Scandal in the NBA!  The next series will delight basketball fans (and not only)

Scandal in the NBA! The next series will delight basketball fans (and not only)

The Donald Sterling scandal at the center of Cropped

Basketball series are popular. These last few years, Last Chance U: Basketball OR Bravado I saw the day. Broadcast from 2022 to 2023, Time to Win: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty told the story of the formidable Lakers team in the 1980s. This time it’s the other NBA team from Los Angeles. the Clippers, who will be in honor of Cropped.

Based on the ESPN podcast series 30 for 30 titled The affairs of the pound, Cropped will immerse us one of the biggest scandals to rock the NBA. The plot will revolve around the moment in which the owner of the Californian franchise, Donald Sterling, was recorded making racist comments.

Scandal and power struggle in the show’s trailer

FX just shared the first trailer for Cropped. In addition to the moment of the scandal, the images show us the other themes that the series will explore. Know the brand new relationship between Donald Sterling and Doc Rivers, the coach of his team. But also the power struggle between Shellywife and business partner of the owner of the Clippers, and V. Stivianoassistant and lover of the latter.

According to the images revealed, the series will invite us to follow it different points of view. We should therefore follow the characters of Doc Rivers, Donald Sterling, V. Stiviano and Shelly one after the other as they face the different events of this story.

Launch scheduled for early June

It is to Gina Welch that we owe the creation of Cropped. As for the casting, Laurence Fishburne got the role of Doc Rivers and Ed O’Neill that of Donald Sterling, while Cleopatra Coleman was chosen to play V. Stiviano and Jacki Weaver Shelly.

Made of six episodes, Cropped will be launched next June 4th on Hulu. In France it should be available on Disney+.

Source: Cine Serie

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