Rafer Alston

Rafer Jamel Alston (born July 24, 1976) is an American retired professional basketball player. He played for six NBA teams throughout his career.

Streetball legend

Alston grew up in Jamaica, Queens, New York and was a standout streetball basketball player, known for his nontraditional moves which made him particularly adept at getting past defenders while dribbling the ball. He was the inspiration in many ways for the AND1 Mixtape Tour—a low-quality, jerky 1999 videotape of Alston's extreme playground moves, featuring helter-skelter crossover and other fast dribble moves faking out defenders, attracted a great deal of attention among players and basketball fans. These unique moves became Alston's signature, and in fact, his nickname "Skip 2 My Lou" comes from one of the moves. As the video began to circulate (some can be seen on AND1 Mixtape Volume 1), other non-NBA players began to contribute their own moves and highlights, and eventually the AND1 Live Tour (originally the AND1 Mixtape Tour) developed from that beginning.

Alston, Rafer Filmography

Play in Full Screen 25 Strong

2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen AND 1 Mix Tape Vol. 5

2002, role: actor , character name: Skip 2 My Lou
Play in Full Screen Streetball: The AND 1 Mix Tape Tour

2002, role: actor , character name: Himself

Famous quotes by Rafer Alston:

"That's the way it is in some arenas. Some are as loud as can be. They're rocking and rolling. You have your Arco Arena, then you have your Atlanta. That's the way some arenas are. As players, we have to go out and play the game and do the things we need to do. That should be the last thing on our minds, if we have 18,000 or 8,000."

"You can still win games shooting a bad percentage. You've got to do the little things, and for some reason we're not doing them. I don't know why. We've got some great veteran guys on this team and we know better, but we have to find a way to get to loose balls and secure the rebounds."

"We should be 3-0, there are no ifs, ands or buts about it."

"We will have to learn to play without him. But we've got guys who can get the job done. We've got a lot of firepower that can help us win games without Tracy."

"good fit for this team. I don't know if I'm a good fit for this league."

"Regret? ... I just regret getting into situations. Because it's unlike me. I'm a guy who just loves to leave it on the floor, have a jolly old time playing basketball ... that's the great thing that everyone understands about me I'm going to play hard no matter what."

"Skip to my Lou."

"When (Jalen) comes over here, I’m going to give him a kiss. Not on his lips, though."

"There's no place to go but up."

"That's the mindset we're coming in with,"

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Edit The Oregonian 30 May 2017

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Edit Slate 30 May 2017

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Edit Reflector 25 May 2017

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Edit Deseret News 18 May 2017

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Edit The Manila Times 26 Apr 2017

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Rafer Alston

Streetball legend

Rafer Alston Streetball Moves In NBA

Rafer goes "a little Skip To My Lou" on Lakers Vujacic

Rafer Alston Mixtape

Best of Skip To My Lou

Ball Up vs. Sebastian Telfair & Rafer Alston aka "Skip 2 My Lou"

Rafer Alston AKA Skip to my lou

Rafer Alston Dribbles Between His Legs; Whistled For Traveling

Rafer Alston "Skippin' On The Streets"

Eddie House Speaking on Getting Slapped By Rafer Alston

Rafer Alston Career Mix - "Mainstream"

Alston, Rafer Filmography

Famous quotes by Rafer Alston:

"You can still win games shooting a bad percentage. You've got to do the little things, and for some reason we're not doing them. I don't know why. We've got some great veteran guys on this team and we know better, but we have to find a way to get to loose balls and secure the rebounds."

"We should be 3-0, there are no ifs, ands or buts about it."

"We will have to learn to play without him. But we've got guys who can get the job done. We've got a lot of firepower that can help us win games without Tracy."

"good fit for this team. I don't know if I'm a good fit for this league."

"Regret? ... I just regret getting into situations. Because it's unlike me. I'm a guy who just loves to leave it on the floor, have a jolly old time playing basketball ... that's the great thing that everyone understands about me I'm going to play hard no matter what."

"Skip to my Lou."

"When (Jalen) comes over here, I’m going to give him a kiss. Not on his lips, though."

"There's no place to go but up."

"That's the mindset we're coming in with,"

Rafer Alston Streetball Moves In NBA

Rafer goes "a little Skip To My Lou" on Lakers Vujacic

Rafer Alston Mixtape

Best of Skip To My Lou

Ball Up vs. Sebastian Telfair & Rafer Alston aka "Skip 2 My Lou"

Rafer Alston AKA Skip to my lou

Rafer Alston Dribbles Between His Legs; Whistled For Traveling

Rafer Alston "Skippin' On The Streets"

Eddie House Speaking on Getting Slapped By Rafer Alston

Rafer Alston Career Mix - "Mainstream"

Rafer Alston Streetball Moves In NBA

Rafer goes "a little Skip To My Lou" on Lakers Vujacic

Rafer Alston Mixtape

Best of Skip To My Lou

Ball Up vs. Sebastian Telfair & Rafer Alston aka "Skip 2 My Lou"

Rafer Alston AKA Skip to my lou

Rafer Alston Dribbles Between His Legs; Whistled For Traveling

Rafer Alston "Skippin' On The Streets"

Eddie House Speaking on Getting Slapped By Rafer Alston

Rafer Alston Career Mix - "Mainstream"

Rafer ‘Skip 2 My Lou’ Alston’s All-Star Weekend Twitter Q&A;

Rafer Alston - Skip To My Lou

Rafer Alston interview

The Baseline: Heat guard Rafer Alston talks about return to Miami

Eddie House on Rafer Alston: "That's what happens when you start bustin' somebody's azz"

Rafer Alston "Skippin' On The Streets"

Lakers vs Magic Game 3 - Rafer Alston Highlights - Jalen Rose discusses on ESPN

Rafer Alston - Skip to my Lou

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Rafer.Alston.Toronto.Love

Rafer ‘Skip 2 My Lou’ Alston’s All-Star Weekend Twitter Q&A;

Rafer Alston - Skip To My Lou

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Eddie House on Rafer Alston: "That's what happens when you start bustin' somebody's azz"

Rafer Alston "Skippin' On The Streets"

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