Rafer’s Mom Is an Intense Woman
If you’ve been watching the Houston Rockets lately - and reallly, if you haven’t, I’m not entirely sure what you’re doing on this website right now - you probably noticed that Rafer Alston is a feisty guy. He got into it with Sasha Vujacic on Sunday afternoon, and nearly came to blows with Rajon Rondo last night (before a single point had even been scored in the game!).
I think it’s safe to say that Skip gets some of his feistiness from his mother. Why you ask? Check out the phone call she placed to Peter Vescey after she read a piece of his that criticized her son.
“My husband and I just now got to read your column on line when we came home,” Geraldine allowed. “While I don’t agree with your assessment, I do respect your right to voice an opinion.
“Having said that, do me a favor; please e-mail your picture. We’re making a print out of the column and we’d like to burn it and your picture together in effigy.”
Story time: When I played high school basketball, my mother once approached a coach of mine about giving her beloved son more playing time. When the poor guy pointed out that I was a starter, thus getting plenty of minutes, she told him that I still wasn’t getting enough burn.
It’s a shame that our games rarely got mentioned in the paper; maybe her scathing letters to the editor might’ve lit a fire under me and gotten me to The Show!
(Thanks to Shoals for the wonderful find.)
33 Responses to “Rafer’s Mom Is an Intense Woman”
Mar.19 at 9:06 am
hursty says:
1st? whoooo! haha!
Mar.19 at 9:07 am
Ryan Jones says:
OUTF*CKINGSTANDING
Mar.19 at 9:08 am
hursty says:
shes got nothing on AI’s mum though huh Mutoni?
Mar.19 at 9:09 am
hursty says:
JONES!
Mar.19 at 9:12 am
TADOne says:
I love Rafer’s mom.
Mar.19 at 9:15 am
hursty says:
is she good looking? too lazy for the links, just the smart @ss comments.
Mar.19 at 9:18 am
Fyan says:
Burn Peter Vescey Burn!!!!!
Mar.19 at 9:22 am
hursty says:
calm down big dog…. just relax lol
Mar.19 at 9:31 am
maio says:
This is a great potential running joke. Whenever a column is not that interesting just post “hey , send me your picture!”. It’s like yelling “Freebird” during a crappy concert.
Mar.19 at 9:32 am
Melvin says:
hahahhahhaha…
Mar.19 at 9:39 am
hursty says:
Fu(k the police! hahahahahahahahahaha!
Mar.19 at 9:42 am
hursty says:
maio, plaese exp, the freebird thing again. i forget….
Mar.19 at 9:47 am
BETCATS says:
Rafer!!!
Mar.19 at 10:09 am
maio says:
Hursty: In case you’re serious with the request - “Freebird” is a song from Lynyrd Skynyrd that was so popular it became a clichè (kinda like “Smoke on the water”. Use your favorite search engine for more info.
Mar.19 at 10:11 am
maio says:
Me so lazy
Mar.19 at 10:11 am
hursty says:
oh yeh, i heard it just forgot, thanks dude (or dudett).
Mar.19 at 10:13 am
Benoit Benjamin says:
I read a piece on foxsports, where it says rafer’s mom also called a reporter from fox who had been criticizing skip. The guy actually posted a whole column where he officialy apologizes to rafer and His mom. I vote for her to run the knicks.
Mar.19 at 10:16 am
maio says:
She needs to give a call to David Stern about the age limit. Or to those guys who want to move the Sonics.
Mar.19 at 10:20 am
hursty says:
get something done about it. its a bloody outrage i tell ya! an OUTRAGE!!!
Mar.19 at 10:53 am
Sesa says:
Maybe Rafer’s mom should’ve sleep with Adelman to ensure his playing time.
Let’s see how feisty she is in bed
Mar.19 at 11:22 am
riggs says:
i liked how rondo squared up on skip, seriously rajon looks so much like my half brother its effin scary
Mar.19 at 11:27 am
Sparker says:
best anti-viper action since zeke put him in a headlock
Mar.19 at 12:13 pm
albie1kenobi says:
geraldine is the man! err…woman i mean.
Mar.19 at 12:19 pm
zee says:
Skip and his moms are wildin. The win streak got to skip’s dome a lil bit. Boston brought them back to earth.
Mar.19 at 12:24 pm
its just alex says:
Wait til she sees this comment section.
Mar.19 at 12:54 pm
Nad says:
I like how Rondo stood his ground, he is tough as nails, and he is for real, he stepped up this year and shut up all the doubters, he’s gonna be a solid player in this league, no doubt.
Mar.19 at 2:57 pm
John D says:
^Agreed, Nad. People are finally starting to give Rondo and the Celtics bench some credit.
Mar.19 at 3:52 pm
BETCATS says:
wait till you meet my mom. She had a crush on Rick Mahorn, so you know she is intense.
Mar.19 at 4:18 pm
what says:
I thought only Jews say “chutzpah”?
Mar.19 at 10:10 pm
Ben Osborne says:
The best point guard in the world*
Mar.20 at 2:42 am
hursty says:
bar who Ben? haha.
Mar.20 at 3:37 am
Sesa says:
Rafer is not feisty, He is an A-hole.
All those elbows are fake hustle
Mar.20 at 3:58 am
snyper48 says:
@Ben,since Slam is like a bible to me when I saw that cover I ran to my friend’s house and started talking about this kid name Skip To My Lou who would be the next Tim Hardway only better,only when the And 1 mixtapes came people started to pay attention but by then they fell in love to Hot Sauce.He’s not the superstar I said he would become, but thanks to Slam I officialy discovered Rafer in my country.