Point Guard Rafer Alson is the latest Raptor to add his two-cents to the ongoing drama that has been  enveloping the Toronto Raptors.  Alson is displeased with guard Jalen Rose?s comments about how some Raptors are simply going through the motions out on the court.

"I'm bothered by that," Alston calmly told reporters before last night's game against the Charlotte Bobcats. "He's trying to say that we're not playing hard. You look around this team, guys like Chris Bosh, Matt Bonner, myself, Pape Sow -- you can't tell me one of those guys . . . aren't playing hard. All of us leave it on the line, night in and night out."

This coming as a response to Mr. Rose?s comments after a Wednesday loss to Orlando.

"There has been a lot of individual play and it shows by our record," Rose said. "It has to do with knowing how to win and respecting a guy 1 through 15 and going out and sacrificing."

Rose did not name names, but there is little doubt that Alston was the prime target of his criticism, and Alston feels that way, too.

This is the same Alston who threatened to quit the NBA after a run-in with coach Sam Mitchell in December, however the Raptors seemed to have made it through that initial drama.