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Rockets point guard Rafer Alston said he recently chatted with Battier about the fact that he's never been on the squad.

Rafer was one of the few guys making shots in the 4th, so let's not put it all on him.

Good to see Yao and Rafer off to great starts, and T-Mac is looking pretty aggressive. This is going to be a great game.

Was good to see Rafer attack the rim and dish the ball off to Yao for the slam.

This team is playing so much better with rafer at the point. The guy's influence on the team is unreal.

Oh and I forgot to say, Rafer played much better tonight. Less outside shots, good penetration and he finished well.

The Rockets look constipated ! Absolutely pathetic offense. I can't believe this is all because Rafer is not here. I just don't accept that.

Rafer will classical style elegant design, simple, easy to build polo shirt has become a household classic.

I'm not a Rafer fan by any means, but he's the best player the Rockets have at the point guard position.

Why on earth would you give Chuck Hayes a shot with less than a minute to go? ! ! ? ! And RAFER! ! ! !

i love rafer sticking up for tmac. and he shouldn't have been ejected. double techs would have done.

Luther, Rafer, Shane, and Juwan have all been known to go off for 20 every once in a while , but none of them qualify as star-level talent.

In Atlanta, Rafer Alston seemed to be addressing Artest's tendency to ignore the game plan to try to take on teams by himself.

When YAO play strong, everything is open for ROX keep hating rafer, it seems to work.

How about JL3? I rather have him bring up the ball if it means it can keep rafer on the bench?

Oh, and Chuck and Rafer taking those DUMB shots down the end did not help.

On a sidenote , Rafer is being burned by Arenas. JVG MUST put a bigger guard on him, stick Batter on him smarty .

Good to see Rafer sticking up for Mac.

Rafer needs to be a Point Guard and get us a quality shot within the offense. . .

As for Rafer Alston, the Miami thing is not entirely dead, but unlikely after the Heat signed Smush Parker.

T-mac needs to attack the basket, and looks for opportunities to dish to Shane at the corner or Rafer at top of the key.

sadly I am off the rafer wagon also, i dont recall him having a good game at all against the top teams.

Rafer Alston drained four treys on his way to 14 points, while Dikembe Mutombo grabbed 10 rebounds.

T-Mac and Yao need to take over the rest of the way. Rafer is just being Rafer. Harping is one tough guy ala Bob Sura.

Robbie, I want you to meet one of the best tennis players on the Michigan team-- Charley Rafer.

Barkley is an idiot, the 3's we were taking were most WIDE open. I mean Shane, Luther, Rafer, jeez, how wide open do u want to be ?

He constantly wants Rafer and Head to take shots and shares the ball so well.

In the opening minutes, Rafer Alston took off on a hard back cut with Yao finding him deep in the paint for a layup.

Now Yao Ming and Rafer Alston have been fully recovered, but Shane Battier and McGrady's injury still feels very worrying.

Rafer & Juwan played terrible and JVG should have yanked them off the floor. Do we really miss Chuck Hayes that much? I guess so.

Again, we were not aggressive at all, Tracy, Shane, Rafer end Bobby did fall in love with those 3s and jumpers. I missed our agressivness.

I still hope Rafer will show us his quickness next season if he stays of course.

If Rockets still had MJ instead of Rafer, this team would be favorites to win the championship this year.

I can't wait to see my old pal Charley Rafer.

You can't realistically expect to solve all of your problems at two positions by dangling Juwan Howard, Luther Head and Rafer.

Rafer Johnson, the decathlon champion, was born with a club foot.

I would have to try really hard and be insanely drunk to out suck Rafer.

if anyone is odd man out , it would be rafer alston.

T-Mac needs to take it easy. Rafer needs to know when to stop shooting.

"I don't think any such thought was running through our heads, " Rockets point guard Rafer Alston said.

Rafer is the player of the game according to me. Props to Bobby Jackson, Shane, and Luis too.

Head, V-Span, Rafer. . . WTF is wrong with these guys tonight? They're making stupid mistakes.

Im sure 9 times out of 10 if ppl had to consider the situation without names, they would pick Rafer over Francis.

Everytime rafer struggles with his shots the whole team will struggle.

Rafer does make this team run better offense than JL3. But still not good enough for Rox to become a title contender!

Rafer had a good game, except for some mistakes late.

Utah is a better team, when Houston does not have Yao and Rafer, who by the way is 10 times better than Bobby Jackson.

That is amazing. You can't blame Rafer, he did some good things, but those two missed freebies were a momentum killer.

I always tell people if Yao was in the playoffs and Rafer (Alston) was healthy they win in the first round.

A heart-broken loss, get Rafer out the town, everybody hates you.

Several reports surfaced of late that indicated Rafer Alston had made a trade request to play with either the Knicks or Heat.

Michael Rafer Jordan needs his knuckles caned and reminded that his last name is Allston and not Jordan!

Its the Luther, Rafer, Bonzi show. . . I hope you Rafer haters are satisfied and can finally shut up now.

I would also like to thank Rafer, as usual, for being a bonehead under pressure.

I like Rafer, but I would really like to see V-Span in there to guard Steve Nash. If Novak gets the start, it would only be right. . .

I'm more worried about if Rafer gets hurt or something in playoffs, what will JVG do?

Thinks Rafer is underrated on the defensive side of things.

The point guard position is even less settled with last year's starter Rafer Alston, Mike James and Brooks all looking for playing time.

You going to count on Rafer and T-Mac on clutch situations?

You are not assuming we are Detroit , Scola wont get as many shot opportunities as T-mac & Yao does, even Rafer.

When Rafer could not defend a soul, why can't Vspan see a little play time?

LOL - anything that you can find to pick on Rafer - you will.

Rafer had a quiet but solid night tonight, as did Juwan and T-mac.

Last season only TMac and Rafer averaged over 3 assists per game for the Rockets.

Rafer refusing to make floaters pisses me off.

Rafer has 10 points and 6 assists so far = Our Steve Nash .

Hopefully Yao will also take away some of Rafer's FGAs.

Rafer does make this team run better offense. I can't believe this is what 2 days of rest can do for a team.

It would be weird if we shipped Rafer 2 bench scrubs for Slowmile and Gay.

the tracy shot was terrible but the rafer shot was wide-open from the baseline. he has to take that.

Shane and Rafer for their GREAT perimeter defense on Manu and Tony.

T-Mac is playing awesome and Rafer is playing like a true point guard and we can't put this pathetic team away?

Dean Rafer called me today.

If Rockets lose, it will be because of Rafer Alston. Rafer is a handicap when going against good teams.

I really do believe Rafer needs to step up or he will be traded.

LOL warriors announcers were talking about their win probability and rafer hit the 2 3s and they said there goes that.

"We hung tough, dug deep inside and found some energy to find a double- overtime game, " said Rafer Alston, who had 18 points.

One thing that Rafer has proven he can't do well, and probably never will, is score on the run.

Next time we lose you will see the rafer hate, and other fun bs posts.

Actually, if we have a healthy Tmac and Yao, we have a chance to win despite JVG and rafer.

Rafer has been playing very well lately and runs the team very well.

I like the words of motivation Rafer was giving to McGrady during the timeout.

my god rafer, head, battier, WHERE ARE YOU?

Rafer has a good release, maybe someone put a curse on him, i dunno, but i wanna kill him, commit suicide then kill him again

rafer says he can make 5 or 6 three's a game.

If Rafer keeps playing like he is (3-3 FG, 2-2 3pt, 3 assists, 2 steals, 0 TO), he can play all 48 for all I care.