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Yeah, Alston is not an elite athlete. The issue is whether the younger guys can assimilate their dfensive assignments at game speed. Heath-Heyward-Q-Lammers were not impressive athletes either, but they knew what they were doing and were very efficient defensively. Pastner doesn't take the...

I'm curious to see what kind of player Cole will turn out to be. The staff seems to want him to be a high motor banger, kinda like a Tyler Hansbrough type. But I can as easily see him as a stretch 4, finesse kind of forward more in the Danny Ferry mold. It looks to me like he has a longer way...

Alston's minutes will hinge on whether other wing players will be reliable on the defensive end. If this team can make some noise, it will happen because of being extremely tight defensively. Alston could be one of those guys like Heyward and Q who didn't break down defensively. If other...

FWIW, I am bullish on Moses Wright. I haven't seen Devoe or Banks play yet, so I can't speak to them, but I think Wright has the highest ceiling of anyone else on the roster. He is the type of fluid athlete that can compete at the highest levels. But he also started WAY behind a typical ACC...

I tend to think the team will have a role for not only players who have the ability to shoot, but payers who have a scorer's mentality. Gt has been plagued in recent years by a collective offensive reluctance. Three guys who are being mentioned as important shooters for GT: Phillips, Haywood...