AND1 Logo — AND1 is a business and a brand of basketball shoes and equipment in basketball. Founded in 1993, was headquartered in Paoli in Pennsylvania before moving to Aliso Viejo in California. In 1993, AND1 is an academic project of Seth Berger, Jay Coen Gilbert and Tom Austin, the University of Pennsylvania. And1 The name comes from a phrase used when an English player puts a basket over an opposing player makes a mistake. The first in a long line to sign the player at And1 NBA Stephon Marbury in 1996.
Late 1998 , Ron Naclerio, coach of the team of Benjamin Cardozo High School of Queens in New York, presents a video of streetball AND1 to. The cassette contains sequences of bad qualities which we see Rafer Alston. Alston is then at the California State University at Fresno and returned to the draft 1998. The video soon became the “Skip tape”, by Skip to my Lou, Rafer Alston’s nickname. The player then signs with AND1. More