Rafer Alston
Rafer Alston
Rafer Jamel Alstonis an American retired professional basketball player. He played for six NBA teams throughout his career...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth24 July 1976
CityNew York City, NY
basketball consistent deal group guys hard injuries period playing starting
We had more consistent injuries than we had consistent basketball plays. We could never get that consistent feel of a starting lineup, playing with a set group of guys for a long period of time. That's hard to deal with.
envision hit night
You always envision a night like that, where you come out and hit on all cylinders.
collapse
I thought he was going to collapse out there.
effect instead start uphill
You just got to start with a win. That way the snowball effect can start going uphill instead of downhill.
bulk call came count full guys minutes nature playing season whatever whenever
You can call it disappointing or frustrating, whatever you call it, but no one understands the nature of not having your guys, especially the guys you count on to play the bulk of the minutes and take the bulk of the shots. Whenever one came back, the other went out. We never had a full season playing with the nucleus we envisioned.
dominating good shots
We were able to get good shots. When you have two dominating All-Stars out there (Yao and McGrady), those shots will fall.
arenas game last loud rocking
That's the way it is in some arenas. Some are as loud as can be. They're rocking and rolling. You have your Arco Arena, then you have your Atlanta. That's the way some arenas are. As players, we have to go out and play the game and do the things we need to do. That should be the last thing on our minds, if we have 18,000 or 8,000.
games guys help job learn win
We will have to learn to play without him. But we've got guys who can get the job done. We've got a lot of firepower that can help us win games without Tracy.
prepare prepared sports
We just weren't prepared to go into the battle, and I think that's one thing about, not just sports, but life. You have to prepare yourself and we just weren't prepared.
great hitting inability knock outside passes pinpoint shots
(We're) not hitting outside shots ? again. ( Yao Ming ) is making great, pinpoint passes to us. We had great spacing. It's the inability to consistently knock down outside shots.
basketball kisses-and-kissing
When (Jalen) comes over here, Im going to give him a kiss. Not on his lips, though.
care compete division handed title trying win
To know that you're getting your behinds handed to you in your own division, that's problematic when you're trying to compete for a title. On this team, you think in title terms. If you want to win a title, you have to take care of your division as well.
climb hill playoff rest win
Yeah, we're still in the playoff hunt, but it's still a big hill to climb to make it. We probably have to win out the rest of the season.
hands passing
We were all over the place. We were in passing lanes, we were deflecting passes, getting our hands on the ball, getting on the boards, and we were getting out and running.