▁late ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁a ▁vide ot ape ▁containing ▁street ball ▁st un ts ▁was ▁delivered ▁to ▁AND 1 ▁by ▁Mar qu ise ▁Kelly , ▁coach ▁of ▁the ▁Benjamin ▁Card oz o ▁High ▁school ▁team ▁in ▁Queens , ▁New ▁York . ▁The ▁t ape ▁contained ▁low ▁quality ▁camera ▁moves , ▁poor ▁resolution ▁and ▁nearly ▁inde ci pher able ▁audio ▁featuring ▁a ▁street ball er ▁by ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁Ra fer ▁Al ston . ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁Al ston ▁was ▁a ▁student ▁at ▁F res no ▁State ▁who ▁had ▁entered ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁NBA ▁D raft . ▁The ▁vide ot ape ▁would ▁soon ▁be ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁" Sk ip ▁t ape ", ▁referring ▁to ▁Al ston ' s ▁street ball ▁nick name ▁" Sk ip ▁to ▁my ▁Lou ". ▁▁ ▁Al ston ▁later ▁signed ▁on ▁with ▁AND 1 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁at ▁Ha ver ford ▁College ▁in ▁Philadelphia , ▁AND 1 ▁shot ▁their ▁first ▁series ▁of ▁commer ci als ▁and ▁print ▁ad s ▁incorpor ating ▁NBA ▁players ▁Dar rell ▁Arm strong , ▁R ex ▁Chap man , ▁Ab ▁O son du , ▁Ra ef ▁La F rent z , ▁T oby ▁Ba iley , ▁and ▁Mil es ▁Simon . ▁When ▁the ▁traditional ▁market ing ▁campaign ▁proved ▁un success ful , ▁a ▁strategy ▁was ▁formed ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁" Sk ip ▁t ape ". ▁It ▁was ▁edited ▁and ▁repr int ed ▁into ▁ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies , ▁and