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Collected Wisdom: Rafer Alston talks AND1 Mixtape, his NBA career and how he became 'Skip to My Lou' as a 14-year-old

Rafer Alston

Age: 41

Residence: Houston

Rafer Alston's basketball playing days are over, but his legend will live on not only in the NBA but on blacktops across the globe.

Not many players can say they reached the NBA and are one of the most respected streetball names of all-time. You may know him as “Skip to My Lou,” whose popularity exploded with the release of the AND1 Mixtape in 1999.

The Queens, N.Y., native also played 11 seasons with six teams in the NBA, averaging 10.1 points, 4.