[ESPN Daily Dime] Rip To My Lou: Alston Slams Teammates After Loss To Knicks

then don't pick and game where he's also at fault and throw them under the bus PUBLICLY.

you want him to give it to his teammates, do so in the locker room sitting down and talking like real men.

i love that rafer is trying to be a leader, but doing this publicly is not the right way going about it.

 

Rafer's jumper is BROKE 90% of the time...and if it's not the jumper its that nasty ass floater!!

Be a damn PG that you should be and dish out assists and play defense!! Quit worrying about not getting enough shots...thats the whole point in what he said!! He's pissed cause he was on a 'streak' and he didn't get enough shots last night

 

Are you talking about the few times that he's not looking to shoot?

 

I don't think it has to do with shots, but rather not making the decisions with the ball in his hands.

DD

 

Rafer is just saying what any Rockets fan should be thinkin.

 

He's not dying for consistency, he wants his shots too. Hustle? Since when does he hustle? He got beat back door on at least 2 possessions within a minute last night.

 

where has your head been for, say, the last 3 years?

Alston is the weakest link on this team, and that dude jacks up silly shots just as much as Tracy. You think a lil 3-4 game stretch is going to erase a career of sub-par performance?

 

i think alston just wants the ball more. his usage rating when tracy and ron were out were PRETTY HIGH.

 

I'm thinking that the Rockets would be a much better team with a different starting PG.

 

THANK YOU! It's nice that someone actually has a clue of whats going on. Its easy to Pick on Tracy and Artest because they SHOULD have the ball more and they are more of the 'go-to guys'....but Rafer wants his piece of the pie! He cant stand it when he's not getting his fair of the shots

 

This season FG% Artest : 0.374, Tmac: 0.388, Rafer: 0.374.
So yeah, those two guys did shoot just as bad as Rafer, and they shoot much more than Rafer.

Ironically when Tracy and Ron are out, Rafer suddenly seems to be possessed by Paul or Williams. Coincidence? I don't think so. It is because with those two out we actually play team ball. The willingness and ability to run the team offense makes Rafer better than those two. Until those two prove they can play team ball and shoot significantly better than Rafer, I'd rather Rafer run the show and shoot.

Of course once in a while Tmac and Artest will have some good shooting night and we win, then someone here will again throw the "STFU to your face" to guys like me. But I firmly believe this team does not need "STFU performace" from either of them to win. We need consistent contributions from those two, like Yao's, like Scolandry's, like Wafer's.

 

I was worried that tmac and ron would screw up the chemistry. I think the best place to put them is on the bench.

these guys are like government employees who have unlimited job security.

Has the coach forgotten how wafer was playing while they were out? Please play someone who will hustle and give it everything.

 

Rafer takes those floaters because he has to. If T-mac and Ron moved and got open instead of camping out at the 3 Rafer would average more assist. When Scola moves and gets open Rafer always finds him.

Why can't T-mac,Ron, and Battier get open like Scola?

 

[Chronicle] Bitten in Big Apple

I don't think this has been posted. It's just a little article on our killer (suicidal) offense last night.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6231579.html

 

Couldn't agree more!

 

Watching Rockets games and not up Tracy's pie hole. Alston is not the Rockets weakest link right now, it's Tracy. Tracy is not only weakest link right now he takes away from the team. In my book, working hard, a good attitude and hustle go alot further than just talent and a bit of lazyness. Call me back when you get it out and see some day light.

Say what you will about Rafer, when he went out against Utah last year, the series was over. Mr. "It's on me" dissappearded in the 4th.

 

wow, rafer was the main guy last yr v. utah? so if tracy wasn't playing and rafer did, we would have won 2 games and stayed close in every game without yao?

time to put you on ignore b/c your basketball knowledge is in the gutter.

 

People read my posts know I dont have much love for Rafer. He did made some crazy shots last night but the game was lost because of T-WACk and Ron. If you think other wise, please rewatch the game.

T-wack was basically THE NO D show last night. Whomever he guarded last night score at will. Re-watch the game. That alone should be enuff to bench his lazy behind. As much as people commenting on Wafer weakness D, he still at least attempt to D-up on his man. We all know Wafer is instant offense. T-wack on the other hand had an instance here and there that he score a bucket. His 7 for 20 speak for itself. If we need someone with No D and just offense, wafer would have been a better choice.

Ron is just not getting it right now. As much as I like him, he totally blew it last night. Look like he was out there to prove something. He settle for too many outside shots. I dont know if he still hurt or something got into his head. Deke need to straighten that out with him.

 

Alston's right.

0 movement last night killed us. You can't bank on Artest and McGrady to bail us out with hot shooting nights.

 

When Tracy is playing his point forward roll, it limits the teams options. Tracy is either going to jack up a low percentage 3, drive to the basket in slow motion, or drive to the basket and dish out to a cutter. This is something that can occasionally be effective. When Rafer runs the offense, the ball goes through many hands, and the options are endless, as long as people are moving. This is why the team was successful when Tracy and Ron were out.

Rafer is trying to run Rick Adelman’s offense, and Tracy and Ron were not. As the teams quarterback, Rafer has the right to call a player out if they are not playing their rolls.