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Rafer Alston

Rafer Alston

Position: Guard
Height: 6-2    Weight: 171 lbs.
Born: July 24, 1976 in New York, New York
High School: Benjamin Cardozo in Bayside, New York
College: California State University, Fresno

Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2nd round (10th pick, 39th overall) of the 1998 NBA draft.

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1999-00 23 MIL NBA 27 0 361 27 95 .284 3 14 .214 3 4 .750 5 18 23 70 12 0 29 29 60
2000-01 24 MIL NBA 37 2 288 30 84 .357 8 30 .267 9 13 .692 4 27 31 68 13 0 20 27 77
2001-02 25 MIL NBA 50 7 600 66 191 .346 27 71 .380 18 29 .621 10 62 72 143 32 2 40 42 177
2002-03 26 TOR NBA 47 4 980 139 335 .415 51 130 .392 37 54 .685 21 86 107 192 38 15 86 120 366
2003-04 27 MIA NBA 82 28 2581 287 764 .376 161 434 .371 103 134 .769 26 200 226 372 114 18 128 212 838
2004-05 28 TOR NBA 80 78 2717 403 974 .414 139 389 .357 191 258 .740 42 237 279 514 118 7 170 212 1136
2005-06 29 HOU NBA 63 63 2431 280 738 .379 102 312 .327 99 143 .692 36 219 255 425 101 15 157 194 761
2006-07 30 HOU NBA 82 82 3040 383 1020 .375 192 529 .363 130 177 .734 29 253 282 444 129 10 170 195 1088
2007-08 31 HOU NBA 74 74 2526 364 924 .394 143 407 .351 98 137 .715 28 232 260 392 98 18 160 139 969
2008-09 32 TOT NBA 77 76 2447 316 820 .385 112 331 .338 156 208 .750 33 194 227 406 108 10 140 135 900
2008-09 32 HOU NBA 48 48 1591 193 522 .370 80 230 .348 86 109 .789 25 119 144 258 57 7 88 72 552
2008-09 32 ORL NBA 29 28 856 123 298 .413 32 101 .317 70 99 .707 8 75 83 148 51 3 52 63 348
2009-10 33 TOT NBA 45 31 1272 143 410 .349 50 148 .338 57 78 .731 12 108 120 161 47 9 88 93 393
2009-10 33 NJN NBA 27 13 766 95 277 .343 28 87 .322 44 54 .815 9 66 75 104 27 5 61 50 262
2009-10 33 MIA NBA 18 18 506 48 133 .361 22 61 .361 13 24 .542 3 42 45 57 20 4 27 43 131
Career NBA 664 445 19243 2438 6355 .384 988 2795 .353 901 1235 .730 246 1636 1882 3187 810 104 1188 1398 6765

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1999-00 23 MIL NBA 27 0 13.4 1.0 3.5 .284 0.1 0.5 .214 0.1 0.1 .750 0.2 0.7 0.9 2.6 0.4 0.0 1.1 1.1 2.2
2000-01 24 MIL NBA 37 2 7.8 0.8 2.3 .357 0.2 0.8 .267 0.2 0.4 .692 0.1 0.7 0.8 1.8 0.4 0.0 0.5 0.7 2.1
2001-02 25 MIL NBA 50 7 12.0 1.3 3.8 .346 0.5 1.4 .380 0.4 0.6 .621 0.2 1.2 1.4 2.9 0.6 0.0 0.8 0.8 3.5
2002-03 26 TOR NBA 47 4 20.9 3.0 7.1 .415 1.1 2.8 .392 0.8 1.1 .685 0.4 1.8 2.3 4.1 0.8 0.3 1.8 2.6 7.8
2003-04 27 MIA NBA 82 28 31.5 3.5 9.3 .376 2.0 5.3 .371 1.3 1.6 .769 0.3 2.4 2.8 4.5 1.4 0.2 1.6 2.6 10.2
2004-05 28 TOR NBA 80 78 34.0 5.0 12.2 .414 1.7 4.9 .357 2.4 3.2 .740 0.5 3.0 3.5 6.4 1.5 0.1 2.1 2.7 14.2
2005-06 29 HOU NBA 63 63 38.6 4.4 11.7 .379 1.6 5.0 .327 1.6 2.3 .692 0.6 3.5 4.0 6.7 1.6 0.2 2.5 3.1 12.1
2006-07 30 HOU NBA 82 82 37.1 4.7 12.4 .375 2.3 6.5 .363 1.6 2.2 .734 0.4 3.1 3.4 5.4 1.6 0.1 2.1 2.4 13.3
2007-08 31 HOU NBA 74 74 34.1 4.9 12.5 .394 1.9 5.5 .351 1.3 1.9 .715 0.4 3.1 3.5 5.3 1.3 0.2 2.2 1.9 13.1
2008-09 32 TOT NBA 77 76 31.8 4.1 10.6 .385 1.5 4.3 .338 2.0 2.7 .750 0.4 2.5 2.9 5.3 1.4 0.1 1.8 1.8 11.7
2008-09 32 HOU NBA 48 48 33.1 4.0 10.9 .370 1.7 4.8 .348 1.8 2.3 .789 0.5 2.5 3.0 5.4 1.2 0.1 1.8 1.5 11.5
2008-09 32 ORL NBA 29 28 29.5 4.2 10.3 .413 1.1 3.5 .317 2.4 3.4 .707 0.3 2.6 2.9 5.1 1.8 0.1 1.8 2.2 12.0
2009-10 33 TOT NBA 45 31 28.3 3.2 9.1 .349 1.1 3.3 .338 1.3 1.7 .731 0.3 2.4 2.7 3.6 1.0 0.2 2.0 2.1 8.7
2009-10 33 NJN NBA 27 13 28.4 3.5 10.3 .343 1.0 3.2 .322 1.6 2.0 .815 0.3 2.4 2.8 3.9 1.0 0.2 2.3 1.9 9.7
2009-10 33 MIA NBA 18 18 28.1 2.7 7.4 .361 1.2 3.4 .361 0.7 1.3 .542 0.2 2.3 2.5 3.2 1.1 0.2 1.5 2.4 7.3
Career NBA 664 445 29.0 3.7 9.6 .384 1.5 4.2 .353 1.4 1.9 .730 0.4 2.5 2.8 4.8 1.2 0.2 1.8 2.1 10.2

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1999-00 23 MIL NBA 27 0 361 2.7 9.5 .284 0.3 1.4 .214 0.3 0.4 .750 0.5 1.8 2.3 7.0 1.2 0.0 2.9 2.9 6.0
2000-01 24 MIL NBA 37 2 288 3.7 10.5 .357 1.0 3.7 .267 1.1 1.6 .692 0.5 3.4 3.9 8.5 1.6 0.0 2.5 3.4 9.6
2001-02 25 MIL NBA 50 7 600 4.0 11.5 .346 1.6 4.3 .380 1.1 1.7 .621 0.6 3.7 4.3 8.6 1.9 0.1 2.4 2.5 10.6
2002-03 26 TOR NBA 47 4 980 5.1 12.3 .415 1.9 4.8 .392 1.4 2.0 .685 0.8 3.2 3.9 7.1 1.4 0.6 3.2 4.4 13.4
2003-04 27 MIA NBA 82 28 2581 4.0 10.7 .376 2.2 6.1 .371 1.4 1.9 .769 0.4 2.8 3.2 5.2 1.6 0.3 1.8 3.0 11.7
2004-05 28 TOR NBA 80 78 2717 5.3 12.9 .414 1.8 5.2 .357 2.5 3.4 .740 0.6 3.1 3.7 6.8 1.6 0.1 2.3 2.8 15.1
2005-06 29 HOU NBA 63 63 2431 4.1 10.9 .379 1.5 4.6 .327 1.5 2.1 .692 0.5 3.2 3.8 6.3 1.5 0.2 2.3 2.9 11.3
2006-07 30 HOU NBA 82 82 3040 4.5 12.1 .375 2.3 6.3 .363 1.5 2.1 .734 0.3 3.0 3.3 5.3 1.5 0.1 2.0 2.3 12.9
2007-08 31 HOU NBA 74 74 2526 5.2 13.2 .394 2.0 5.8 .351 1.4 2.0 .715 0.4 3.3 3.7 5.6 1.4 0.3 2.3 2.0 13.8
2008-09 32 TOT NBA 77 76 2447 4.6 12.1 .385 1.6 4.9 .338 2.3 3.1 .750 0.5 2.9 3.3 6.0 1.6 0.1 2.1 2.0 13.2
2008-09 32 HOU NBA 48 48 1591 4.4 11.8 .370 1.8 5.2 .348 1.9 2.5 .789 0.6 2.7 3.3 5.8 1.3 0.2 2.0 1.6 12.5
2008-09 32 ORL NBA 29 28 856 5.2 12.5 .413 1.3 4.2 .317 2.9 4.2 .707 0.3 3.2 3.5 6.2 2.1 0.1 2.2 2.6 14.6
2009-10 33 TOT NBA 45 31 1272 4.0 11.6 .349 1.4 4.2 .338 1.6 2.2 .731 0.3 3.1 3.4 4.6 1.3 0.3 2.5 2.6 11.1
2009-10 33 NJN NBA 27 13 766 4.5 13.0 .343 1.3 4.1 .322 2.1 2.5 .815 0.4 3.1 3.5 4.9 1.3 0.2 2.9 2.3 12.3
2009-10 33 MIA NBA 18 18 506 3.4 9.5 .361 1.6 4.3 .361 0.9 1.7 .542 0.2 3.0 3.2 4.1 1.4 0.3 1.9 3.1 9.3
Career NBA 664 445 19243 4.6 11.9 .384 1.8 5.2 .353 1.7 2.3 .730 0.5 3.1 3.5 6.0 1.5 0.2 2.2 2.6 12.7

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1999-00 23 MIL NBA 27 361 4.3 .310 .300 1.6 5.8 3.7 26.8 1.7 0.0 23.1 15.5 76 112 -0.7 0.0 -0.7
2000-01 24 MIL NBA 37 288 12.1 .429 .405 1.6 10.6 6.1 34.6 2.4 0.0 18.2 17.2 98 106 0.1 0.2 0.3
2001-02 25 MIL NBA 50 600 13.9 .434 .416 2.0 11.4 6.9 36.4 2.8 0.2 16.4 19.0 99 106 0.3 0.5 0.7
2002-03 26 TOR NBA 47 980 14.4 .510 .491 2.3 10.4 6.2 34.0 2.1 1.1 19.3 20.7 100 108 0.7 0.5 1.2
2003-04 27 MIA NBA 82 2581 13.7 .509 .481 1.2 9.1 5.1 24.9 2.4 0.6 13.5 17.3 105 102 3.1 2.8 5.9
2004-05 28 TOR NBA 80 2717 16.5 .522 .485 1.7 10.1 5.8 31.7 2.2 0.2 13.5 21.2 108 109 3.8 1.7 5.5
2005-06 29 HOU NBA 63 2431 12.6 .475 .449 1.8 10.4 6.1 30.8 2.3 0.5 16.4 18.8 99 104 0.2 3.1 3.4
2006-07 30 HOU NBA 82 3040 12.9 .496 .470 1.1 9.5 5.3 24.1 2.2 0.3 13.4 19.4 103 102 1.7 4.9 6.6
2007-08 31 HOU NBA 74 2526 13.2 .492 .471 1.3 10.2 5.8 25.2 2.1 0.5 14.0 20.7 102 103 1.0 4.0 5.0
2008-09 32 TOT NBA 77 2447 13.8 .494 .454 1.6 8.8 5.3 27.0 2.3 0.3 13.3 19.9 105 104 1.7 3.7 5.3
2008-09 32 HOU NBA 48 1591 12.8 .484 .446 1.9 8.4 5.3 25.9 1.9 0.3 13.4 19.2 104 106 0.9 2.1 2.9
2008-09 32 ORL NBA 29 856 15.6 .509 .466 1.1 9.6 5.5 28.9 3.1 0.3 13.2 21.2 107 101 0.8 1.6 2.4
2009-10 33 TOT NBA 45 1272 8.6 .442 .410 1.1 10.2 5.5 21.0 1.9 0.6 16.5 19.3 88 110 -1.5 0.8 -0.7
2009-10 33 NJN NBA 27 766 8.8 .436 .394 1.3 10.5 5.7 23.7 1.8 0.5 16.9 21.6 86 112 -1.2 0.3 -0.9
2009-10 33 MIA NBA 18 506 8.2 .456 .444 0.7 9.9 5.2 17.0 2.1 0.6 15.8 15.7 93 108 -0.3 0.5 0.2
Career NBA 664 19243 13.3 .490 .461 1.5 9.8 5.6 27.5 2.2 0.4 14.7 19.5 102 105 10.4 22.2 32.6

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1999-00 23 MIL NBA 4 16 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
2000-01 24 MIL NBA 5 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .000 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.2
2003-04 27 MIA NBA 13 295 29 91 12 52 21 25 4 29 22 6 1 10 22 91 .319 .231 .840 22.7 7.0 2.2 1.7
2006-07 30 HOU NBA 7 309 25 74 16 50 10 13 6 48 35 13 3 17 23 76 .338 .320 .769 44.1 10.9 6.9 5.0
2007-08 31 HOU NBA 4 126 21 48 11 25 4 5 2 6 18 4 0 6 7 57 .438 .440 .800 31.5 14.3 1.5 4.5
2008-09 32 ORL NBA 23 740 106 279 36 113 33 44 3 56 94 33 4 40 53 281 .380 .319 .750 32.2 12.2 2.4 4.1
Career NBA 56 1494 181 496 75 241 68 89 15 139 171 56 8 76 105 505 .365 .311 .764 26.7 9.0 2.5 3.1

Playoffs Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1999-00 23 MIL NBA 4 16 -11.6 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.9 0.0 0.0 20.5 14.1 11 116 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
2000-01 24 MIL NBA 5 8 -14.2 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.2 0.0 0.0 66.7 17.4 17 116 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
2003-04 27 MIA NBA 13 295 10.2 .446 .385 1.6 9.7 5.6 13.9 1.1 0.3 8.9 18.2 96 101 0.2 0.2 0.4
2006-07 30 HOU NBA 7 309 10.7 .477 .446 2.3 15.4 9.0 21.0 2.3 0.7 17.6 15.2 95 102 0.0 0.4 0.4
2007-08 31 HOU NBA 4 126 18.0 .568 .552 1.7 3.6 2.7 28.4 1.8 0.0 10.7 21.2 117 111 0.3 0.1 0.4
2008-09 32 ORL NBA 23 740 11.8 .471 .444 0.5 8.9 4.8 22.4 2.4 0.4 11.8 22.1 97 106 -0.2 0.9 0.7
Career NBA 56 1494 11.4 .472 .441 1.2 9.9 5.6 20.8 2.0 0.4 12.4 19.7 97 105 0.0 1.6 1.6

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1997-98 21 FRESNOST 33 1030 124 309 66 196 50 66 71 240 70 12 111 96 364 .401 .337 .758 31.2 11.0 2.2 7.3
Career 33 1030 124 309 66 196 50 66 71 240 70 12 111 96 364 .401 .337 .758 31.2 11.0 2.2 7.3

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games

2003-04 NBA 82 (3)
2006-07 NBA 82 (1)

Minutes Played

2006-07 NBA 3040 (7)

3-Pt Field Goals

2003-04 NBA 161 (8)
2006-07 NBA 192 (4)
Career NBA 988 (60)
Career 988 (60)

3-Pt Field Goal Attempts

2003-04 NBA 434 (6)
2006-07 NBA 529 (2)
Career NBA 2795 (57)
Career 2795 (57)

Steals

2006-07 NBA 129 (9)

Assists Per Game

2005-06 NBA 6.7 (10)

Assist Pct

Career NBA 27.5 (75)
Career 27.5 (76)

Defensive Win Shares

2006-07 NBA 4.9 (9)

Hall of Fame Probability

Active 0.000 (79)
Career 0.000 (478)
      

Transactions

June 24, 1998: Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2nd round (39th pick) of the 1998 NBA Draft.

September 6, 2002: Signed as a free agent with the Golden State Warriors.

October 23, 2002: Waived by the Golden State Warriors.

January 17, 2003: Signed a contract for the rest of the season with the Toronto Raptors

September 4, 2003: Signed as a free agent with the Miami Heat.

July 14, 2004: Signed as a free agent with the Toronto Raptors.

October 4, 2005: Traded by the Toronto Raptors to the Houston Rockets for Mike James.

February 19, 2009: As part of a 3-team trade, traded by the Houston Rockets to the Orlando Magic; the Memphis Grizzlies traded Kyle Lowry to the Houston Rockets; the Orlando Magic traded Brian Cook to the Houston Rockets; and the Orlando Magic traded Adonal Foyle, Mike Wilks and a 2009 1st round draft pick (DeMarre Carroll) to the Memphis Grizzlies.

June 25, 2009: Traded by the Orlando Magic with Tony Battie and Courtney Lee to the New Jersey Nets for Ryan Anderson and Vince Carter.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1999-00 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $301,875
2000-01 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $423,500
2001-02 Milwaukee Bucks NBA $625,000
2002-03 Toronto Raptors NBA $612,435
2003-04 Miami Heat NBA $688,679
2004-05 Toronto Raptors NBA $3,500,000
2005-06 Houston Rockets NBA $3,850,000
2006-07 Houston Rockets NBA $4,200,000
2007-08 Houston Rockets NBA $4,550,000
2008-09 Orlando Magic NBA $4,900,000
Career (may be incomplete) $23,651,489
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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