Rafer Alston: How “Skip 2 my Lou” went from AND1 STREETBALL LEGEND to LEGIT NBA POINT GUARD | FPP
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- Rafer Alston may not have been anything to write home about in the NBA, but he still had a respectable decade long career in which he was an above average starter for many of those years, even helping the Dwight Howard led Orlando Magic to the 2009 NBA Finals. He didn't make it easy for himself to get to the NBA and played three seasons at three different colleges. His one year of D1 basketball at Fresno State was marred with controversy, so he would declare for the draft and get selected by Milwaukee on potential alone. He wouldn't play much for the Glenn Robinson, Ray Allen and Sam Cassell led Milwaukee Bucks. But it was during what would have been his rookie season, that he changed the basketball landscape forever. A streetball tape known as "The Skip Tape" took over and when the AND1 brand got their hands on it, "Skip 2 my Lou" became a household name with his never before seen moves on the playgrounds around New York. Alston's tape inspired a movement, which became the AND1 mixtape era, as streetball became a viable option for people wanting to make a living off of basketball as it led to worldwide tours and even video games. In the NBA, Alston found a fit on the Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming led Houston Rockets and would even be a top 10 assist man in the NBA one year. His career wouldn't end how he would have liked as attitude problems forced him out of the league. But Rafer blazed a trail for young playground ballers, while also showing that anyone can make it to the NBA, no matter your background, and he deserves his flowers for what he did for the entire game of basketball.
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The difference between Alston and other street ballers was that consistent outside shot. Hard work matters...
Yeah this guy said he lacked fundamentals but he wouldn’t have made it especially not as long as he did if he didn’t have fundamentals and shooting is the number one reason street ballers didn’t make the league cuz a lot of them had enough skills
@@darnelldarbouze2692exactly
I still have the original Skip to my Lou vhs tape…that Fresno State team was crazy!
How did he lack sound fundamentals, see this is why I don’t like these type of videos of dudes talking about things they don’t truly know about. Yes you love basketball but you don’t truly know the game the way your acting like you do, his game was built off of fundamentals and that’s who he become so creative with that ball in his hand. Don’t disrespect the people your talking about and clearly making money off of, keep it respectful and don’t be one of those guys who uses other people because they lack talent themselves and don’t respect the people they talk about!
Big facts I didn’t like that part either
Tell it true Brother!!! You are definitely NOT getting to this level with bad fundamentals. He more than proved he belonged and could play with the best!!!
I completely agree with you. Rafer was masterful with the fundamentals, which enabled him to be creative smh, the problem is these pundits and super sideline sports commentators & some coaches, forget to tell these kids, you cannot do the exceptional &/or creative until you master the fundamentals, like Rafer has. Wow
He w….e that’s what they don
Yet if was Jason Williams
It would be different
I clicked off after that it was
unnecessary
Shout out to the and 1 legends. Skip to my lou. Hot sauce, the professor, main event,AO, spyda. It's one or two more I forgot the other names but I was 10 when they started showing the and 1 on ESPN.. actually got the and 1 or streetball game when it came out. Those was the days plus NFL and NBA STREETS was hot at the time basically copying the and 1 style...
Big Homie Escalade (RIP) too.
RIP Alimoe
50, high octane, prime objective, Shane the dribbling machine, flight, baby Shaq, air up there, silk. I'm sure there's a few more names I forgot.
@@Mav45 ok I remember 50. Shout-out all the AND 1 LEGENDS
Man for an extremely big dude Escalade was so nice! I honestly thought he should’ve went to the league. Yeah he may have his limitations, but just imagine who was going to stop him though
I grew up a Toronto Raptors fan . I was a huge fan of Rafer . And 1 also had a stop in Toronto 🇨🇦 as well ....!
Skip to my Lou is my favorite And 1 player super sick wit it
That lay up at 0:45 was always the sickest layup ive ever seen
@diggydub5720 let me see you do it then. thats a clean one handed reverse layup going against the grain bro. only someone with and elite handle could even finish such a lay up thats highly acrobatic.
The original jelly fam member 😤👏🏾
@@TrevyTheYellowistMannah that was I’ll and I know what that guy saying kinda there’s more dudes that can do that now but what makes it crazy to me is he was doing that in the mid 90’s like the other dude said he’s the original jelly fam member back then nobody came on one side then reversed layup with that kinda English on the ball so that was wayyy ahead of its time but yeah dudes can do it now but too me for the time it happened in that was one of the illest layups
That's 🚫 Nothing ‼️🤣😅😆😂
1 time on a Fast Break
RAFER had a Break-a-way lay up‼️
HE HAD ZENDON HAMILTON (ST.JOHNS) TRAILING HIM FAR AWAY😂😆
RAFER PURPOSELY 🤣SLOWS DOWN for 6'9" center(Conrad - who played Syracuse AT THE TIME)‼️
DIS NINJA THEN PUTS THE 🏀 HIGH LIKE A 🗽 of Liberty LAY UP ➖ THEN when Conrad Jumped, 😱🫣😱😱RAFER ROLLED THE 🏀 DOWN HIS RIGHT ARM (ALL BUT IN THE AIR) & DOWN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER ➖ FLICKING A NO 🚫LOOK PASS 2 ZENDON HAMILTON FOR THE DUNK‼️‼️
HALF THE CROWD RAN 🏃🏿🏃🏽♂️🏃🏿♀️🏃♀️🏃🏻 OUT THE GYM IN DISBELIEF ‼️
LEGENDARY 💩👈🏽‼️
This was a Summer Pro Am with Pros & College Stars(AND NINJAS PLAYED WAY HARDER IN THEM GAMES BECAUSE YOUR PRIDE & REPUTATION was CONSTANTLY ALWAYS ON THE LINE‼️ AND THAT MEANT WAY MORE THAN 💰 TO ANY & ALL NEW YORKERS‼️‼️‼️‼️
@@darnelldarbouze2692JELLY🍇FAM (ANY & ALL MEMBERS PUT TOGETHER) COULDN'T HOLD RAFER'S JOCKSTRAP (ON THERE BEST🌞 DAY) & ON (RAFER'S WORST DAY🌞)
YOU THINK LONZO BALL HAD A UNIQUE JUMP SHOT❓
RAFER JUMP SHOT WAS SO UNIQUE, HE HAD OLDER & YOUNGER NINJAS SHOOTING THE BALL LIKE HIM ‼️ ON PURPOSE ‼️
THAT'S HOW GROWN A🤬S PEOPLE WAS CLOUT CHASING (EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM)
PEOPLE WAS EVEN (CLOUT CHASING) HOW HE WORE HIS SNEAKERS 👟‼️(ONLY people Close to his SITUATION at the time) WOULD KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT ‼️😅😂😆😅🤣
He should be in the hall of fame. Talk about having an impact on the sport.
i agree...will neva be anotha Skip...dude was unique
I was gonna type the same thing. Only streetball player to not only make it to the league, but had a solid career.
Logically Rafer Alston should be in the Basketball HOF. That HOF is strictly political like the Pro Baseball HOF is about stats. He'll need a click to support him and keep his name out there
@@mongoslade277 facts, people really need to start putting it out there and remind the committee of what this guy did in the 2000s. They always talk about the pro basketball HOF is about contributing to the game and pushing it forward. Like with all due respect to the guy because he was a hell of a player, but Yao Ming is in practically because he helped the game explode in popularity in China and all of Asia. He was a great player but he does not have the stats for the hall of fame. I'm not gonna say Skip made as big of a impact but it was still huge nonetheless
@@dennisgodman9732Damn. You really don’t know hoops. Yao played 8 years in the Association. He was an all star all 8. He was all nba 5x.
That alone would be enough to put him into the hall.
YEEEEEEEEEEES MY FAVORITE PLAYER OF ALL TIME SKIP TO MY LOU!!!!!!!!
Skip 2 my Lou! The real influencer way before "influencers" era.
Heavy. Gotta love the underdogs.
Ps Peace to Antoine "Flash" Howard ,Tyron “Alimoe” Evans and
Troy “Escalade” Jackson .
A true hooper that could hoop on all levels of the game
Facts
Man i wish yall could've witnessed those late 90s Fresno squads. Nothing but recklessness and fun!!! S/O chris herren...
Lol who is "yall"? Like u the only person in the world watching college basketball in late 90s😂
Avondre Jones is a samurai 😂
I still remember being so happy that Van Gundy started Jameer Nelson over Rafer Alston during the 2009 NBA Finals. It was obvious Derek Fisher could not keep up with him and they did the Lakers a huge favor by limiting Skip to my Lou.
That still pisses me off to this day. He screwed up the entire chemistry that the team had throughout the second half of the season, and all through the playoffs leading up to the finals. Horrible decision.
@@howarddickersonjr.6994facts
Word!!!!
Never forgotten he's a legend
Streetballers and Freestylers are THE BEST
Never forget bc of someone getting injured Skip got to start in Orlando and took his team to the finals. When he got his team there, that injury was better and they put Skip on the bench. What could have been….
You did your research bro. Great career recap!
Ran into "Skip" in 19' in New Orleans Harrah's. Spoke & He easily Spoke back & had a quick B-Ball Convo. Was GLAD He got a Chance to play make some of that nba $$!!
The basketball 🏀 video game NBA Street took moves from And 1 Streetball. Facts!!! Iykyk. 💯
I had the pleasure of playing poker with homie in Houston and he is a hella humble dude.
Bruh this 1 hit diff 🔥... shows how diverse you are dude ... keep puttin out these classics
One of the few ! Props to Skip
Bro you have to do a Jamal Crawford piece
Love those Tark reclamation projects.
And 1 mixtape : where are they now?
Good vid to do
I completely forgot he had such a long career…. Dude played for 10 years in the A .. not bad for a street baller
Yeah he showed alot of people with that kinda game it’s possible if u also worked on some other parts of your game and stayed out of trouble that was a big reason we didn’t have way more after him
Derek Rose basically a street baller he didn’t even do AAU just basically played in the streets till the coach seen his skills and said he could have benji’s number plus he could start at the point he did that only and some tournaments his school team played against AAU teams I see schools doing that now like sierra canyon I forgot the name of that school in Florida not IMG they wear purple and yellow…IMG did it also tho and some teams in overtime elite usually they just don’t play under there schools name like when S.Canyon does it the teams names is SCBasketball Club or even Southern California Basketball Club
Ben Simmons went to that school I’m talking about I’m mad I can remember the name of it!
@darnelldarbouze2692 Have you ever heard of commas? You know how difficult it is to read the equivalent of three paragraphs combined together with no punctuation? You need a comma to separate independent thoughts; even in conversation, you pause where a comma would be. It seems like more and more of you guys are starting to sound like rappers and that's not a good thing. Most of these rappers sound like they barely have an elementary education and can hardly put a sentence together. Step it up.
Skip was black balled. The nba only allowed him in the league to try and make street ballers look bad. He had the popularity to rival the nba back then and And1 was growing like crazy
I really enjoy your videos, keep up the good work 👏 🙌 👍
Ron Harper, Tiny Archibald, Pat Ewing, Jamal Tinsley, Michael Redd, Orlando Woolridge, Kevin McHale, Jerome Kersey, Ralph Sampson, Rolando Blackmon, JR Rider, Larry Johnson, George Gervin, just to name a few I’d like to see u shout out
He has done all of these except Jamaal tinsley Pat Ewing and tiny Archibald and Jerome Kersey
@Forgottenplayerprofiles where did he lack in fundamentals and you said the and1 mixtape tour was for people that didn’t have enough skills for the nba when that’s not true just off the fact Skip made the league he wasn’t the only one that had enough skills 2 some people just made mistakes and couldn’t make it through the nba route but that doesn’t mean they didn’t have enough skills I appreciate you doing this and showing the younger generation but u gotta watch how u say some of these things they might actually take it as fact cuz of the way you present it, you sound pretty young so I’m not trying to play you or nothing just be a little more sure when you say certain statements because youth is not a excuse for ignorance and I’m not that old either but my older relatives had me watching all type of basketball since young and they would teach me the history of the game and how not to disrespect previous generations like some guys my age do.
Football profile on Alex Smith would be great to do
Yes!!! I couldn’t hit the LIKE button fast enough!!!
The very first clip with that guy saying “they’re all up on the fences, lookin’” (what volume was that clip from??)
Any chance there’s a Stacey Augmon (UNLV) profile in the mix??
Look up and1 basketball mixtape legends rager alston it's that one. appreciate the support 💯
And yeah plasticman in the future for sure
@@ForgottenPlayerProfiles, I remember the clip, I just couldn’t find it, thanks man.
Keep up the GREAT, GREAT, GREAT work!!! Stacey Augmon is one I’m really looking forward to...
The Xavier McDaniel video was AMAZING!!!
Rafer is top G
I think Hotsauce and AO more known in and 1 since Skip only was in like 1 in a half mixtapes
Kinda doesn’t matter when Skip is literally the face of And 1.
You crazy skip 2 my Lou is the first name u think of then hotsauce
That laker gm had to be a highlight of his career, he emptied the bag that night
AND 1!!!! Let's Go!!!!
I miss you.
That Milwaukee bucks squad was dangerous for real…they was giving it to Philly, but of course they wanted that Kobe vs Ai matchup with the lakers for the ratings!!
The truth hurts. Milwaukee got cheated in that series. The NBA Commissioner David Stern didn't like small markets. Wasn't gonna let them win
They did and so did the Sacramento Kings the next year in the Western conference finals against the Lakers and it happened also in the conference finals to Portland the fakers really only have one championship against Philadelphia Shaquille O'Neal fraudulent@@mongoslade277
Great video!
Thank you 😊
16:03 mark, 8 & 1/2 assist looooks like 5.4 to me my boy
I miss Street Ball
Mannnnn he had a good career
#TogetherEvery1AchievesMore TEAM‼️
Street baller turn nba player LEGENDARY!!
Chris Herren's 30 for 30 is one of the best of that series. The dude would be waiting for dealers to show up before he would be able to play in NBA games.
I don’t know what that has to do with this but yeah that was a dope 30 for 30 he could of had a better career if he never messed with drugs that’s why I appreciate him helping the youth not make that mistake!
@@darnelldarbouze2692 they played on the same team. That's what it has to do with this.
🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯
He definitely belonged in the NBA. It's a shame he had the scale things back as far as his play, because the NBA wasn't having that. That. But, they allowed Jay Williams to do it.
Skip To My Lou had the crowd jumpin'
Took a walk through the park frontin'
Didn't even have to hurt nuttin'
Man I love it
Ain't nothin' like summer in New York
Prodigy of Mobb Deep - Can't Complain
I played poker with him an hour ago. Hahahaha. Great guy.
If you do a profile video on Rafer....then you have to do a video on Chris Herren ****
Yeah he’s definitely gotta wild story. That 30 for 30 on him is a great episode
@wildcat8598 exactly....they were team mates at Fresno and went in total opposite directions after college...Herren has a great story***
I remember the warriors pissed me off not keeping him on the roster
Stan van gundy benched him to force a still injured jameer nelson to start the pg spot,despite of what rafer did in the playoffs.
Rafer had a great career, but if he could have harnest some of his demons, this dude could have been great. His handles were sick, I mean on the Kyrie Irving level.
This guy doesn't knows whst he's talking about I'm from NY. I seen skip play at the Rucker Park and they gave this man his name when he was 14 years old. First it was the Energizer than when he started skipping in a game they changed it to Skip 2 My Lou
SO HE GOT DRAFTED 💯
Dude knows nothing about Rafer
You should have given us more of his stats. 😶
He stripped Kobe. That's crazy they caught that clip
He did the jelly before kyrie made it famous
Shame no mention of Kenny Anderson
will neva be anotha Skip
Not in a TRILLION YEARS‼️😂😆😅🤣
NOBODY ‼️‼️NOT EVEN KYRIE, ISAIAH LORD THOMAS, J. KIDD, IVERSON, KENNY ANDERSON OR STEPH MARBURY(AND MARBURY PLAYED LIKE A 10 YEAR NBA VET IN JR. HIGH SCHOOL & HIGH SCHOOL🍎 LITERALLY ‼️👈🏽) COULD COME CLOSE TO DIS DUDE‼️😂😆😅🤣
I always wished the Spurs would pick him up. They didnt need scoring they need a distributor
Nyc street ball legend second street ball player to make the nba
Who was the first?
@@noim7785stephon marbuary ?
@@Lucciii32 definitely not Stephon Marbury
@@noim7785 Lloyd Sweat Pea Daniels
@@harlemworldownhavnt heard of him man
Did he have a short career
IIWII
you said twice that he lacked fundamentals but didn't say how. You don't have a multi year nba career and be multi year starter with a lack of fundamentals. Did he have flaws in his game, sure. Does every NBA player, absolutely. But to say he lacked fundamentals is woefully incorrect
Ventura College HOF
Lack sound fundamentals? R u serious? Rafer was nice on the court
HE DID NOT LACK FUNDAMENTALS!
I knew Bobby Shmurda looked familiar
Lacked sound fundamentals? WTF are you talking about...Clicked off immediately..
The WNBA is to the NBA - as the NBA is to, what was, AND1.
What tf are u saying
Prime Raefer in today's game would be an all star
Why white guys always tell our stories? Just wanna know
Cause they can and im black bro. What's wrong with dat?
Facts
Ignorant 🤡 (I’m black), why the fuck does it matter who’s telling the story dumbass
Because y'all ain't doing it lol. At least someone is showing respect. Lol
Start a channel and get after it then, you've made an observation, do something about it
He was never a legit NBA PG lmao
jesus christ just tell the story.. constantly popping up paragraphs for two seconds that cant be read without pausing makes this video take over an hour
Showed zero And 1 footage but boring NBA career
all the bullshit at the beginning is just shitty excuses
no disrespect but mediocre sums up rafter alston and i'll say the 94 and 95 rockets weren't as elite as the 71 bucks because legend hakeem olajuwon wasn't as elite as kareem abdul-jabbar
Repent and trust in Jesus you will be saved I love yall and God bless
First
Always a culture vulture doin the narration tryna eat off us all the time never fails.
This dude was nothing more than a journeyman bum !!!!!
Dude played in the NBA 10 years and made millions homie! You were cleaning toilets for Burger King!
Perfect example of his game, not being able to translate; a below average NBA player at Best. He had a lot of turnovers, couldn’t shoot freethrows, terrible three-point-shooter, etc. NOW street ball absolutely legend, BUT in my opinion He’s the reason why the NBA stays away from these type of guys
Different game.
@@skmanunited 1000%
10 years in the NBA as a 1 but according to you he can't play. Not like he was 7 feet tall & can run and chew gum at the same time
Rafer Could've went to the League out of HIGH SCHOOL ‼️
They ONLY REASON he didn't take that chance because STEVE FISHER~michigan, JIM BOEHEIM~syracuse, JERRY TARKANIAN~unlv and Rick Barnes~clemson
Was ALL PLAYING ROCK PAPERS SCISSORS
JUST TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HIM‼️🤣😅😆😂
HE WAS THE TRUE MEANING OF PRODIGY ‼️
HE DID THINGS WITH A 🏀 THAT MADE YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC 🧙🏿 EVERYTIME YOU WENT TO HIS GAMES IN THE 90'S‼️‼️‼️
THE NBA REFS DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO OFFICIATE SOMEBODY WITH A GAME LIKE RAFER'S‼️‼️‼️
NOBODY IN THE NBA PAST OR PRESENT
(INCLUDING KYRIE ‼️)
COULD MANIPULATE A 🏀 SO EFFORTLESSLY‼️
He's been Tormenting COLLEGE STARS, AND NBA PROS SINCE THE AGE OF 14‼️
@tbeyah Rafer did for Street Basketball 🏀 (IMPACT WISE‼️What Jackie Robinson did for Baseball‼️
And He followed in the Footsteps OF LIVING LEGENDS who was ROCKSTARS IN THE HOOD WITH 🚫 SOCIAL MEDIA (you had to read HOOP🏀 SCOOP MAGAZINE)
LIKE LLOYD DANIELS, LEW ALCINDOR, KENNY ANDERSON, ROD STRICKLAND ‼️
AND AT THE TIME, ANYTHING THAT HAD TO DO WITH BASKETBALL 🏀
STARTED AND ENDED IN NEW YORK‼️
YOU WOULDN'T EVEN BE ABLE TO PROPERLY KEEP YOUR COMPOSURE As a 14 - 15 yr old‼️🤣😅😆😂
YOU Don't Understand because you wouldn't be able to BEGIN TO relate to Rafer‼️ Even if you Lived 10 LIFETIMES ‼️ YOU WOULDN'T COME CLOSE‼️🤣😅😆😂🤣😅😆😂
I remember hearing from Alston in middle school from my best friend
My all-time favorite street ball player... bone collector is second...
People wanna see unseen footage
All around Basketball Legend fareal mane🫡💯