Arizona Basketball: Ira Lee tells Rawle Alkins, I’m going to get you a ring

The uniforms have made their first appearance for photo day, and all the Arizona Basketball players are in Tucson preparing for their trip to Spain for a few exhibition games.

If you follow the Arizona Basketball players on social media, you will see they already have fantastic chemistry. They have fun after practice, they eat together they play video games together, we see you Deandre, and it just seems they are all jellin’ quite nicely.

At least from what we could tell, Deandre Ayton, Ira Lee, Brandon Randolph are all in summer school completing their first classes. The team has practice every day and there some great dancers on the roster, the personalities are off the charts this year. It’s nice to see Rawle Alkins and Allonzo Trier, as well as Parker Jackson-Cartwright, step up as leaders this season.

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Chase Jeter (Duke Transfer who will sit out a year but practice with the team) already is singing Parkers praises, even though he is a third-year student.

Wildcats fans may forget Dylan Smith is eligible this year. Connor Hope from our sister site, BustingBrackets.com ranked Arizona Basketball No. 1 in the Pac-12 due to mostly the return of Alkins and Trier. Along with that, he spoke about Smith:

"Lost in the news of returning stars and incoming freshman is UNC-Asheville transfer Dylan Smith. As a freshman with the Bulldogs, Smith scored 13.5 points on 37% shooting. Smith will not be a starter but should be a solid role player for Arizona."

The new Wildcats are making season proclamations while arriving on the scene, which is music to Wildcats fans ears.

Freshman phenom Deandre Ayton makes no bones about it, Ira Lee and Brandon Randolph also jump in with confidence:

https://twitter.com/iramandoesit/status/888219550273097729

Meanwhile, PJC and Alkins are trying their hand at Sports Broadcasting, and it was a joy to take in. But what stood out the most was this promise by Lee to Alkins: “I’m going to get you a ring,” said Lee Time to King Rawle. Alkins seemed very accepting after that promise was made and for good reason, the two of them share something in common, they both are winners. They cannot stand to lose, win, win win, that’s what they are all about.

So just to put an exclamation point on his comment, Lee Time turns around to the basket and slams in a dunk which you will find comes easy to the big man.

https://twitter.com/SportsCrazee/status/889939406718550017

You are going to have to take my word for it here because, for some reason, they took down the original video with this interview and replaced it with more of the photo shoot. Maybe they are saving the footage for part 2? Hopefully, for now, we can call it an outtake.

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Just more reasons to be stoked about the upcoming season! For those of you who didn’t go to high school in the 80’s, that means hyped. Bear Down A Players Program, and put back that interview with Ira and Rawle, it was lit!