Yardbarker: Rafer Alston

Game 17 Preview: Nets vs. Blazers

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:01:08 -0500

Game Time: 7:00 p.m. Pacific TV: Comcast I'm going to list three names for you. You tell me what they have in common. Chris Douglas-Roberts Brook Lopez Courtney Lee If you said "The girls from the Channel 7 Eyewitness Reports Squad" you're wrong! They're actually NBA players. They play for the Nets, which means they've been playing like the girls from the Channel 7 Eyewitness Reports Squad. But that's another...

Alston Still Thrilled by Finals Experience

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:25:00 -0500

by Tim PovtakFiled under: Magic, NetsORLANDO -- It doesn't matter how much you poke, prod, lead, bait or beg New Jersey guard Rafer Alston during a conversation, he just sticks to the high road. Alston has every reason to be upset -- or at least frustrated -- by the way he was treated a few months ago, yet he just shrugs and smiles, still thankful to be living his dream in the NBA. Alston rescued the Orlando Magic when he came from Houston at midseason, giving them a starting veteran poin...

Comments from the Other Side - Nets 11/7

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:15:00 -0500

You have to feel for Nets fans. With the team dressing just 8 players, their team played with heart and never gave up, but at the end of the game, they were still 0-7. We might go 0-82. Yeah, we might. One night we score 68 pts, the next night we give up 124 pts... We're just godawful. #1 pick here we come!! I say 10-72. But LeBron will come right? Nets suck...just sayin. This is going to be a ugly game. I hope the Nets could prove me wrong. Can all the player...

Week 2 Pickups

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:53:38 -0500

Teams playing four games: Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Detroit, L.A. Lakers, Memphis, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Orleans, New York, Orlando, Phoenix, Sacramento, Utah, Washington Teams playing three games: Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Golden State, Houston, Indiana, L.A. Clippers, Miami, Milwaukee, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Portland, Toronto Teams playing two games: San Antonio Guards Rafer Alston (Nets)-: Harris is expected to miss [...]

Potential Second Round Picks

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:14:44 -0500

There has been a lot of discussion that the Magic want to trade into the first round of Thursday’s night draft, but a trade into the second round would be much more likely. PG and PF seem to be the biggest needs come draft. With Anthony Johnson and Rafer Alston being very upset during the [...]

Don’t get too attached

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:03:39 -0500

The most animated player on the hard court for the Orlando Magic may not return next year. Rafter Alston, acquired after Jameer Nelson’s injury, still has another season on his contract. A Rafer Alston trade could be needed for team unity. With the amount of talent the Magic have at the point guard position its [...]

Rafer Alston on Crunch Time Benching

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:00:15 -0500

Skip, like many Magic fans, couldn’t believe he was glued to the bench in the fourth quarter and overtime of Game 4: “Benched for the fourth quarter and overtime, Magic starting point guard Rafer Alston was upset with Stan Van Gundy’s decision to leave him out in the crucial minutes of Orlando’s 99-91 Game 4 loss to the Lakers on Thursday night. Alston was replaced by All-Star Jameer Nelson, who is still rusty and recovering from shoulder surgery. The decision didn’t go over well ...

An Open Apology To Rafer Alston

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:00:45 -0500

Rafer “Skip to my Lue” Alston you proved me wrong! I have to give you the nod of approval in Blogsville. I shouted from the roof tops that Nelson should be playing your minutes. I have to acknowledge the egg on my face! Alston did what I thought Nelson would do (at least in game [...]

Rafer Alston Skips Back Into Favor

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:50:00 -0500

Rafer Alston stopped looking over his shoulder and wondering when he would get pulled from the game. Instead he just played his game Tuesday night. Alston had become the fall guy for the struggles of the Orlando Magic in the first two games of the NBA Finals -- and rightly so -- so it was only fitting that much of the credit for the turnaround in Game 3 was directed at him, too. No one improved more in the Magic's 108-104 victory.

Video: Kendrick Perkins Elbows Mickael Pietrus, Another Suspension Coming

Fri, 08 May 2009 23:07:17 -0500

Funny how we mentioned Stan Van Gundy going off on the league prior to Game 3 of the Magic/Celtics series for favoritism regarding suspensions. While the Magic played and won without point guard Rafer Alston Friday night, it looks like Boston will be without center Kendrick Perkins for Game 4 on Sunday. Check [...]

CFL BOSS ROUGHRIDES 16-YEAR-OLD?

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:12:13 -0500

This is not Elton John circa 1988. Actually, this guy is Eric Tillman; he’s the general manager of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, and he’s being charged with the sexual assault of a 16-year-old. The encounter allegedly occurred in Regina, which the way they pronounce it, rhymes with ...

Rafer Alston is a Psycho

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:01:55 -0500

Rafer "Skip to My Lou" Alston has not exactly had the easiest of summers. Three weeks ago he got into a fight with a parking lot attendant. Ok, that's not too bad. But this is. Alston was arrested early Monday morning in New York City on charges he slashed a man's throat inside a nightclub. Yeah, that's definitely a bit worse.