LeBron James must have really loved the critically acclaimed basketball-themed movie “Uncut Gems,” starring Adam Silver and former Boston Celtics star Kevin Garnett because now LeBron is behind a basketball-themed production involving Sandler of his own.
Collider’s Jeff Sneider reported on Monday that Sandler will play a professional basketball scout that has suddenly found himself out of the league in the movie “Hustle,” executive produced by LeBron James and Maverick Carter. Here’s the plot, according to Sneider.
The story follows an American basketball scout (Sandler) who is unjustly fired after discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player abroad. The scout decides to bring the player to America to prove that they both have what it takes to make it in the NBA.
Having Sandler play an NBA scout sounds like a great role, for Sandler is a huge basketball fan himself and can definitely play a character who spends a great deal of his time on the road. Also, given LeBron’s past basketball productions, such as “Survivor’s Remorse,” I expect that it should be a pretty accurate depiction of NBA life.
One of the more intriguing parts of the movie is where the special foreign player will be from, as Sneider reports that the original script featured a Chinese streetball phenom that comes to the basketball hub of Los Angeles. Given the current state of affairs between the NBA and China, that may seem unbelievable, but “Survivor’s Remorse” spoke very openly about the role of China in the world of basketball (We are doing a podcast about this show, by the way!) and I suspect that the current state of things won’t change that, at least in more artistic forms. However, it will be interesting if this aspect of the script does indeed change.
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