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Rafer Alston

Age 49 · USA · 188 cm (6'2") · 79 kg · Born Jul 24, 1976 · Fresno State

10.2 PPG 2.8 RPG 4.7 APG 800 games 11 seasons
Rafer Alston

Career snapshot

11seasons
800games
8,127career pts
12.5PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Houston Rockets · 267 games · 2005-06–2008-09

Position rank · 2009-10

#67PPG rank
#100PER rank
#98WS rank
Among 111 Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 14.2 2004-05 · TOR
RPG 4.0 2005-06 · HOU
APG 6.7 2005-06 · HOU
PER 16.5 2004-05 · TOR
WS 6.6 2006-07 · HOU

Draft

1998
Round 2 · Pick 39
from Fresno State

Career by team

Miami Heat
2003-04 – 2009-10 · 2 seasons
9.4 PPG 2.7 RPG 4.1 APG
107 games
Brooklyn Nets
2009-10 – 2009-10 · 1 seasons
9.7 PPG 2.8 RPG 3.9 APG
27 games
Houston Rockets
2005-06 – 2008-09 · 4 seasons
12.6 PPG 3.5 RPG 5.7 APG
267 games
Orlando Magic
2008-09 – 2008-09 · 1 seasons
12.0 PPG 2.9 RPG 5.1 APG
29 games
Toronto Raptors
2002-03 – 2004-05 · 2 seasons
11.8 PPG 3.1 RPG 5.5 APG
127 games
Milwaukee Bucks
1999-00 – 2001-02 · 3 seasons
2.7 PPG 1.1 RPG 2.5 APG
114 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1999-00 MIL 27 0 13.4 2.2 0.9 2.6 0.4 0.0 28.4 21.4 75.0 4.3 -0.7
2000-01 MIL 37 2 7.8 2.1 0.8 1.8 0.4 0.0 35.7 26.7 69.2 12.1 0.3
2001-02 MIL 50 7 12.0 3.5 1.4 2.9 0.6 0.0 34.6 38.0 62.1 13.9 0.7
2002-03 TOR 47 4 20.9 7.8 2.3 4.1 0.8 0.3 41.5 39.2 68.5 14.4 1.2
2003-04 MIA 82 28 31.5 10.2 2.8 4.5 1.4 0.2 37.6 37.1 76.9 13.7 5.9
2004-05 TOR 80 78 34.0 14.2 3.5 6.4 1.5 0.1 41.4 35.7 74.0 16.5 5.5
2005-06 HOU 63 63 38.6 12.1 4.0 6.7 1.6 0.2 37.9 32.7 69.2 12.6 3.4
2006-07 HOU 82 82 37.1 13.3 3.4 5.4 1.6 0.1 37.5 36.3 73.4 12.9 6.6
2007-08 HOU 74 74 34.1 13.1 3.5 5.3 1.3 0.2 39.4 35.1 71.5 13.2 5.0
2008-09 NBA 77 76 31.8 11.7 2.9 5.3 1.4 0.1 38.5 33.8 75.0 — —
2008-09 HOU 48 48 33.1 11.5 3.0 5.4 1.2 0.1 37.0 34.8 78.9 12.8 2.9
2008-09 ORL 29 28 29.5 12.0 2.9 5.1 1.8 0.1 41.3 31.7 70.7 15.6 2.4
2009-10 NBA 52 38 27.3 8.2 2.5 3.4 1.0 0.2 34.8 34.5 72.8 — —
2009-10 MIA 25 25 26.2 6.6 2.2 2.9 0.9 0.2 35.5 37.0 55.6 7.7 0.4
2009-10 BKN 27 13 28.4 9.7 2.8 3.9 1.0 0.2 34.3 32.2 81.5 — —

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Oct 2009 Miami Heat Brooklyn Nets mid season trade From 2009-10 to 2009-10
Jul 2009 Houston Rockets Brooklyn Nets season change
Jul 2009 Houston Rockets Miami Heat season change
Jul 2009 Orlando Magic Brooklyn Nets season change
Jul 2009 Orlando Magic Miami Heat season change
Jul 2008 Houston Rockets Orlando Magic season change
Jul 2005 Toronto Raptors Houston Rockets season change
Jul 2004 Miami Heat Toronto Raptors season change
Jul 2003 Toronto Raptors Miami Heat season change
Jul 2002 Milwaukee Bucks Toronto Raptors season change

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Born on July 24

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About Rafer Alston

Rafer Jamel Alston, is an American retired professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Skip to My Lou", Alston first gained basketball fame as a streetball player before joining the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Milwaukee Bucks. While in the NBA from 1999 to 2010, he played for six teams, including the 2008–09 Orlando Magic team that made the NBA Finals.