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Did Rafer Alston do a good job at running the offense?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by tracyyao01, Sep 26, 2007.

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did rafer alston run the offense last season?

  1. yes

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  2. no

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  1. tracyyao01

    tracyyao01 Member

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    i would say so. However I would like it if Alston was the primary playmaker. He was in the Raptors and did a great job.

    I just hope rafer stays for next season.
     
  2. SLrocket

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    yes i believe he did a wonderful job considering he was playing WAY more minutes due to gundy's lovefest with him and that he was the only competent PG on the roster. not to mention he had the burden of being the 3rd scorer
     
  3. DaDakota

    DaDakota If you want to know, just ask!

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    What offense?
     
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    Rafer did a fantastic job of running our offense, albeit it was a horrible offense to begin with. But running the offense isn't the only job you can do and be a successful in the NBA. You need to play great defense and hit open shots (two things that Rafer did horrible last season). I do hope he'll stay. I guess the reason he didn't play well was because he played too much. There was no one else that could help out (and please save the Billy argument for another thread). I say keep Rafer.
     
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    i'm pretty sure the people who think alston doesn't run the offense think McGrady does because he leads the team in assists.
     
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    Yes, that is fact.

    Alston is 2nd in assists in Rockets last season.

    The thing alston done is run the ball to front-court.
     
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    R0ckets03 Contributing Member

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    LOL! That is the first thing that came to my head. What offense?

    Damn I can't wait for this season to start! Finally this team will have some offense after four years of Dundy and Reefer ball.
     
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    I know everybody is entitled to their own opinions, but anybody who would want Reefer on their team knows jack about basketball and is a moron.
     
  9. matty101

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    Alston didn't run the offense very well but we didnt have any offense! He did his job though and that was to advance the ball and get it to Tmac up top. From there it was basically a 1-2 game with Yao. So Yes rafer did do his job in the offense however he didnt really have much to do. IMO i think he deserves a chance to at least show his stuff in Adelmen's offense.
     
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    It would depend on your system. If you needed a pass-first PG you would take Rafer to run your offense and make the plays. (04-05 Raptors).
     
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    actually his job was also to hand it to Yao and let Yao do everything.

    Rafer was the man running the show.
     
  12. Nice Rollin

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    hhaha you beat me to it

    what do you mean by running the offense? you mean when he brings up the ball and gives it to Tmac at the three point line......yao sets the pick for tmac and tmac makes a play. Yeah he did a good job by giving the ball to mcgrady and getting out of the way


    or by bricking threes?
    yeah he did a good job thowing up bricks too.
     
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    how about if you need a PG who can make open shots? like we do....then what?
     
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    that was Luther Head. He was the guy who was a scoring PG the problem with him was he couldn't create for himself.

    That was the combo between Alston and Head

    Alston = Playmaker
    Head = Scorer
     
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    Wait. Alston shoots the rock about 11 times a game (problem #1)
    10 of those 11 shots are threes (problem #2)
    10 of those are WIDE OPEN THREES...and he misses them. Part of Rafer's job description involves making an open shot.

    Playmaker? When is the last time Rafer made a play? When's the last time he beat his man, got into the paint and made the defense converge?

    And luther head is not a PG...dont compare him to Rafer cuz he doesnt get 35+ minutes a game.
     
  16. OrangeRowdy95

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    rafer would be a high quality backup. He's definitely the best 3rd string pg in the nba now.
     
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    he did a lot of those in toronto and he does do that in Houston. When t_mac is on the bench. Rafer becames the primary playmaker that was the problem with the team. If it was rafer's job to be the primary playmaker and not just run the offense i think houston would've gotten out of the 1st round. It was more of a JVG problem then it was a player problem.
     
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    If Rafer was ever a playmaker, trust me, it wouldve been Jazz in 4 or 5. If Rafer Alston is ever a playmaker (for any team), you're in trouble...

    edit: when mcgrady was on the bench, and we couldnt get Yao the ball, the offense went nowhere. why? because we didnt have a playmaker...RAFER WAS NOT AND WILL NEVER BE A PLAYMAKER...
     
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    Rafer is possibly a better playmaker than T-Mac. when he was in the raptors he played 32 minutes and averaged just as many assists as McGrady.

    there's no way it came from doubles. Rafer is just a playmaker i think your just Exaggerating
     
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    I'M DONE........
    :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:


    Did Rafer Alston do a good job at running the offense? Yeah. He brought up the ball, gave it to mcgrady FAR OUT by the three point line, and went to the opposite side of the court. he was awesome at that. He did a great job.

    As far as putting his teammates in the position to score. hell no. he sucked at that...when did Alston ever assist McGrady? Wasn't it alwasy the other way around. McGrady finding alston all alone on that backdoor cut for an easy layup?

    whenever he did get in the lane, he threw up his famous floater. whenever he wasnt in the lane, he was at the threepoint line all by himself......i'll never forget. the game against phx. wide open three....NOTHING BUT BACKBOARD...
     
    #20 Nice Rollin, Sep 26, 2007
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