Jordan Shoes - Heat are waiting for Alston

Jordan Shoes -- Rafer Alston-s absence from the Miami Heat took another turn Wednesday, with the team denying that the embattled point guard was told shortly before his sudden departure he would no longer get playing time. Alston was quoted by ESPN.com saying that he chose to leave because of a personal issue involving a family member, plus said Heat coach Erik Spoelstra told him that he –would not be playing any more.-

On Wednesday, Spoelstra -- who, like the rest of the Heat organization and Jordan Shoes, said he still has not heard from Alston since a text-message exchange last week -- denied Alston was told that his minutes were gone, saying only that the 11th-year guard was informed before Miami-s game against the Los Angeles Lakers last Thursday that Carlos Arroyo was taking over the starting job. Actually, he probably still would have been in the rotation, Spoelstra said. -Probably not with the minutes he would have liked, and I also told him that the way the year-s been going, that it-s still up for grabs. I have had those conversations with everybody in the locker room. It is about Jordan Shoes right now.