It’s not either of the impending lottery picks. Nor is it any of the other future NBA players on UCLA’s roster.
Bryce Alford is still the alpha.
The player who proclaimed himself short and slow – at least compared to his teammates – is the one who finished the regular season as the leading scorer for the then-No. 3 team in the country.
When five-star freshmen Lonzo Ball and TJ Leaf slipped on their UCLA uniforms for the first time, the question wasn’t whether Alford’s role would be reduced, it was simply a measure of how much.