When will the Rockets dump this guy?
Rafer Alston's tenure with the Rockets already looked shaky, with the arrival of a new coaching staff, acquisition of more talent at his position, and the fact that he really isn't that good.
This report in today's New York Daily News won't help his already slight chances of remaining a Rocket:
NBA player Rafer Alston was busted last night on charges he stabbed a man during a fight inside a Chelsea nightclub early yesterday.
The 31-year-old Houston Rockets point guard, who hails from Jamaica, Queens, was accused of slashing victim Wilbert Ashman in the right side of his neck, police said.
The alleged assault happened at 3 a.m. at Stereo, a trendy club at 512 W. 29th St., cops said.
Alston, a product of Cardozo High School in Queens, was arrested at the 10th Precinct stationhouse when Ashman picked him out of a lineup, police said.
How long will it take the Rockets to dump this guy?
BLOGVERSATION: Courtside.
UPDATE: When the Chron's Fran Blinebury first posted on his Courtside blog about this story today, he wrote:
In the grand scheme of things, Alston's legal transgressions -- no matter how they turn out -- barely register on the modern day pro athlete scale of bad behavior. There would still likely be a point-guard-starved team out there somewhere who would take him on.
Now, that paragraph has been pulled (I still have it in my furl cache).
That was probably wise editing, since it's a ridiculous statement (attempting to slash a guy's throat, if the allegation is true, does more than "barely register" on the bad behavior scale). But somebody needs to teach some of these Chron sports guys to think before they post, because it's a blogging faux pas to go back and rewrite posts later.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 08/28/07 01:13 PM | Print | Comments (0)
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