When the Nets let Rafer Alston go... he made sure his people reached out to Boston.
“I think it was my interest,” he told WEEI.com. “But I don’t think Doc [Rivers] would have opposed it knowing that you can grab a guy that can give you minutes at backup point for this team, and who’s a willing passer and just a natural point guard. Then understand, I played for [assistant coach Tom] Thibodeau before in Houston. So I’d always had them on my mind before I came here.”
I'm not a big Alston fan... so I'm ok with him not coming here. And besides, Miami swooped in with an offer before the ink on the buyout paperwork was dry.
But I know some people do like him... and he's a point guard who was willing to come here and be a back up. I find it interesting that the Celtics responded with a resounding "meh" when he approached them.