Can Rafer Alston "Skip" Back Into The NBA Through The D-League?
Just when you thought the D-League couldn’t possibly add any more veteran NBA free-agents to their rosters, along comes Rafer Alston.
According to Marc Stein of ESPN, 35-year old point guard is ready to make his comeback and could sign with a team in the D-League as soon as Friday.
But is Alston really ready to “Skip” back into the NBA and make a return run through the...
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D-Fenders Acquire Rafer Alston
The Los Angeles D-Fenders have acquired Rafer Alston.
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8 days ago
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8 days ago
SKIP CLASS
Rafer Alston to coach high school
Former streetballing legend turned NBA point guard Rafer Alston looks done with the Association and has announced that he will coach high school ball this winter.
Via Just Sports And Just Us
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May 17, 2011
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May 17, 2011
Meet ‘Basketball Wives’ Replacement Ashley Walker, AKA Rafer Alston’s WAG
Ashley Walker, long-time girlfriend of Miami Heat star (and guy kisser) Rafer Alston, will make her reality TV debut on season two of VH1’s Basketball Wives. Despite not being married, or even engaged to Alston, Walker insists that a proposal is coming soon. “We will be getting married in 2012,” she tells Bossip.com, “but we’re not [...]
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November 21, 2010
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November 21, 2010
Rafer Alston seeks NBA comeback
Veteran point guard Rafer Alston seemed done with the NBA, but has apparently had a change of heart and is looking to extend his pro career.
Alston’s agent and long-time friend Eddie Lau on Wednesday told InsideHoops.com editor Jeff Lenchiner that the guard, who last played in the NBA for the Miami Heat and New Jersey [...]
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December 14, 2011
The Miami Heat suspend Rafer Alston indefinitely
The Heat have suspended point guard Rafer Alston indefinitely for making himself unavailable to the team. He had a recent nasty outburst when taken out of a game and the Heat just aren’t going to put up with that kind of stuff from a player who has been awful. Alston has played in 25 games (all starts) for the Heat this season and he is averaging 26.2 minutes, 6.6 points...
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March 08, 2010
Rafer Alston Trying to Come Back … in the D-League
Skip back? Maybe, and it could happen in the NBA D-League. Per ZagsBlog: “Former NBA point guard Rafer ‘Skip to My Lou’ Alston is attempting a comeback and could be in the NBA D-League by Friday. ‘He has to get picked up and he gets cleared for the NBDL Friday at 1 p.m.,’ a source close to Alston told SNY.tv. Alston, 35, had been coaching at Humble ...
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17 days ago
Alston back to coach in Houston
Rafer Alston thinks back to when he was a small person doing a big thing, and it seems like such a long time ago.
He is 34 now. Old enough to reflect a little. So when people recognize him in his native New York-- "I'm not Rafer to them," he says. "I'm Skip." it strikes him a little more deeply than it once did.
Skip To My Lou has been the long and...
Via Fox Sports Houston
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May 23, 2011
Alston wanted to come to Boston
When the Nets let Rafer Alston go... he made sure his people reached out to Boston.“I think it was my interest,” he told WEEI.com. “But I don’t think Doc
[Rivers] would have opposed it knowing that you can grab a guy that can
give you minutes at backup point for this team, and who’s a willing
passer and just a natural point guard. Then understand, I played...
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February 05, 2010
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February 05, 2010
Rafer Alston has been awful for the Miami Heat
Point guard Rafer Alston has been pretty awful for the Heat since coming over from the Nets in a trade. He has played in 18 games (all starts) for the Heats this season and he is averaging 28.1 minutes, 7.3 points, 2.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.1 steals per game. Alston is only [...]
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February 09, 2010
Lettermen In The News: Fresno State’s Alston Heads To China
Fresno State’s Rafer Alston has signed with China’s Zhejiang Guangsha.
Alston last played with the Miami Heat, where he averaged just six points a game and was suspended for the remainder of the season last March. Alson is most famous for becoming a New York street ball legend, earning the nickname “Skip to my Lou.”
Could he start a mean street basketball...
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January 19, 2011
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January 19, 2011
Former NBA Guard Alston Goes to China
Former NBA guard Rafer Alston has decided to reach out to China’s Qingdao Double Star and both the team and Alston are looking to work together, regardless of Alston previously stating a interest in singing with Zhejiang.
Sources say that the deal would be similar to one signed by former NBA guard Stephon Marbury, with both business opportunities and an annual salary present...
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October 12, 2010
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October 12, 2010
Rafer Alston Skips Out Of New Jersey
The New Jersey Nets waived veteran point guard Rafer Alston on Tuesday.
Alston, an 11-year vet, played 27 games with the 3-31 Nets, while averaging 9.7 points and 3.9 assists per game.
Alston, A.K.A. 'Skip to My Lou,' was scheduled to receive $5.2M this season, but reached an undisclosed buyout payment to leave the team.
Nets GM Kiki Vandeweghe had high praise for...
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January 06, 2010
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January 06, 2010
Rafer Alston sued over fight at strip club
Rafer Alston is out of the NBA — he played last season in China — but the man still knows how to make headlines. The former NBA point guard is being sued over an alleged altercation from a year ago, according to the New York Post. The former NBA athlete, 35, who’s originally from Jamaica,…
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August 03, 2011
NBA Free Agent Rafer Alston Opts To Coach
While most NBA free agents this summer have been working out deals, Rafer Alston has decided to spend his summer vacation a little differently: He’s coaching. The New York City streetball legend has been on the AAU circuit coaching the New York Panthers. Last week at the Desert Duel Memorial Basketball Tournament in Gilbert, Ariz., [...]
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August 02, 2010
Heat trade Quinn to Nets (AP)
The Miami Heat traded point guard Chris Quinn to the New Jersey Nets on Tuesday, a move that could be a precursor to Rafer Alston's return to South Florida. Alston agreed to a buyout agreement with the Nets earlier Tuesday, and two people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that the guard is [...]
Related posts:Nets reach buyout with Alston (Yahoo! Sports...
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January 05, 2010
Rafer Alston seeks NBA comeback
Veteran point guard Rafer Alston wants to continue playing professional basketball. And if he can’t do it in the NBA, the New York native is willing to cross oceans to keep his career going.
On Thursday, Alston’s long-time personal manager and close friend Eddie Lau told InsideHoops.com editor Jeff Lenchiner in an email that the player [...]
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October 14, 2010
Rafer Alston hoping to play next season
In the 2009 playoffs, Rafer Alston played a key role in helping the Magic upset the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Less than one calendar year later, his NBA career was on life support. Alston struggled mightily while playing...
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August 09, 2010
Ex-Nets player sued over strip joint brawl claims
Troubled ex-New Jersey Nets player Rafer Alston fouled out at a strip joint -- bashing another man on the head with a beer bottle during a booze-fueled brawl, a new lawsuit charged, the New York Post reported Wednesday.
The former NBA athlete, 35, who is originally from Jamaica, Queens, attacked fellow Perfection Gentleman's Club patron Erick Franceschini, 32, of Milford, Conn...
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August 03, 2011
Alston Wants To Play For Knicks
Rafer Alston wants to play for his hometown Knicks...
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June 13, 2010
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June 13, 2010
Rafer Alston Headed Back to High School...to Coach
via Zags BlogAlston, 34, was just hired as the new head coach at Humble (Texas) Christian Life Center, replacing former coach Carlos Wilson, who’s headed to coach at Tyler Junior College.“I’ve had a good career, long career, 11 years,” Alston said of a career that included stops in six NBA cities and a stint in China. “I had fun. I can’t complain about my NBA career....
Via Knicks Journal
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May 18, 2011
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May 18, 2011
Alston Makes Himself Unavailable To Heat
The Heat announced Saturday that Rafer Alston, while having made contact with the team via text message, has made himself otherwise unavailable to the team...
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March 07, 2010
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March 07, 2010
Lettermen In The News: Fresno’s Rafer Alston Takes H.S. Job
Former Fresno State basketball player Rafer Alston – who went by the name “Skip to My Lou” on the New York City...
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May 17, 2011
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May 17, 2011
Rafer Alston To Become Head Coach at Christian Life Center
Adam Zagaria is reporting that, despite having no previous experience, Rafer Alston will become the head coach at the high school that produced DeAndre Jordan: “Alston, 34, was just hired as the new head coach at Humble (Texas) Christian Life Center, replacing former coach Carlos Wilson who’s headed to coach at Tyler Junior College. ‘I’ve had a good career, long career...
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May 18, 2011
Alston Left Because Of Playing Time, Sister's Suicide Attempt
Rafer Alston's twin sister recently attempted suicide...
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March 10, 2010
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March 10, 2010
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