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OT: Rafer Alston on the Knicks

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OT: Rafer Alston on the Knicks 

Post#1 » by TechRock » Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:27 pm

"They have some good guards, but they need a floor general," Alston said before the game. "Right now they have score-first guards - Crawford, Robinson, Marbury. It's unfortunate there's nobody to give (Randolph, Curry) the ball.

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anyone find it funny that he said that... when the same thing could be said of his game
because i never remember him as a floor leader or pass first pg when he was with the Toronto Raptors =/
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Post#2 » by N1QUE24 » Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:29 pm

Who was he honestly going to pass to during his tenure here? Jelani McCoy? Voshon Lenard? Rod Strickland? Damone Brown? Derrick Dial?

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Post#3 » by Yuri Vaultin » Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:34 pm

N1QUE24 wrote:Who was he honestly going to pass to during his tenure here? Jelani McCoy? Voshon Lenard? Rod Strickland? Damone Brown? Derrick Dial?

:roll:


Chris Bosh, Vince Carter or Jalen Rose....??
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Post#4 » by The Letter V » Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:35 pm

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Post#5 » by NetsForce » Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:00 pm

Yuri Vaultin wrote:-= original quote snipped =-



Chris Bosh, Vince Carter or Jalen Rose....??


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Post#6 » by itbobby007 » Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:03 pm

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Those guys suck.


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Post#7 » by mapko81 » Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:11 pm

Adelman thought Alston was more of a first-pass PG than either Mike James or Steve Francis. I don't think he is that bad, save for the occasion bad shot selection.
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Post#8 » by disc0 » Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:39 pm

I always found it (Please Use More Appropriate Word) that, we as a team had him for a year, traded him to another team (Orlando, I believe), cuz he wasn't living up to expecations. Gains experience and confidence and we take him back and give him a fat contract. Then ship him off cuz he wasn't what we expected.

Terrible moves.
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Post#9 » by Yuri Vaultin » Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:51 pm

disc0 wrote:I always found it (Please Use More Appropriate Word) that, we as a team had him for a year, traded him to another team (Orlando, I believe), cuz he wasn't living up to expecations. Gains experience and confidence and we take him back and give him a fat contract. Then ship him off cuz he wasn't what we expected.

Terrible moves.


He came back from Miami with the skills amnd confidence... But was a total headcase.
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Post#10 » by The_Hater » Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:58 pm

Yuri Vaultin wrote:
Chris Bosh, Vince Carter or Jalen Rose....??


He played exactly 1 month with a 'mailing it in' Vince. And the fact that an aging, fading, slowing, Jalen Rose was counted on to score about 18 ppg with that team kinda proves his point, doesn't it? :wink:
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Post#11 » by dacrusha » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:02 pm

rafer should worry about keeping his shooting percentage above .400 rather than criticising the knicks lack of a floor general.
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Post#12 » by Antoine_Wright21 » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:54 pm

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Post#13 » by NetsForce » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:54 pm

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Post#14 » by Yosemite Dan » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:06 pm

I never noticed Rafer to take more bad shots than any other PG in the league. The problem was he cared too much and tried too hard, something that he didn't have in common with Carter and Rose and it was a clash of personalities. In Sam's 1st season he took a wild west approach as a rookie coach and bullied Rafer to show who was in authority and unfortunately for Rafer he was the easiest target. He couldn't bully veterans like Vince and Jalen or chose not to. So with every mistake Rafer made Sam magnified it because I guess he was expecting him to be something he was not. He thought Rafer could take the tough love but he couldn't and had meltdowns. Notice how Rafer never had problems with any other NBA coach he's played for.

It was a bad combination of a rookie coach and a player in his 1st role as a starting PG and both were not emotionally able to handle it. If Rafer played for Sam now I doubt there would be any problems because they have both matured.
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Post#16 » by Raptor_Guy » Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:49 pm

I still remember all the times where he would stop and shoot a 3 on a fast break instead of going for the easy layup...
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Post#17 » by AB_21 » Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:12 am

Rafer on the Knicks. Get it done Isiah.
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Post#18 » by msklifesux__ » Fri Jan 11, 2008 1:11 am

should've passed the ball to MR. ARCHIBALD
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Post#19 » by J Dilla » Fri Jan 11, 2008 1:23 am

Is it just me or Raptor fans turn on everybody that leaves the organization? Rafer was a good PG, but too emotional.

He came in a bad timing though. Everyone wanted out from the club, so he took things in his own hands.

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