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
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.
ball
We were able to get Yao the ball any time.
best hard notch player supposed teams turn
You're supposed to get better. When other teams turn it up a notch or two levels, we turn it down a notch or two. Teams make it hard for us to get it to our best player (Yao Ming). We don't make it hard to get it to some of their best players.
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.
fit good
good fit for this team. I don't know if I'm a good fit for this league.
basketball great guy hard jolly leave loves matter playing regret time unlike
Regret? ... I just regret getting into situations. Because it's unlike me. I'm a guy who just loves to leave it on the floor, have a jolly old time playing basketball ... that's the great thing that everyone understands about me I'm going to play hard no matter what.
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.
behind cardio far felt good today wind
I'll give it a go. It felt good today getting up and down (the court). If I had some more practices, my wind would be a lot better. But the good thing is I did a lot of cardio while I was out, so I'm not that far behind as far as my wind.
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.
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.
aggressive defend pace run team
You want to play up-tempo. You always want to come out aggressive and set a pace for your team to play. We were making them have to defend and we were making them run up and down the court.
bad balls games great guys loose reason secure shooting team veteran win
You can still win games shooting a bad percentage. You've got to do the little things, and for some reason we're not doing them. I don't know why. We've got some great veteran guys on this team and we know better, but we have to find a way to get to loose balls and secure the rebounds.
free last rebound shoots throws
(The last foul) was game-changing. He shoots it short, we get the rebound and the pressure's on them. They get two free throws and we have to score.
five games last loved six teams understand
I loved to be prepared. I love to go in there and understand what we are doing defensively, offensively. I like to know what the other teams have been doing the last five or six games. Going into games I didn't know.