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
detroit healthy imagine record san
If you can imagine us being as healthy as Detroit or San Antonio or Phoenix, I can only imagine what our record is.
breathe early guy hard rhythm touch
He got into a rhythm early and it's hard to get him out of it. When you do want to play defense, you can't touch or breathe on a guy like that.
fit good
good fit for this team. I don't know if I'm a good fit for this league.
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.
collapse
I thought he was going to collapse out there.
clinic knowing minutes night run watch
It's sickening to watch it. It's sickening to be a part of it, knowing you're out there for big minutes and you're having to get a clinic run on you out there night in, night out.
agendas contract hard personal stay team whether
You're a professional, you have pride, and you have a contract to go out and play hard. But we do have things to play for, whether personal agendas or team goals. You have to play hard and stay hungry.
four great lose sudden won
Oh, it's real tough. We were making some great strides, and we had won four in a row, and then all of a sudden we lose two of our players.
enjoy harsh motivation
I enjoy him being harsh on us. It's motivation to go out there and play better. I enjoy him challenging us.
aware great intensity pick starting team
It was great team defense. Everybody's alert, aware and ready. We're starting to pick up our intensity defensively.
biggest clue cold frustrated knew prepare takes team toronto win
Preparation is my biggest thing. I knew in Toronto we didn't prepare to have what it takes to win the game. We didn't know what the other team was doing. We didn't have a clue how we were going to defend. That frustrated me. We were going out there cold to try to win games.
half injuries record season shows
The record is still going to look lousy. But it shows without all the injuries what the record could be, what the first half of the season could have been.
basketball kisses-and-kissing
When (Jalen) comes over here, Im going to give him a kiss. Not on his lips, though.
lose losing rather thinking tonight
Tonight was one night I was thinking about that rather than just thinking about the play. Losing (six) in a row, you just want to come down and get a win. Really, mentally, I was thinking if we lose this one, that's a killer.