Arizona guard Rawle Alkins (1) gets squeezed out of a rebound by USC guard Shaqquan Aaron (0), left, and forward Nick Rakocevic (31) in the first half of their Pac-12 game at McKale Center, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, Tucson, Ariz. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

Rawle has always been physically gifted and talented on the basketball court β€” even as a youngster. And people noticed.Β 

As an eighth-grader, he was invited to the Palm Beach Central High School varsity team.

Rawle played only eight games for Central before becoming academically ineligible, according to the New York Daily News; he then moved back to New York.Β 

β€” Bruce Pascoe


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