NBA draft for several reasons, but one that spun his decision was the division of weights and measures. His body fat was too high; NBA personnel people suggested he change his body, much the same way Solomon Hill did four years earlier. I don’t know how much weight Alkins lost, but he looks like he spent the summer in yoga, or crossfit or tipping over those huge truck tires. Alkins comes off as a basketball missile headed for someone’s launching pad.