Aaron A.O. Owens | AND1: DIFFERENT PATHS ONE FAMILY
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- Different Paths One Family is a docuseries showcasing the legends of the game-changing AND1 tour. Here you will get an inside scoop on the story behind the icons.
A.O. | Norf Philly Legend
Aaron “A.O” Owens is a staple out of North Philadelphia. A city known for putting out tough guards, A.O. reached All-American status in college before joining the AND1 tour. This is his story.
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I'm 37 from NYC, that means I'm from right in the middle of this era. Do yall understand how obsessed we were in nyc about And1 streetball in general? It brought 5x more excitement than anything the Knicks did. summer at Rucker, Gauchos, Dyckman, Kingdome, West 4th, all over the boroughs, we were teenage feens in the late 90s/early 2000s. When the mixtapes came & ESPN starting showing on TV for the world to see, they started to see what we were already doing in NY. These open runs I see on IG now are manufactured excitement for social media. Back then it was authentic. Whether you were playing or watching, the love, the energy is what brought you. Even the girls loved it, even if they wasn't into ball like that. I'd pay good money to be 16-17-18yrs old again playing ball during the Height of And 1 era
Facts !!!!
Thank you for sharing these memories. I am from nowhere ville in the north of Argentina. Back then, when AND 1 mixtapes started being broadcasted via ESPN and reached my country I was 14 and probably only got to see the tail end of this amazing phenom.
From an extremely different perspective I really enjoyed reading your close up experience enjoying these games. It made me enjoy it too. Thank you!
@@emirepresa9500 that's awesome to hear your story coming all the way from South America. Respect!
Yo it also hit Europe little later the Tour came here live in 07 with squad from mixtape vol Ares codes, but we got all the older tapes and shows and it took years for our coachces to get our games of and1 tricks cause i rather do little travel violation in order to do sumthin i saw these guys pull out haha!
Boy what an era it was! This was the era that made me fall in love wit basketball
I can watch these all day...i miss the And1 days my favorite time in basketball
This is dope, wish it would've been more in depth and behind the scenes tho...these dudes made history!!!!
I think AO hit the nail on the head on the marketing missteps with the shoes. These guys were the brand and their personality really carried the show when it got to espn. Competing with Bigger brands shouldn’t have been the goal so early. They should’ve focused on their lane because they really had it. All the CZcams hoop stuff with creators that’s so popular is a by product of these guys. They’re were essentially “vlogging” on the show. Man… I can’t wait to see more of these!
#FACTS
Ao definitely get buckets 🪣
I agree!
the CZcams hoop stuff is definitely a byproduct of these guys. thats true indeed.
Full facts
At the park dribbling for hrs not shooting just working on moves and crossovers then naming moves. These guys are all legendary in they own right. Definitely changed my life.
Yoooo!!!! My 11-12 year old self wouldn’t have never even thought about the And1 guys having signature shoes back then! That would have blown my mind walking into my local store seeing a pair of “Aaron Owens”!! I remember seeing the shoes they wore from the tour and thinking I had to get a pair!!
Great part 1! A.O. was always one of the guys I really liked and the way he played the game 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
“AO” was always my favorite AND1 player, I remember us fans stormed the court at halftime during their game at the Oakland Coliseum. I got to meet “AO” that made my summer 👏🏾👏🏾
Me too
AO came to the tri-state classic on 145th street (one of the biggest tournaments in NYC) and hit the game winner against a team that had some of NYC's toughest players. AO is a legend in my eyes, he's stamped.
I miss And1!
Damn these need to be longer! ESPN should do a 30 for 30 on AND1, The Mixtape Tour and Streetball in general in the 2000s!
That would be AWESOME. I grew up (well, I was in college) on And1.
spoke it into existence👏🏾
@@KiddSwagification Bro for real! This needs to be a 10 part series tho. They ignored the Professor LOL
@@LCQueensNYC yea for real ! They ignore him in the 30for30 2 ! And it was only an hour they left out alot
Now bring out the AO signature shoe
My favorite player from And1 growing up. He made it look so natural. I hope to meet him one day
A.O. is my favorite from the And1 Era!!!❤️💯💯💯✊🏾🔥
Back then we ain’t have cable or dish satellite. We had a VCR. Came across Vol 4 and that was the first I started watching basketball.
AO all American at Henderson state university where I went to school.
He’s a legend there. It’s crazy he didn’t speak on it at all. It was 98-99
Yes indeed.
He's a humble man and a streetball Legend.
This is the best thing and1 has done in years
I love AND 1. Very happy about bringing back the memories, interviews, and clips. 💪😎👌 God bless
That And1 mixtape volume 3 intro is ICONIC
Tell it "A".. Stay up, you and the rest of the 1 Fam.. Nothing but love. Summers were incredible back in the day!
Grew up playing ball at Crate City on 19th St in North Philly. It's crazy to see footage of it here. AO came a long way. Shout to him
Appreciate you lot doing this, like somebody else said we need a 30 for 30 type doc on this saga. AO thank you for shining your light out there. Love from London UK
You got your wish!!
Unforgettable stories and the people who created it, showed it and gave it with their hearts along with street basketball 🏀 🖤 'AO'
out of all the and1 players, i thought AO had one of the most NBA ready game. he had perfect handles and pace/control of the game
him & alimoe
@@KiddSwagification factz...and i think sik wit it & baby shack as well...young half man half amazing too, he wasn't that flashy as the rest of the bunch , but was always playing hardnosed...reminded me of charles oakley a lil
@@Classicbasketballdvdsyou ain’t lying
@@KiddSwagification big factz...i think future Malloy naismith coulda played in the league too. his game was nasty
One of the best street players to ever play the game!!! Salute to A.O
KING of PHILLY
Good shit!! I wanna FULL DOCUMENTARY 🔥🔥🔥💪🏾💐🏆✨
AO.. thank you for all the memories. I worked on my game after watching those And 1 mixtapes.
I really like that new serie 💯big up to And 1 for bringing back so many memories ❤️
This is awesome 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
A.O. Of all Deserved a NBA shot. During those crash the court games. He was the most Stable Guard against former pro’s and high level D-League talent. Meaning… A lil more muscle and a good link ups he would been solid as a back up. His game was real. I appreciate your contributions to the game A.O.💯💪🏾💙 Living Legend!!!
I think he was part of the initial NBDL tryoutsbut I'm not 100% about that
He was part of the original D League
@@SportsSpeak73 he won a d league championship in 03. with the mobile revelers.
Ao is still my favorite and1 player
We loved And 1.
I love And 1.
Legendary times. still my favorite And1 hooper, him and hot sauce
AO always had fun with great energy it’s sad to see the legends age, salute to all of them.
AO, I remember when u came to St. Louis, when we still had the rams and I got tickets for my birthday. And u put on a mfn show man. I love you got making my bday man. Then I went to Philly and learned you were from there, you been my hero for years man. I literally got a tech for throwing the ball of the side of the backboard and took shorty to the rack
OG AO my guy man 💯
AO is a basketball legend, just because I'm a hockey player/ all sports guy and I heard of him here in Canada during his time in street ball. Pretty kool interview AO.
Man I was like 12-14 obsessed with and 1. Trying to learn every move, got every game (street hoops ftw).. hot sauce and ao were my favorites. I found them from downloading old limewire videos lmao
This dude was my favorite of all the and1 players
WE NEED OUR SIGNATURE SHOE OUT NOW
In my era street ball was everywhere and everything. The show in ESPN man I miss those days.
Bro a legend 💯🚫🧢🐐crazy era of hoops 🏀
And 1 changed my life. Shout out to AO for trying his dam hardest to get to the league
man bro, this gives me the feels like crazy. can we go back?
Damn. AND 1 was the joint back in the day.
wow!!! the memories. the nolstagia. IT SHOULD BE PART OF XTREME SPORTS TOADY. These guys are legends.
Norf Philly GOAT 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 my Guy
AO was my favorite player..all around game
Ao was the best to do it on and1 hands down
He was better than Skip to me
Vol 4 was my 2nd favorite.....shit was epic
The Legend 🏀
Facts about hand checking ...
33 from NC & this was big down south too…. Hot Sauce & AO I studied & practiced yall moves 🤣🤣🤣👏🏾
I love AND1 Street basketball
I wore out the first And 1 tape which was mostly Skip, GOAT.
My childhood days😌
AO was my 🐐 growing up , a floor general
AO my Simon Gratz homie salute
🔥🔥🔥
And most skilled player on and1 ao from North Philly
Main event, halfman half amazing,Shane,Skip,Boogie,Octane,Flash,AO,hot sauce. Legendary
I remember i brought the And 1 vol 5 from Wal-Mart. Classic shit
Here’s what I don’t understand...I watched a video where And1 was acquired by new owners and they pretty much cancelled the tours claiming And 1 was too “Street” and they were going for a more mainstream appeal 🤦🏾♂️. Think about it, And 1 pretty much pioneered digital content marketing through their VHS mixtapes and using the same strategy they could have been borderline like Redbull today. Look at what And 1 is today. They just post the same content from the hey days and interview the same people they looked down on. Don’t dictate culture, embrace it. AO is an absolute legend! I bet they realize now it’s these guys that made And 1 great.
AO Main Event Baby Shaq and Alimoe Rest in Peace were NBA caliber.
Do a segment on Headache please!! He was dope had dumb game
AO was one of the nastiest guards ever. Playground or organized. He had both.
And 1 need to be in the basketball hall of fame
💎
A.O. would have definitely made it to the league I wonder if he ever tried out after season 1 of streetball
Все звёзды And 1 mix tape должны вечно оставаться молодыми и радовать нас своей феноменальной игрой 💪🔥💯❤️
Oh I got a Dunk highlight on the A.O interview, it's all UP from here. 😅, shout out to my dawg.
AO was that DUDE
AO was my fav player besides skip smh but man I tried to and did mold my game after AO and made his moves mines in a legal way I could use in a real game lol bruh was so tough
Flowers deserve man 🙏🏾‼️
AO!
They need to retro those Skip shoes they made. 1 and 2 I NEED those.
Baggie shirts and extra isos lol to be a kid again
shorts baggie as well
Y’all are legends. Then NBA dudes were hating!
A.O hot sauce and alimoe (rip) was my favorite players
I wish they gave those Brothers signature shoes. The night before the 4th of July me and my little brother couldn't sleep knowing we had a pair of and ones they would have hit harder if I would have been like yo these the main events yo these the air up there
A.o waz the dude to me. I liked him because he had a west coast type basketball style.
Real culture
And1 did these dudes dirty monetarily…look up all the legends we love talk about them you’ll see.
Im 33 we used to be outside all summer practicing and 1 moves skip to my Lou a.o. hot sauce Sik wit it
My favorite And1 player. If I’m not mistaken. Didn’t AO make it to the NBA D-League
Damn he's right. I would've rocked some AOs or Hot Sauce kicks shoot even Professor would've worked 💯
Damn AO look complete different than what I remember. There is a young cat name Duke that play for that ball is life bull shit.. I swear he remind me soooo much of AO
A.O and Blac almo was the best ones to me
I’m a grown ass man ,6ft Hulk built like a linebacker but I have handles like Kyrie,all thanks to And1 lol . Ppl are surprised when I get to the court and start doing tricks 🤷🏿♂️🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You soft chump
Man these videos won’t play
Damn didn't realize he was that much older than me watching back then
C'mon let's go
GOD love🙏🏽
Video isnt playing anymore
And I original ball is life
Please bring the desire mids back!!!!!
When did Reed Dollaz become part of and 1?
How could you mistake him for Reed ?
And 1 was legend but he made a great point on the shoes. If they rode with the original players they would have contended with Nike and the other big names now
My man put hand checking up in this. That was real defense. I'm gonna use that to keep you in front. The league nowadays lets guys get 3 feet of space. As a 40 year old street baller, you got none of that. earn your crossover, earn your drive, earn your bucket. Beat the physicality with skill. The refs cant save you.
Facts bro I'm 32 I remember hand checking days ...they got it easy now days
Do yall think can hand check any of the pros? Come now. Yall be snapping ya ankles and acl’s and still not stop the pros. Can you guys even beat the white mamba 😹
@@PhiyackYuh The game is relative to the level you play at. Hand checking is such a tough defensive tool at all levels. Taking it away lends freedom to offense. It's not about pros vs amateurs. It's about the effectiveness of the technique. The rule was abolished to increase scoring. I played ball in the late 80's and through the whole 90's. I was done competitive basketball before the rule change. That's the sole reason the 80's and 90's and early 2000's basketball was scoring under a 100, to today's 140 point games.
AO’s “Stiff Leg” move was so mean
And1 was the shit