appreciation thread for his performance tonight. The way this board kills him give him some love when he steps up in a big game.
One good game. Hope there is more. We still need another PG to take up the slack when Rafer's brain is on the planet Mars.
Totally agree... he deserves major props tonight for his shooting. His running teardrops and layups were going in, which was awesome to see. But can you reciprocate when he goes 4-18? He is shooting 36% from the floor. I think the "bashers" as they're called get tired of people ignoring this.
Rafer played great defense tonight against Tony Parker. I don't think Tony ever got into the lane once. His defense was even better than his great shooting.
rafer could be an above average player if he gave those teardrops a miss and learned to properly layup...and maybe take a few lessons from battier on shot selection...
Do we need a thread for him after every game??? If we lose, its 5 threads how Rafer sux/Vspan Shall Play/Fire JVG
Rafer played ok tonight. He forced the issue a bit too much and took some bad shots on the fast break that he's just not capable of hitting consistently. His defense was pretty good, although it didn't look like Tony Parker was in attack mode. Some of you will think he played great today, I think he did just ok.
Clutch, that last "teardrop" he flung up had me yelling at the TV. Of course, it didn't go in and never had a prayer to go in. Good game overall, but he makes me extremely nervous when we're facing defensive pressure like you see from a team like SA at the end of games, or any team at the end of games. With Rafer, it's a crap shoot. He had his teardrop going tonight, amazingly enough, but that last one should have been replaced with a pass setting up a teammate.
