Every time when I lead, we would lost our rhythm which proves to be workings Which is inside, out. Although alston had 22 poitns, with 20 attempts, not impressive especially Kings caught up from falling 18 to leading 1, what's the hell of those plays. If their craziness doesn't work, stop that and try something they are good at
BUT!!!!! Rafer is NOT playing well. He is getting greedy instead of paying attention to his Point Guard duties. He is a scrub player and as a starter on our team indicates the level of our talent. NOt a Contender!
My point is, no matter how much the guy has improved his play, I have yet to see a glowing report from you. He is not all world, all league, all pro. We know this. But he is a capable point guard and has been commendable of late.
I don't care how you cut it but when the playoffs start and if the Rockets are in it, this is the first weakness opposition will exploit. Rafer's inability to put the ball in the basket. The other teams always look at what options they can take away from their opponent. Rafer is an option that is presented on a silver platter. That strategy itself will win the other team atleast 2 games in the series.
We would all love an all star at the PG to replace Rafer, but I'm not sure who you guys want in there that is actually on our team? We are not likely to trade any of our mostly sub par PG options for an upgrade at PG.... So on a night where Rafer out played T Mac I don't really get this thread.
The only other point guard I would even take a sniff at is JKidd, and it looks like he is going to our nemesis up the I45 corridor.. T-Mac for Jkidd straight up! Get done Mr Morey! If NJ wants more throw in Mike James for Boki and get'er done....
He is a capable pg in the sense he might be an ok backup but matching him against the vast majority of starting PGs in this conference, Rafer is not quite as capable. Has his play improved? yeah, probably a smidge over the past week. but that isn't a good enough metric when his larger sample size over the course of his entire Rockets career would seem to indicate that he is a huge gaping weakness on this team. And because of this history, you won't see a glowing report on him. Rafer can be an all world-beater for 3 quarters of a game (and that is definently is not the Rafer norm), but if he collapses in crucial moments of a 4th quarter then it doesn't even matter.
You say he's an "ok backup" that can be "an all world-beater for 3 quarters"? What "ok backup" is that good? Give me a break. Rip the man when he isn't playing well, but give him credit when he DOES play well.. or you pretty much lose all credibility.
The whole team collapsed in the 4th quarter. The 4th quarter is when Tmac and Yao are supposed to take over, not when you are supposed to be counting on Rafer to carry the team. If we can get an upgrade at PG I am all for it, but I just don't see it happening. So, as of right now Rafer is the best PG on the team.
The guy was great for most of the game, but you win the game in the 4th quarter. Rafer reverted to his bone-headed play in the 4th. Hell, I was all ready to post props for the guy and I'm usually very critical of him. Damn if he didn't screw up at the end. Thank goodness Tracy made an incredible pass and Novak bailed us out.
Agree! Strongly agree! Rafer can play some good games but not in clutch time. With him, Rocket can not advance much even getting into playoffs luckily.
You have your opinion and I have mine. I just don't see Rafer as the greatest problem on this team, no matter how popular that opinion may be on this board. The guy has a 23 points and 7 assists on 45% shooting (including 43% from 3) and this is the response? It's almost as if some of you want him to fail.
If Tracy wasn't 3-12 for 10 points we wouldn't be counting on Rafer to carry us in the 4th quarter in the first place. I mean Alston shot almost 50% for the night. He played great defense most of the night. I don't really know what you more guys expect from a role player. If it weren't for Rafer we would have lost tonight.
