This is a JerkishBehavior Ode to playground legend “Skip To My Lou” also known as Rafer Alston. Rafer Alston earned his moniker because skipped whenever he dribbled down the court. I remember when I first heard of “Skip To My Lou” was back in high school, my boy said he had this tape of never before seen basketball moves but it was so next level that he wouldn't even let his best friend borrow it (He knew that he would probably never see the tape again) but I could come over and watch it. Needless to say, my whole basketball game changed after watching the infamous “Skip tape” where directly after we was trying to copy Skip's move and figure out how did he do that. The rewind button, slow motion and vcr got a workout that night. “Skip To My Lou” had an array of moves that were so next level at the time far as playground moves that he had everybody in my school and others across the country trying to pull them off. Skip to my lou caused a phenomenon and made streetball go mainstream. Skip had everyone on the playground trying to do And 1 moves and fundamentals went out the window because he was all about embarrassing cats on the courts now. “Skip To My Lou” made And 1 (the company that distributed 50,000 copies nationwide of the Skip tape) from a fledging shoe company into a household name that spawned more mixtapes, streetball tours, television shows, video games, and numerous streetball legends. Who can forget getting up early to go to buy And 1 shorts just to get the free mixtape of the newest steetball moves to practice and try to pull off on your boys before the tape was sold out. “Skip To My Lou” and the original Skip tape was the reason for the emergence of the streetball culture and And 1 owes a lot of its success to the futuristic moves of one Rafer Alston. Skip to My Lou became an instant celebrity and his playground legend continued grows.
Skip to My Lou is considered to be one of the greatest playground legends ever because he is the only player ever to make the successful transition from the playgrounds to the NBA. Rafer Alston didn’t just make it but has had a respectable and sustained career that is a testament to his hardwork and his ability to know how to play organized and playground basketball. Rafer Alston was known as a streetball legend but shown the NBA he was more than yet with his 3-point range, playmaking ability, and surprisingly good defense. Rafer Alston is now working on a 10-year NBA career with 10 points and 5 assists per game career average that is very impressive. Rafer Alston “Skip To My Lou” is the standard-bearer and blueprint (stay out of trouble, go to school, and work on all aspects of your game) for playground players trying to make the jump from the hardtop to the league. There has been hundreds of playground legends across the globe who have tried to make to the NBA and failed along with those who continue to try and look to one player as there inspiration. This JerkishBehavior Ode is to that player whose playground legend will never be forgotten is the chosen one known as “Skip To My Lou” Rafer Alston.
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