HEAT Signs Rafer Alston <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Miami HEAT President and Head Coach Pat Riley announced September 4th that the team has signed free agent guard Rafer Alston. As per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Alston, a 6?2?, 173-pound point guard, has averaged 4.2 points, 2.9 assists, 1.4 rebounds and 13.8 minutes in 161 regular season games (13 starts) during his four-year NBA career and owns a 2.70:1 assist-to-turnover ratio. He has shot 37.2 percent (262-705) from the floor, 67 percent (67-100) from the foul line and 36.3 percent (89-245) from three-point range while playing for the Milwaukee Bucks (1999-2002) and the Toronto Raptors (2002-03). A former second-round draft choice (39th overall) by the Bucks in 1998, he has scored in double figures 23 times, handed out double figures in assists on three occasions and has recorded a pair of double-doubles. The Queens, New York native enjoyed the best year of his career last season after signing a 10-day with the Raptors on Jan. 7. At the conclusion of that 10-day contract he was signed for the remainder of the season by the Raptors on Jan. 18. In 47 games (four starts) with Toronto, he averaged 7.8 points, 4.1 assists, 2.3 rebounds and 20.9 minutes while shooting 41.5 percent (139-335) from the floor, 68.5 percent (37-54) from the foul line and 39.2 percent (51-130) from three-point range. During the 2002-03 season he set career highs in points (366), scoring average, minutes played (980), field goals made, field goals attempted, field goal percentage, free throws made, free throws attempted, three-point field goals made, three-point field goals attempted, three-point field goal percentage, offensive rebounds (21), defensive rebounds (86), total rebounds (107), assists (192), steals (38) and blocks (15). His 192 assists and 4.1 assist per game average both ranked second on the Raptors. </div> Source: www.nba.com/heat/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- huh... guess it was only a matter of time. GG should have tried to resign Rafer instead of acquiring a couple of no-name free-agents. <font color="blue">When Posting an article please remember to quote it. Also don't post the full article, only important portions of it. I've fixed it for you but remember next time to do it differently. Edited by thefranchise3</font>
agree <div class="quote_poster">Quoting twolvefan11:</div><div class="quote_post">That's good for the Heat. Why didn't the Raptors want him?</div> I really like this move by the Heat. I hop he can start I think with more minutes he will be good and of course move streetball moves :mrgreen:
I like Skip a lot. I don't care what team he goes to as long as he gets some good playing time. So i am pretty much happy bout this pick up for the Heat.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting txuonline:</div><div class="quote_post">why is this thread called Raptors Trade Alston? they didnt trade him. the heat signed him.</div> exactly what i was gonna say
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Plushlux:</div><div class="quote_post">Bring Skip Back!</div> YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!
