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.
guy hard hurts late playing
That hurts not only him as a player, it hurts us as a team. And it hurts me to see another guy go down, especially him with how well he's been playing and how hard he's worked. To see him go down late in the year, that hurts a lot.
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.
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.
energy intensity less shoot
We have to find a way to shoot better at home. We have to have more intensity and more energy and less mistakes.
needed stops
We got stops when we needed them. It wasn't always pretty, but we'll take it for sure.
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.
anywhere shoot time
Every time down, you know they're going to them. When they get it going, they can pretty much shoot from anywhere on the court.
found points
We should have found Yao more. Yao should have had 50 points tonight. He should have had 50.
buts
We should be 3-0, there are no ifs, ands or buts about it.
envision hit night
You always envision a night like that, where you come out and hit on all cylinders.
games playoff regardless
We had injuries, yes, but there were a lot of games we still should have won. Regardless of anything and everything that happened, we should have been a playoff team.