Sep 18, 2012 the most beloved scrubs in sports history. The company eventually embraced rafer alston, nicknamed skip to my lou, as the embodiment of its brand. Jamal crawford tips hat to rafer alston as his inspiration. Crossover allows you to install many popular windows applications on your mac linux or chromebook computer. Barkley on the historical significance of the houston rockets 22game winning streak.
Rockets point guard rafer alston appeared in court this morning and issued an apology through his attorney for the incident that led to a drunkendriving charge last week. Before rafer alston left houston, he had a message for his rockets teammate and former orlando magic star tracy mcgrady. Rafer alston miami national basketball association. I like t mac also but we havent been winning because of him. This list looks at the top 10 crossover artists in nba history.
People born on july 24 fall under the zodiac sign of leo, the lion. April 27, 1947 december 24, 2014 was a professional american football player. Rafer alston stats, game logs, splits, and much more. Allen iverson and rafer alston pushing donyell marshall. No basketball team at any level can be great without at least one great ball handler.
Refer alston slaps eddie house on the back of the head. From his days playing college ball at fresno state, to struggling in the l with the milwaukee bucks, to later. Some classic nba nicknames easily rank as the best in sports history. Jul 25, 20 rafer jamel alston was born in 1976 but 1999 was the year and1 introduced us to skip to my lou. You can think of it as an emulator, but its different, because theres no windows os license required. Mar 22, 2019 crossover can get your windows productivity applications and pc games up and running on your mac quickly and easily. All these years later, the wild kid from rucker is 32. He wasnt rafer alston tonight, he was the playground legend skip 2 my lou.
When the bulls won 70 games i thought theres no nba team that can win 70 games. Rafer alston aka skip2mylou vs steve francis aka the franchise duration. This is a discussion on rafer and barnes suspended 2 games shaq mcgrady fined and nash 1 game within the pro basketball forums. Crossover runs thousands of different windows apps on your mac. Toronto raptors 20042006 red game jersey and more authentic, autographed and gameused items at amazons sports collectibles store. They are featured on posters, shoe commercials, and ads for everything from gatorade to godaddy. The rockets streak is the second best thing ive ever seen. Tmac will need to make room for rafer sports update. The 25 greatest streetball players of all time complex. These players respective career earnings have been listed.
Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. For those mac users that are having trouble letting go, but dont want to throw down money on a new windowslicense just to use a couple apps, crossover for mac will let you install and run. Rafer and barnes suspended 2 games shaq mcgrady fined and nash 1 game. How does crossover mac compare to parallels desktop for mac and vmware fusion. Houston rockets point guard rafer alston was arrested on on felony assault charges monday night after a brawl at a night club in new york city. Halfway through the fourth quarter of the bucks seriesclinching win in game 4, rafer alston has one thing in mind. Rafer alston celebrity biography, zodiac sign and famous quotes. Best crossover in the nbabest handles inside hoops.
I told t mac that i was going to take his jersey, alston. Are the rockets actually better without tmac and rafer. He wasnt rafer alston, he was the playground legend skip to my lou. Point guard rafer alston rejuvenating the magic nba espn. Crossover runs the windows software that you need on mac at home, in the office, or at school without purchasing a windows license, without rebooting your computer, and without having to use a virtual machine. Houston rockets guard rafer alston was charged with stabbing a man at a manhattan night club, later released on bail. Rafer alston skip to my lou streetball legends duration. Office mac 2008 is a small step backwards from office mac 2004 mainly the ridiculous toolbar you cant turn off and the dropped vb support in excel, which some numbercrunchers need, but either of them is substantially better than office 2007 windows.
Rafer alston rafer alston is a great pg from street basketball. Can you guess the nicknames of these nba superstars. Some orlando magic fans insist that rafer alston should remain the teams starting point guard next season, with jameer nelson coming off the bench. Best crossover in the nbabest handles i loved rafer. The bigger question could be whether t mac and yao can stay healthy enough for this team to reach its potential. Crossover comes with an easy to use, single click interface, which. The deal has the rockets sending rafer alston to the magic, while the grizzlies receive a firstround draft selection from orlando in the 2009 nba draft along with center adonal foyle and guard mike wilks.
Rafer alston career stats, game logs, biographical info, awards, and achievements for the nba, gleague, and ncaa. A playground legend who is a solid fit for rick adelman s offense when his shot is falling. Come in to read stories and fanfics that span multiple fandoms in the macgyver universe. He spent 11 years in the nba playing for many different teams from the milwaukee bucks to the miami heat. Although there are many players who could hold the title and i would not argue. The crossover engine is wine, a free implementation of the windows apis for unix systems. When tracy mcgrady returns to the lineup, and it could be this weekend, t mac needs to defer to the rockets. As a person born on this date, rafer alston is listed in our database as the 45th most popular celebrity for the day july 24 and the 234th most popular for the year 1976. Rafer jamel alston born july 24, 1976, also known as skip to my lou or skip 2 my lou, is an. Click here to see part 3, and here for rafer s stats. Refer alston slaps eddie house on the back of the head, causing houses headband to make a wave around his head. The 33 most streetball moves that have ever happened on an nba basketball court. Vmware fusion, parallels, or virtualbox are three tools that allow you to virtualize windows and run nonnative windows apps on mac. Tmac, rockets are going from pain to gain the hard way.
He was a standout basketball player, and known for his nontraditional moves which was the inspiration for the and1 mixtape tour appeared in 1999. Tha crossover is one of the most electrifying moves in the nba. These vhs mixtapes, that combined grainy ep quality footage with hot hiphop tracks from the late 90s, were produced by the upandcoming brand and sent to basketball camps, clinics, records. The nba is home to some of the most creative athlete nicknames of any sport on the planet. Matt barnes, steve nash and shaq vs rafer alston and tmac. Rafer alston, also referred to as skip to my lou is an american professional basketball player whom has made his way through six nba teams. Tmac then juked rookie mickael gelabale with a killer crossover move and. Has great quickness, but is more fluid than explosive. Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting facts and tidbits. Hailing from queens with a deadly crossover and an undeniable flair for the dramatic, rafer skip 2 my lou alston naturally dominated the streets. Evaluate luke walkers mens basketball recruiting profile. Babcock just wants to make sure what he said in last month will happen we will win less games this year. With crossover games, you can run many popular windows games on your intel os x mac or linux pc.
Although you could move a few of these players around, or substitute a. Rafer jamel alston born july 24, 1976 is an american retired professional basketball player. From productivity, utility, games, and design softwarewindows software never looked better when launched right from the macos dock with crossover mac. Passing drills nba dribbling program handling point guard workout. My favorite and1 player of all time and i loved him on the rockets with t mac.
Matt barnes, steve nash and shaq vs rafer alston and t mac. Unless you love the new ribbon interface, in which case yes, the mac version is inferior. First, i would like to thank rafer for his commitment to the team over the past four seasons, said morey. Handles the ball as well as any person on the planet.
And 1 reminds us rafer alston, aka skip to my lou, is. Rafer alston is a famous american basketball player, who was born on july 24, 1976. Nov 03, 2016 the best of the forgotten shoe lines are featured in sneaker rewind, including tracy mcgradys adidas shoe and dwyane wades converse signature. Crossover mac will take this one step further it eschews what codeweavers chief operating officer jon parshall calls the. The most beloved scrubs in sports history bleacher report. Shot location data available for the 200001 through 201920 seasons. Rafer and barnes suspended 2 games shaq mcgrady fined and. Crossover lets windows apps run on os x, sans windows. Some of these players, including the subject of this piece rafer alston, have graced old covers, and all have embodied what slam is about.
Of course, every nba fan has his or her favourite crossover artist, so let the indignation begin. But paying for crossover does have significant advantages. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive. Magic get rafer alston in 3team trade involving grizzlies. Rafer jamel alston was born in 1976 but 1999 was the year and1 introduced us to skip to my lou. What will the houston rockets starting line up be for the 0809 season im thinking rafer alston steve francis tracy mcgradybrent barry ron artestshane battier luis scolachuck hayes yao mingmutumbo. Crossover dribbles, between the legs dribbles, the rafer alston drill, and more are demonstrated in this video. Examining the orlando magics rafer alstonjameer nelson. Join facebook to connect with rafer alston and others you may know.
Top 10 greatest nba ball handlers michael 3 years ago comments off on top 10 greatest. Are the rockets actually better without t mac and rafer alston. Chair dribbling drills the rafer alston drill get better. Its also available for football, hockey and baseball. Definitions of rafer alston, synonyms, antonyms, derivatives of rafer alston, analogical dictionary of rafer alston english. However, crossover lets you run windows apps natively on mac without using an emulator. Rafer alston is thinking the same thing i am thinking. The story behind rafer skip alston for those of you who arent really into streetball and dont follow it, you will definitely enjoy this article about rafer alston and be able to appreciate his game a lot more. Alston grew up in the jamaica neighborhood of queens, new york city, and was a standout streetball basketball player, known for his untraditional ballhandling moves that. The latest stats, facts, news and notes on rafer alston of the miami. Chair dribbling drills the rafer alston drill get better handles.
Mar 22, 2019 crossover is the for profit version of wine a windows compatibility layer for mac and linux. When he plays like the playground legend, hes tough to guard. First released in beta form on august 31, 2006, codeweavers crossover mac makes it possible to run some windows applications within macos x without installing windows. Skip wore the and1 cubics throughout the 09 season, all the way through the nba finals. Crossover lets windows apps run on os x, sans windows macworld.
Never skipped a beat youve heard countless stories about playground legends who never made it to the nba. The houston rocket career of rafer alston position. How god shammgods legendary crossover lives on in todays stars duration. Rafer alston aka skip to my lou ultimate highlights youtube. Media in category rafer alston the following 11 files are in this category, out of 11 total. Top 10 crossover artists in nba history therichest.
At every game i go to, his ball handling ability is just amazing and you can really see how it traces back to his street ball days. Looking to bring a touch of style to the nba hardwood. Rafer alston charged with stabbing at manhattan club. How god shammgods legendary crossover lives on in todays stars. The 33 most streetball moves that have ever happened on an. Tim duncan and shaquille oneal were dominating the game, he made the crossover cooler. Run windows software on mac with crossover codeweavers. Crossover lets you install windows apps on your mac. Cant hit a layup for his life but he is fun to watch. My biggest playground inspiration was definitely skip to my lou, rafer alston no matter where i went id take that andone nba news. May 24, 2001 streetball legend rafer alston aka skip to my lou made a rare appearance during game 2 of the 2001 eastern conference finals. He was the inspiration in many ways for the and1 mixtape toura lowquality, jerky 1999 videotape of alston s extreme playground moves, featuring helterskelter crossover and other fast dribble moves faking out defenders, attracted a great deal of attention among players and basketball fans.
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Pt 3 nba dribbling tips streetball crossover tricks dre baldwin. Rafer alston project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Rafer alston college stats college basketball at sports. After another one of his highscoring playoff games, magic teammate dwight howard said this about skip. The birth happened in the opening minutes of the and1 mixtape vol. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Rafer jamel alston born july 24, 1976, also known as skip to my lou, is an american retired professional basketball player. Guard luke walker is a strong bodied guard that can fill up from deep and really take over a game with his silky, smooth midrange game. Rafer jamel alston born july 24, 1976 is an american professional basketball player. It included lots of fast breaks by the rockets, with rafer alston. Rafer alston aka skip to my lou nba careerhigh 2008. They dont know rafer alstons real name, and some dont know about his greatest trick yet. Rockets guard alston apologizes for dwi arrest houston. Rafer alston career mix mainstream rafer alston mix spanning his entire career.
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