I think that if you looked at his stats for this preseason, it should make most everyone on this board feel happy to see that he's not wearing a Rocket uniform anymore, right? I also think that the same would hold true for the Orlando Magic fans as well as far as them not seeing him wearing an Orlando Magic uniform is concerned. Well, anyways, here's the link if you care to see the stat line on Rafer Alston for the 2009 preseason that concluded. Link-->http://www.nba.com/nets/stats/
CDR had a great preseason, always thought he fell too far in the draft but looks like he'll make that Nets rotation.
That is definitely not a good preseason...<10% on 3 point shots In all honestly though, I reckon he played pretty well in olando, especially in the playoffs. I felt that he really helped that team, in terms of leadership and running the offense. In fact I am among the minority here on the board that i actually did not mind him when he was a rocket. the problem i had with him was that he is not a starting point guard for any team, contender or not. He is better off coming of the bench. he is not a good shooter, in fact quite a bad one, but he is among the top guards in terms of passing and running the offense. I think he is actually gonna do well on the nets coming off the bench for harris. To actually just run the offense and settle some of the younger guys down on the court. Anyway just my thoughts. back to the rafer bashing....
The saddest thing about Rafer is that in the time he played here, we really needed him. Man, how times have changed. Thank-you Morey.
He's a decent defender that doesn't turnover the ball(except for his misses), but he can't finish or shoot. Will Conroy is better than Rafer.
why the hate? the class some so called fans on this board show is amazing. makes me wonder if all those injury problems we have to face every year might have something to do with it. bad karma...
You know, there are reasons why Rafer has been in the league this long. He's never been a great scorer but that doesn't mean he isn't a useful player. I wouldn't mind having Rafer as a backup PG in the future.
I wish we could have had him against the Lakers in the playoffs. Brooks and Lowry were good at times in that series, and bad at other times. Alston could have been a real help in keeping the team running when Brooks panicked. Who knows what might have happened then. This season, Alston wouldn't be appropriate to the team anyway. So, he might have left the team a few months too early, but he did need to move on soon. Anyway, the haters don't know how good they had it. He wasn't great shooting the ball, but Skip brought so much to the team that many people don't appreciate.
LMAO, take it easy. If all this is due to bad karma from fans, then the Lakers should be nowhere near this good and the Jazz shouldn't be making the playoffs for so many years. Plus, its the internet anyways. I rarely see class shown on message boards.
You deserve infinite rep for this astute post. The only thing that could improve it is to state how much better CDR will be than Brandon Rush.
c'mon everybody goes thru dryspells.......rafer is poised for a breakout season shooting-wise......he might even crack 38% this year (from 2pt land)...