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'''Rafer Jamel Alston''' (born July 24, 1976), also known asnicknamed "'''Skip to2 myMy Lou'''",{{efn|Also orstylised as "'''Skip 2to My Lou''',".}} is an American retired professional [[basketball]] player. Alston first gained basketball fame playing in the [[AND1#AND1 Mixtape Tour|AND1 Mixtape Tour]] in 1999 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 season|2008–09 Orlando Magic]] team that made the NBA Finals.
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===Return to Miami (2010)===
On January 7, 2010, he cleared waivers and signed with the [[Miami Heat]] for the second time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=4806326|title=Heat sign Alston off waivers|date=January 7, 2010|work=ESPN.com|access-date=December 13, 2013}}</ref> After starting 25 games for Heat, Miami replaced Alston with Carlos Arroyo as starting Pointpoint Guardguard. In a press release, Miami stated that Alston "made contact with the team via text message...has made himself otherwise unavailable to the team"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com.sg/nba/news/story?id=4972973 | title=Heat suspend disgruntled G Alston indefinitely | date=7 March 2010 }}</ref> and he was immediately suspended on March 6, 2010 for missing practice and a game. On March 13, 2010, Miami upgraded his suspension for the remainder of the season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/fantasy/fantasy_playernews.jsp?date=03%2F13%2F10&type=news#rafer_alston |title=Archived copy |website=[[NBA.com]] |access-date=2019-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917233241/http://www.nba.com/fantasy/fantasy_playernews.jsp?date=03%2F13%2F10&type=news#rafer_alston |archive-date=2010-09-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Thus, Alston's final NBA game was played on March 2, 2010, in a 110 - {{endash}}106 win over the Golden State Warriors. In Alston's final game, although he was the Heat's starting point guard, he only played for 7 minutes and the only stat he recorded was 1 rebound.
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==See also==
*[[List of National Basketball Association players with 9 or more steals in a game]]
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