- February 14th, 2018, 6:20 pm
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Personally, I think Alston was the best to ever put on a Liberty uniform. He played during our transition to D1 and some of his points came against lesser opponents, but we also had a few games against ACC teams during his career, and he always stepped up in those games and showed he could score against anyone. Not a great shooter, but nobody could stay in front of him, and when he got to the rim at 6'3", he would finish with dunks at every opportunity. So much fun to watch.
flameshaw wrote:Seen them all play. In my opinion, Aluma was unquestionably the best. Unfortunately, he never really reached his full potential and it can be argued that he actually played worse every year. He was one of the first BIG basketball talents at LU and the coaches didn't really push him. It was almost like they were afraid to get after him, or were in awe of his talent. They never really rode his butt like the rest of the players. He was a favorite of the fans, most of the teachers, etc. His personality got him by on a lot of things that wouldn't work for most people. He took advantage of that and was never fully challenged.Like you I have seen all of these guys play. Regarding Aluma, IMHO he improved a ton between his first game as a FR and his SO year, and pretty much cruised from there. Maybe the coaches could have pushed him harder, but it was certainly not their fault that the summer prior to his Senior year, instead of staying in Lynchburg, working out with teammates and trying to get in the best shape of his life and improve his skills to make a run at the pros, he chose to go home to Nigeria, not touch a basketball for over 3 months and balloon up to 260 lbs (at least) on mom"s home cooking. He tried out for a couple of NBA teams, and when he didn't make it, he made little to no effort to hook up with pro teams overseas, where he could have made a decent living playing ball like Juice did. He had his green card and he was happy.
In spite of all that, he was a great talent. Juice was good, but he did not have the instincts that Peter had. Peter was easily the best shot blocker I have ever seen in the BSC. He also had better offensive skills than Juice.
All IMVVVHO.
Personally, I think Alston was the best to ever put on a Liberty uniform. He played during our transition to D1 and some of his points came against lesser opponents, but we also had a few games against ACC teams during his career, and he always stepped up in those games and showed he could score against anyone. Not a great shooter, but nobody could stay in front of him, and when he got to the rim at 6'3", he would finish with dunks at every opportunity. So much fun to watch.