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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