Rafer has got to be the SOFTEST starting PG in the league!!

Kidd anyone?

 

No flaming here. What else is there to say but the Rockets have made their bed with Rafer being the starting PG not much to do there. The only way to help out with what the Rockets have is either to start letting VSpan be the backup PG or to go out and get a veteran PG but what is out there that can fill the void?

 

Rod Strickland FTW

 

Occasionally Rafer reminds me flashes of Francis. Not very high basketball IQ, careless turnovers, jack up shots after shots whenever he feels like it. Sometimes you love him, but most of the nights you really hate him. I never doubt his heart, but I do doubt his talent. This team will NOT reach the next level with Rafer. As simple as that.

 

money please... and trade whom to get him?

 

riiiiiight, Rafer is the single reason of our recent losses...why didn't you just throw this post in with the other rafer-hating threads?

There are plenty of reasons for the losses. Rafer is one of them, so is poor shooting on everyone's parts, missing defensive assignments, bad decisions, turnovers, missed FT's, etc. etc.

Just my view on things of course, but vent/hate away.

 

he doesnt take it to hoop. he shoots the floater. he cant take a hit

 

No they couldn't.

No you couldn't.




Stop the lies.

 

i could...

 

Great post. Well written and most importantly very true. Alston is a TERRIBLE fit for this team and quite frankly I'm not sure he would be a good fit on any team.

 

Heh I bet none of us here could do ANYTHING right on that court, regardless of how much we play basketball, unless we got some secret NBA members on here or college superstars or something.

Though it may not look like it, everyone of those guys are insane ballers and have so much talent that doesn't even show through in a real game because of the intensity and the situation. Not to mention their athleticism.

There are so many people in the world that will never get close to the talent level of guys in the NBA, yet there are so many people in the NBA that can't touch the talent level of guys like LeBron, T-Mac, Kobe, Wade, Nash, and yes, even Nowitzki, etc.

It's almost unfair. That's how good these guys are.

Although regardless of that it's true Rafer should have stuck to street ball because he had some of the best handles in the world as Skip To My Lou.

 

and have you all noticed that Rafer is pretty big, I mean muscular, especially in the arms, but is still softer than a Rabbit's b*lls.

 

We need a big time up grade at the point this offseason, but how I do not know.

 

Imagine if we had Billups...other than Nash, I could hardly imagine a more perfect complement to Yao and T-Mac.

 

We don't even need a Kidd caliber PG. Simply someone who plays D, shoots reliably, and doesn't mess up would suffice. I wish Battier was 6'4" with better dribbles, hell he doesn't even need extra court vision.

 

true, but then who would play SF?

i wish we had 3 shane battier's.

a 6'4, 200lbs version with a handle. a 6'10, 240lbs version of the one we have now, and of course, the one we have now.

what a team!

 

Watching Rafer is painful. Watching any of our guards is painful.

Someone mentioned Kidd. Too old, too expensive.

I still say Andre Miller would be the answer, but won't happen, unless Rafer + Sura's expiring + etc etc would do the trick.

And that's what it will come down to. We have no reliable point guard, and until we do, we will be a one-and-done sort of playoff team.

 

Come on, topic with weak Rafer again.

I think he is the best one we can get with that salary, yes his shoot is poor, so what? He is already in the Rockets system! He can safely keep the ball from back to the front, and he has steals, his pass, well, I think will be better if Yao is there, and he will get more chances to shoot 3p without anyone is standing in front when everyone is focus on Yao's offence.