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THE WORST SPORTS MOVIE OF ALL
TIME IS HOOSIERS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY I'M
SUPPOSED TO ROOT FOR THEM.
NOT ONE BELIEVABLE CROSSOVER.
I'M SUPPOSED TO LIKE THEM
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOOD AT
BASKETBALL, EXPLAIN.
ONE IF YOU EVER LIKE TO SOMEBODY
THEY COULDN'T HOOP?
NONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS
GOT--
Bomani: THEY DIDN'T EVEN
HAVE FUNDAMENTALS.
I'LL ROOT FOR THE MOVIE
CHARACTERS, I'LL ROOT FOR THE
DIRECTOR,
NO MORE.
Bomani: IF YOU LOVE THE
MOVIE, FLOCK FUCK YOU.
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Bomani: THANK YOU,
THANK YOU.
WELCOME TO GAME THEORY.
WE HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT
TONIGHT.
AARON RODGERS HAS GONE OFF
THE GRID TO HIS DARKNESS RETREAT
AS HE CALLED IT.
HE PREVIOUSLY SAID HE WOULD
PAY SOMEONE TO LET HIM SIT IN A
DARK ROOM AND FOR >> I DIDN'T
SAY I'M GOING ON MY DARKNESS
RETREAT JUST TO FIGURE OUT IF
I'M GOING TO PLAY NEXT YEAR--
ANYTIME I'VE GONE ON A
MEDITATION RETREAT OR CEREMONY
OR SOMETHING, I'M GOING TO CALL
THIS AND I'M GOING TO DO THIS,
IT NEVER HAPPENS LIKE THAT.
Bomani: YOU THINK THAT
DARKNESS RETREAT IS WILD BUT
GUESS WHAT?
THAT MIGHT BE THE MOST NORMAL
THING HE SAID IN THAT WHOLE
INTERVIEW.
THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT THE
EPSTEIN CLIENT LIST?
WHAT'S THAT?
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
SOME FILES THAT HAVE SOME
NAMES ON IT THAT MIGHT BE
GETTING RELEASED PRETTY SOON.
OH.
NOTHING TO SEE HERE.
NO.
NOTHING.
LOOK, THERE'S UFOS FLYING OVER.
WE JUST SHOT THEM DOWN.
JOHNNY DEPP TRIAL!
Bomani: HE SAID THAT LIKE
HE DOESN'T HAVE THE TRIAL ON A
DVD BOX SET.
THIS IS THE IRONY.
WHAT'S THE REAL DISTRACTION?
US ACTING LIKE AARON RODGERS IS
DOING SOLITARY CONFINEMENT AT
FANTASY CAP TO MAKE A DECISION
ABOUT WHETHER TO PLAY FOOTBALL
FOR $60 MILLION.
LIKE WE DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S
GOING TO END.
THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW:
WHAT'S TYREE IRVING THINK ABOUT
ALL OF THIS?
DOES HE SEE A KINDRED SPIRIT OR
A DOUBLE STANDARD?
HE'S GOTTA BE JEALOUS, RIGHT?
AARON RODGERS GETS TO BE AN
INSUFFERABLE WEIRDO WITH NONE OF
THE CONSEQUENCES.
THOUGH TO BE FAIR AARON RODGERS
HASN'T GONE THE FULL KYRIE YET
WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS
SHAPE HE THINKS THE EARTH IS.
BUT AARON WANTS TO BE FRIENDS
WITH KYRIE.
HE'S LIKES HIS TWEETS!
THAT'S JUST THE START.
NEXT THING YOU KNOW THEY ARE
GOING TO BE DOING A PODCAST
TOGETHER WITH A SPECIAL GUEST
EVERY WEEK AND SOME GOES TO THEY
SUMMONED IN A SEANCE.
SPORTS WEIRDOS AREN'T NEW.
THE DIFFERENCE NOW IS HOW
SERIOUSLY THE MODERN WEIRDOS
TAKE THEMSELVES.
IT USED TO BE THESE GUYS WERE
ECCENTRIC I MISS THE GOOD OLD
DAYS WHEN THE ATHLETE WEIRDOS
USED TO DO HARMLESS WEIRD THINGS
LIKE WEAR WEDDING DRESSES AND
DYE THEIR HAIR.
BUT THE KYRIES AND AARON
RODGERS' OF THE WORLD HAVE A
MASSIVE PLATFORM AND THEY THINK
THEY'RE SMARTER THAN EVERYBODY
ELSE.
LIKE THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES WITH
YOUTUBE AND NO ONE'S ALLOWED TO
READ BOOKS.
IF THEY WEREN'T SO SMUG I MIGHT
FIND MOST OF THAT STUFF CUTE BUT
INSTEAD THEY SOUND LIKE A DUDE
WHO READ ONE WIKIPEDIA ENTRY
ABOUT THE CIA AND THINKS THEY
SAW HISTORY.
THAT'S WHY I AM PRAYING THIS IS
THE LAST OFF-SEASON I HAD TO PUT
UP WITH AARON RODGERS ANTICS.
CUZ IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE TWO
WEEKS AWAY FROM HIM TELLING US
DAMAR HAMLIN HAS ACTUALLY BEEN
CLONED.
AARON RODGERS, SEE YOU ON THE
OTHER SIDE TO.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
MY GUEST TONIGHT HAS BEEN A
CORRESPONDENT ON THE DAILY SHOW
SINCE 2015 AND IS NOW ONE OF ITS
GUEST HOSTS.
IN APRIL HE'S HOSTING THE NERD
PROM, THE WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENTS' DINNER.
GIVE IT UP FOR ROY WOOD JR.
HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH BUT
THAT ALSO MEANS ITS ANNUAL
ROONEY RULES A SEASON.
BLACK CULTURE IS NOT DENIED
TO.
Bomani: I GOT A CALL A
COUPLE DAYS AGO FROM SOMEBODY
WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE ROONEY
RULE-- YOU KNEW THIS DAY WE
WERE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME
CONVERSATION WE WERE GOING TO
HAVE EVERY YEAR.
THIS QUALITY NOW, THERE'S
PROGRESS.
ERIC BIENEMY WHO'S THE OFFENSIVE
COORDINATOR IN KANSAS CITY GOT
TO VISIT WASHINGTON TO ALSO BE
OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, IS THAT
NOT PROGRESS, A BLACK MAN DOING
REALLY GOOD WITHOUT GETTING--
HERE'S MY QUESTION ABOUT ALL OF
THESE COACHING INTERVIEWS IN THE
NFL, ESPECIALLY WITH ERIC
BIENEMY.
WHY WAS HE GOING TO WASHINGTON
TWO OR THREE DAYS-- WASHINGTON
SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT BAGGAGE
CLAIM WITH A RING AND TWO RIBS
IN THEIR HAND, GOING PLEASE JUST
BE HERE.
EITHER YOU WANT HIM OR YOU
DON'T.
THE INTERVIEW PROGRESS ALL NECK
PROCESS FOR CERTAIN OCCUPATIONS
IS UNNECESSARY.
MY RESUME IS THAT TWO TROPHIES I
WON WITH ANDY REID.
EITHER YOU WANT TO HIRE ME NOW
OR YOU DON'T.
Bomani: THIS IS THE IDEA
THAT GETS TO ME ABOUT HIM GOING
TO WASHINGTON.
WHAT I DID WITH PATRICK MAHOMES
WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH, I GOT TO GO
DO THIS WITH WHOEVER THEY ARE
GOING TO END UP STARTING TO
PROVE I CAN PULL THIS OFF.
JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE RIDES
A SUPERSTAR QUARTERBACK TO FAME
AND FORTUNE, ERIC BIENEMY HAS TO
GO PROVE HIMSELF WITH WHO I
BELIEVE WILL BE SAM HOWELL WHO
MANY PEOPLE WATCHING THIS HAD
NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE.
ASSUMING HE DOES A GOOD
INTERVIEW THIS TIME.
YOU KNOW THEY SAY HE'S A BAD
INTERVIEW-- INTERVIEWS ARE
STUPID TO.
THE POINT OF THE INTERVIEW IS
FOR ME TO MAKE SURE YOU AREN'T
ON DRUGS.
WHAT IS A BAD INTERVIEW, WHAT IS
THAT?
Bomani: I HAVE TO BE THE
DEVIL'S ADVOCATE.
THEY HAVE HIRED OTHER
AFRO-AMERICANS IN THIS TIME SPAN
WHO HAVE INTERVIEWED.
SOMETIMES WHEN A WHITE DUDE
KEEPS GOING TO GET INTERVIEWED
AND THEY KEEP TELLING THE ONE
DUDE NO, I'M SAYING MAYBE HE'S
MUSTY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
BUT AT SOME POINT I DO HAVE TO
WONDER WHAT IT IS THAT WE DON'T
KNOW.
THERE'S A BIG MACRO LEVEL ISSUE
WITH HIRING BUT THEY ARE TELLING
US THEY DON'T WANT TO HIRE THAT
MAN.
I THINK ERIC BIENEMY IS
LOOKING AT A DISADVANTAGE
BECAUSE HE'S A HALL OF FAME
COACH WITH A HALL OF FAME
QUARTERBACK AND IF HE DOESN'T
GET THE EXACT SAME PRODUCT WITH
LESS QUALITY PERSONNEL HE'S
NEVER GOING TO HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY.
Bomani: IT'S OVER ALREADY
FOR HIM.
IF THEY WEREN'T GOING TO PUT
BIENEMY ON AFTER RECORD-SETTING
OFFICE FOR FIVE YEARS ARE NOT
GOING TO DO IT.
I FEEL IT WAS CERTAIN
OCCUPATIONS HUMILITY AND
PERSONALITY IS A DETRIMENT.
I DO THE GAME THE RIGHT WAY--
MAYBE BIENEMY NEEDS TO START
TALKING SHIT.
IF I WAS OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR,
THE WAY PLAYERS ARE ONLINE
TALKING TO EACH OTHER ON TWITTER
AFTER THE GAME-- YOU SELL WHAT
I DID TO THAT WHITE BOY?
YEAH, IF HE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF
SWAG AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU HAVE
TO GO FULL PRIME TIME DION
SANDERSON HAVE THE NAME ON THE
BACK OF YOUR COACH JACKET BUT AT
LEAST GIVE ME A LITTLE HERM
EDWARDS, DENNIS GREEN,-- THEY
AREN'T GOING TO LIE, YOU QUALIFY
FOR THE JOB AND NO ONE WILL GIVE
YOU A CHANCE EVEN THOUGH YOU
KNOW YOU'RE QUALIFIED FOR THE
JOB.
NOBODY HAS ASKED YOU TO DO THE
JOB.
I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT ME.
IF I WAS A BLACK OFFENSIVE
COORDINATOR I WOULD MAKE DISCO
RECORDS AGAINST OTHER WHITE
COACHES.
I WOULD CAN PIN SLANDER ADDS, I
WOULD GO FULL CAMPAIGN PUT ON A
HEADSET, HELLO I'M ERIC BIENEMY,
DID YOU KNOW I WHIPPED THE
EAGLES ASS?
DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO DRAW
SOME LEVEL OF ATTENTION TO
YOURSELF BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE
THEY TAKE HUMILITY AND THEY USE
IT AGAINST BLACK COACHES TO
SUGGEST THEY ARE CONTENT WITH
WHERE THEY ARE, THEY AREN'T,
THEY'RE JUST BEING POLITE.
I THINK THAT IS THE ISSUE.
Bomani: THEY WILL STOP WITH
BEING POLITE AND GET FIRED FOR
BEING AN ASSHOLE, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
WHAT'S A JOB THAT SHOULD
ABSOLUTELY NOT ENCOURAGE ITS
WORKERS TO BE SOCIAL MEDIA STAR
STARS?
POLITICS.
REALLY?
IT ALMOST KILLED EVERYBODY.
I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY
JUDGES.
I CAN SEE THAT, WHAT DO YOU
THINK ABOUT A SURGEON?
THAT WOULD BE FIRE, NOW YOU
HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF ALL THE
SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS YOU HAD--
I JUST OPENED THEM AND CLOSED
THEM.
Bomani: CAN YOU IMAGINE IF
YOU GOT DONE WITH THE SURGERY
AND YOU FOUND OUT THEY PUT IT ON
THE GROUND TRYING TO DO TRICK
SHOTS?
I DON'T WANT TO SEE A JUDGE
DOING A TICK TIKTOK DANCE.
THEY WOULD DO IT.
Bomani: WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT OVER TIME LEAD TO
PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE
KIDS START PLAYING AS YOUNG AS
16.
HOW MUCH YOU THINK THEY GETTING
PAID?
MINIMUM WAGE.
Bomani: YOU THINK SOMEONE
WOULD MOVE THEIR KIDS OUT THERE
FOR MINIMUM WAGE?
MAY BE MINIMUM WAGE AND A
PROMISE.
Bomani: TONIGHT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT OVERTIME ELITE,
IT'S A LEAGUE THAT WILL HAVE
BASKETBALL PLAYERS AS YOUNG AS
16 YEARS OLD.
I'M SORRY-- I DIDN'T MEAN TO
INTERRUPT YOU, DID YOU KNOW
THAT'S WHERE I GOT MY START IN
MY CAREER, WORKING WITH
OVERTIME?
Bomani: I HAVE TO BE HONEST
WITH YOU I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT YOU UNTIL 10 MINUTES AGO.
AND THE FIRST WEEKLY TALENTS
THEY HAD ON OVERTIME.
Bomani: WHAT ARE YOU DOING
NOW?
I'M DOING ONLINE SPORTS I
REALIZED THEY WERE STEALING FROM
ME AND I'M DOING IT ON MY OWN.
Bomani: DESCRIBE STEAL.
WHEN YOU MAKE IT LESS OF A
TENT THAN WHAT YOU MAKE THEM
IT'S LIKE YOU'RE ROBBING ME.
I DON'T WANT TO BE PETTY, JUST
GIVE ME MY $7,000.
Bomani: THIS LOVER STOMACH
LEVEL OF EGG OVER $7,000 IS NOT
PETTY BUT IT'S MASSIVE.
I HAVEN'T BEEN ON TV AS LONG
AS YOU.
Bomani: FAIR, THAT'S THE
MOST ENTITLED THING I'VE EVER
SAID TO.
WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?
Bomani: I WOULD'VE KILLED
SOMEBODY FOR $7,000 AS RECENTLY
AS SEVEN YEARS AGO.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I TRIED TO WATCH COLLEGE
BASKETBALL THE OTHER DAY AND LET
ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, I DIDN'T
RECOGNIZE A SINGLE PLAYER.
ALL TIPS, NO GLADYS.
THAT'S BECAUSE PLAYING COLLEGE
BASKETBALL IS NO LONGER A
PRIORITY FOR THE BEST PLAYERS,
OTHER PATHS HAVE OPENED UP.
AND THERE'S ONE NEW PATH TO THE
LEAK THAT IS ESPECIALLY UNUSUAL.
KIDS HOPING FOR AN NBA PAYDAY
HAVE A NEW PATH, A PRO LEAGUE
FOR 16 TO 18 YEAR OLDS CALLED
OVERTIME ELITE.
THE INAUGURAL CLASS OF 27
PLAYERS ARE CONSIDERED PROS
BECAUSE THEY'RE PAID TO PLAY.
CONTRACTS START AT $100,000 A
YEAR.
WHEN THE ATHLETES AREN'T AT
PRACTICE, THEY'RE IN CLASS
LEARNING ABOUT FINANCIAL
LITERACY, SOCIAL ACTIVISM,
MENTAL HEALTH, AND THE BUSINESS
OF BASKETBALL.
Bomani: ALL THAT'S MISSING
IS A CLASS ON THE NBA'S GUIDE T0
NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS.
THIS "NEW PATH' TO THE LEAGUE IS
OVERTIME ELITE.
FOUNDED IN 2021, IT FUNCTIONS AS
PART BOARDING SCHOOL, PART
BASKETBALL LEAGUE, PART TRAINING
GROUND TO GET TO THE NBA.
PART EVERYTHING.
WE JUST GOT TO THE ARENA.
I MEAN, THIS THING IS HUGE.
LOOK AT IT.
WE'RE ABOUT TO HOP UP IN HERE
AND CHECK IT OUT.
HOLY SHIT.
THIS IS INSANE.
THEY SHOWED US THE FACILITY,
THE LIFESTYLE, AND WE REALLY
WANTED TO DO THIS.
WHERE WE AT RIGHT NOW?
WHAT IS THIS?
WE IN THE PLAYERS LOUNGE.
GOT TWO TVS, A CHEF BACK THERE.
A CHEF?
A CHEF.
COOKING IT UP.
HOW'S THAT FOOD?
IT'S BOMB.
Bomani: THAT HAS TO BE
HUMBLING FOR A CHEF, YOUR JOB
MAKING POP TARTS FOR TEENAGE
BASKETBALL MUTANTS.
OVERTIME ELITE BILLS ITSELF AS A
PAID PATH TO THE NBA FIRST
RECRUITS.
ESSENTIALLY, AN ALTERNATIVE TO
GOING TO COLLEGE, PLAYING PRO
BALL OVERSEAS, OR ENTERING THE
GLEAGUE.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY 68 RECRUITS
IN THE OVERTIME ELITE PROGRAM,
INCLUDING PROJECTED LOTTERY
PICKS AMEN AND AUSAR THOMPSEN
BUT THERE'S ONE MAJOR DIFFERENCE
COMPARED TO THOSE OTHER OPTIONS.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO PLAY BALL
THERE?
YOU GOT TO MAKE A LOT OF
CONTENT.
WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOT OF
PICTURES, INTERVIEWS, LOT OF
VIDEOS WITH THE GUYS FROM
OVERTIME.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT ALL THIS
STUFF GOES INTO SOCIAL MEDIA,
BUT I THINK IT WENT PRETTY WELL.
THIS REALLY ISN'T A PLACE TO
BE LIKE CAMERA SHY OR ANYTHING
BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS A CAMERA
IN YOUR FACE.
IT'S CRAZY.
WE'RE PRETTY MUCH ALL USED TO IT
NOW, BUT AT FIRST, IT'S JUST
LIKE CRAZY.
Bomani: THE KIDS GOING TO
HAVE VIETNAM-LEVEL FLASHBACKS OF
BEING TOLD TO FLOSS ON DEMAND.
OVERTIME ELITE REFLECTS A
MASSIVE SHIFT IN BASKETBALL,
MORE SPECIFICALLY THE WAY
BASKETBALL IS CONSUMED, WHICH IS
ALREADY A MASSIVE PROBLEM FOR
THE NBA.
CUZ THE YOUTH SEEMS TO LACK THE
ATTENTION SPAN TO WATCH FULL
BASKETBALL GAMES.
57% OF GEN Z'ERS DON'T WATCH
LIVE SPORTS AT ALL BECAUSE THEY
AREN'T INTERESTED.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY GENZ DOESN'T
LIKE BASKETBALL, THEY JUST DON'T
WATCH LIVE GAMES.
THEY PREFER CONTENT LIKE HOUSE
OF HIGHLIGHTS, ONE-ON-ONE
TOURNAMENTS, OR KNOCKOUT
BASKETBALL CONTESTS.
IF YOU GOOGLE KNOCKOUT STYLE
BASKETBALL I BET IT'S JUST KIMBO
SLICE VIDEOS AT RUCKER PARK.
REGARDLESS, GEN Z LOVES
BASKETBALL.
THE NBA IS THE MOST TO FOLLOW
THE LEAD ON INSTAGRAM, TWITTER,
AND TIKTOK.
IT'S NOT JUST SOCIAL MEDIA WHERE
THEY ARE SHOWING LOVE.
GEN Z HAS A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF
FANS THAN THE GENERATIONS OLDER
THAN THEM.
THEY JUST WATCH BASKETBALL.
DIFFERENTLY.
AND OVERTIME ELITE TOOK NOTICE
OF THIS SHIFT.
OR MORE SPECIFICALLY, THEIR
PARENT COMPANY "OVERTIME."
A SOCIAL MEDIA START-UP THAT
MADE ITS MONEY POSTING HUNDREDS
OF HIGHLIGHT COMPILATIONS OF
HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS ON YOUTUBE.
AND THE FOUNDERS OF OVERTIME,
ZACK WEINER AND DAN PORTER, ARE
HIGHLY AWARE OF HOW THEIR
AUDIENCE WANTS TO WATCH
BASKETBALL.
IT WAS VERY CLEAR TO US.
THE DATA WAS SAYING KIDS ARE
WATCHING LESS LIVE SPORTS.
SO WE STARTED WITH THAT AND SAID
LET'S TEST AND ITERATE HOW TO
GET INTO THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF
YOUNG PEOPLE.
THIS IS THIS KID MAC McCLUNG
THERE, THIS IS A DUNK THAT HE
MADE, YOU KNOW, IN A GYM,
WITHOUT HIS SHIRT.
THAT DID WAY MORE VIEWS FOR US
THAN NBA CLIPS THAT WE HAVE
POSTED.
Bomani: IT'S COOL, WE'RE
ALL THINKING THE SAME THING--
"THANK GOD HE'S WEARING SHORTS."
DESPITE HOW UNSETTLING THAT
VIDEO IS, THE OVERTIME FOUNDERS
GOT INVESTMENTS FROM FORMER NBA
COMMISSIONER DAVID STERN,
AMAZON, AND NBA PLAYERS LIKE
TRAE YOUNG AND KEVIN DURANT.
AND CARMELO ANTHONY.
OVERTIME IS CURRENTLY VALUED AT
500 MILLION DOLLARS AND HAS
HELPED RAPIDLY ACCELERATE THE
TREND OF YOUTH BASKETBALL ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
WHICH HAS CREATED MASSIVE
BASKETBALL IN INFLUENCERS LIKE
MIKEY WILLIAMS, A DUDE WHO WAS
SO YOUNG HIS NAME IS STILL
MIKEY.
JA'QUAYE JAMES, WHO CREATED
SOMETHING CALLED "JELLY FAM,'
WHICH SOUNDS DELICIOUS.
AND JULIAN NEWMAN, A SHORTER
PLAYER WHO DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY
SCHOLARSHIP OFFERS TO D1
SCHOOLS.
BUT EVEN JULIAN STILL HAS NEARLY
700 THOUSAND INSTAGRAM
FOLLOWERS.
ALL THOSE PEOPLE ARE JUST
FOLLOWING THE LITTLE DUDE WHO
PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
ONCE.
YOU CAN FIND THAT HAD AN 8-FOOT
LOCKER.
IT WILL BE THE GUY DRESSED LIKE
A
REF SELLING YOU
SHOES.
THESE DUDES ARE INSTAGRAM HARLEM
GLOBE TROTTERS.
THEY'RE DOING THINGS WITH A
BASKETBALL BUT THEY'RE NOT
PLAYING BASKETBALL.
BUT OVERTIME HAD GREATER
AMBITIONS THAN JUST PROPPING UP
INFLUENCERS.
WHEN PEOPLE CAME TO SUMMER
LEAGUE, THEY GOT TO WATCH ALL
THE PLAYERS THAT THEY HAD
WATCHED ON OVERTIME.
AND YOU THINK THAT'S GREAT, BUT
I THINK IT USED TO FANTASIZE
WHAT IF WE HAVE OUR ONLY?
Bomani: YOU'RE GOING TO
FANTASIZE ABOUT CHILD LABOR,
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT?
BUT THIS DREAM OF CREATING THEIR
OWN LEAGUE LED TO OVERTIME
DEVELOPING WHAT WE NOW KNOW AS
OVERTIME ELITE.
AN INTERSECTION OF THE WAY GEN Z
CONSUMES BASKETBALL AND THE WAGE
NZEI PLAYS BASKETBALL.
WE KEEP CALLING THEM JENS EBERT
IS ANOTHER WORD FOR THEM-- KID
KIDS.
WERE TALKING ABOUT KIDS WHO
STILL NEED TO GO TO SCHOOL.
WHAT IS OTE?
WE ARE A BASKETBALL MEDIA
EDUCATIONAL CONGLOMERATE, I LIKE
TO SAY.
THE REST OF THE WORLD HAS
CHANGED AND EVOLVED IN SO MANY
DIFFERENT WAYS AND YET SCHOOL
LOOKS EXACTLY THE WAY IT DOES.
THE WAY YOU CHASE YOUR DREAMS IN
SPORTS KIND OF STILL LOOKS
EXACTLY THE WAY IT DOES.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE REASON
WHY WE SHOULD TRY SOME DIFFERENT
STUFF.
Bomani: JUST CURIOUS,
ANYBODY KNOW WHERE YOU CAN GET A
BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN "DIFFERENT
STUFF."
WHEN OVERTIME ELITE'S PLAYERS
ARE HOOPING OR MAKING TIKTOKS
THEY GET EDUCATED AS THOUGH THEY
ARE ALREADY IN THE NBA, NOT LIKE
HIGH SCHOOLERS.
IN ADDITION TO REGULAR CLASSES
THEY LEARN SKILLS LIKE "HOW TO
GIVE NEWS CONFERENCES AND USE
SOCIAL MEDIA, GO TO A MATH CLASS
OR QUESTIONS ARE LIKELY FRAMED
IN TERMS OF BASKETBALL.
THAT BIOLOGY CLASS PROBABLY HAS
THEM DISSECTING BENNY THE BULL.
BUT BESIDES MAKING KIDS TAKE AP
"FREE THROWS' OR HONORS "MENTAL
TOUGHNESS,' LET'S BE REAL.
WHAT IS THE POINT OF LEARNING
HOW TO GIVE PRESS CONFERENCES IF
YOU DON'T MAKE IT TO THE NBA?
THE ONLY TIME YOU'LL BE TALKING
TO A REPORTER IS IF LOCAL NEWS
COVERS A CRIME AT YOUR
NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE.
BUT THE FOUNDERS OF OVERTIME
ELITE DON'T BRING THESE KIDS IN
TO GET AN EDUCATION, NOR IS
THEIR PRIORITY DEVELOPING
RECRUITS INTO THE BEST
BASKETBALL PLAYERS THEY CAN BE.
THEIR BUSINESS IS ABOUT GETTING
AS MUCH HOOPS CONTENT AS
POSSIBLE ON THE INTERNET.
RIGHT HERE IS THE SHOW COURT,
MEANING THAT WHILE WE HAVE GAMES
HERE, WE DON'T HAVE TEAMS THAT
COME FROM DIFFERENT CITIES.
WE PLAY FOR THE INTERNET.
AND WE PLAY FOR THE CROWD, SO
IT'S 1200 SEATS.
BUT REALLY IT'S FOR PEOPLE
WATCHING ON THE INTERNET.
Bomani: AH, THE INTERNET.
THE SAME PLACE THAT GAVE US
THOSE BIG OLD RED BOOTS.
NOW, THIS ALL SEEMS KIND OF
EXPLOITATIVE TO ME.
SO WHY DID THE KIDS EVEN WANT TO
BE THERE?
WHAT EXCITED ME MOST ABOUT
JOINING OT WAS THAT I WAS GONNA
GET TO GO AGAINST THE BEST
PLAYERS EVERY DAY, PEOPLE FROM
ACROSS THE NATION FROM OVERSEAS
THAT I'VE SEEN ON TV.
AND IT'S JUST LIKE, I DON'T
THINK YOU COULD BEAT THAT
ANYWHERE ELSE.
I ALWAYS HAD THOUGHT ABOUT
GOING TO COLLEGE BEFORE THIS,
THAT WAS THE WHOLE PLAN.
BUT WHEN I REALLY SAW WHAT IT
WAS ABOUT, I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW,
I GOT TO BE HERE.
Bomani: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
CAN HEAR ME BUT BLINK TWICE IF
YOU NEED HELP, MAN.
THE REAL REASON THE RECRUITS
JOIN OTE IS THE REASON THESE
KIDS DO EVERYTHING ELSE CLOUT!
BECAUSE MOST OF THEM ARE
FORGOING A DIRECT PAYCHECK FROM
IN FAVOR OF RETAINING NIL RIGHTS
AND COLLEGE ELIGIBILITY.
OVERTIME ELITE WILL ALSO GIVE
THEM $100K TOWARDS COLLEGE IF
THE PROGRAM DOESN'T RESULT IN
THEM GOING TO THE NBA.
WHICH, FIRST OF ALL, 100K TODAY
IS GETTING YOU LIKE 3 CLASSES AT
MOST COLLEGES.
SECOND, GIVING KIDS MONEY TO
LEAVE FOR COLLEGE SORT OF FEELS
LIKE OVERTIME ELITE AND ITS
RECRUITS ARE TACITLY ADMITTING
EVEN THEY DON'T KNOW IF THIS
WHOLE "BASKETBALL HYPE HOUSE" IS
GOING TO WORK.
BUT ONE THING IS CERTAIN: IT
WILL GET A LOT OF TECH BURROS
RICH IN SILICON VALLEY.
I'LL BE HONEST.
AND I DON'T LIKE THAT SHIT, DOG.
BECAUSE THAT ISN'T ABOUT
BASKETBALL.
IT'S ABOUT MONEY AND INDIVIDUAL
FAME.
BASKETBALL, THAT'S A TEAM SPORT.
WHEN I LOOK AT THE NBA RIGHT
NOW, I FEEL A SIMILAR CONCERN.
SO MUCH NOW IS FOR THE GRAHAM.
LONZO BALL, A DUDE WHO GETS
INJURED EVERY 34 SECONDS, HAS
MORE IG FOLLOWERS THAN GIANNIS
ANTETOKOUMNPO, A DUDE WHO HAS
A TITLE.
YOU KNOW WHO KYLE KUZMA IS JUST
AND TWO MVPs.
BECAUSE OF WHO HE'S DATED.
OR BECAUSE HE HAS SOMEHOW
SURVIVED BEING SWALLOWED WHOLE
BY HIS OWN SWEATER COLLECTION.
AND IT'S NOT AS THOUGH THE
LEAGUE HASN'T ALWAYS HAD STARS.
BUT THEY WERE ALWAYS
CONTEXTUALIZED BY THE TEAMS THEY
PLAYED FOR.
CUZ WE LIKE INDIVIDUALS.
BUT WE LOVE THEM AS A PART OF
SOMETHING GREATER THAN
THEMSELVES.
WE BECAME BASKETBALL FANS
BECAUSE OF GAME SEVENS, WIN
STREAKS, RIVALRIES, CELTICS
VERSUS LAKERS, BULLS VERSUS
PISTONS, THE PACERS VERSUS THE
GREATER DETROIT METRO AREA.
YOU KNOW THERE'S A PROBLEM IN
THE LEAGUE WHEN SPIKE LEE'S NOT
EVEN WEARING HIS KNICKS JERSEY
ANYMORE.
NOW HE JUST WEARS A BASKETBALL.
[LAUGHTER]
YOU CAN CALLED ME AN OLD HEAD
BUT I KIND OF MISS VIRTUES--
TEAMWORK, HARD WORK, DEDICATION.
I KNOW IT ALL SOUNDS CORNY BUT
THE TRUTH IS CORNY IS NECESSARY.
THAT FEELS LIKE OVERTIME ELITE
IS DEVOID OF ANY OF THAT.
WHICH KIND OF WORRIES ME.
BECAUSE OF THIS VENTURE IS
SUCCESSFUL, THIS MIGHT BE WITH
THE NBA ENDS UP TOO.
BECAUSE THE LEAK CAN'T SEEM TO
GET A GRASP ON WHERE THE YOUTH
IS BUT OVERTIME ELITE?
THEY THINK THEY'VE CRACKED THE
CODE.
FOR THE SAKE OF BASKETBALL AND
WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT BASKETBALL, I
REALLY HOPE THEY ARE WRONG.
WHAT'S GOING ON, IT'S THAT TIME
AGAIN.
ONE WEEKEND FOR US, A MEMBERS
ONLY PARTY FOR 72 STRAIGHT HOURS
SPONSORED BY CROWN ROYAL-- NBA
ALL-STAR WEEKEND.
I WAS HYPE ABOUT IT, THEN I
REMEMBERED THIS YEAR IN
SALT LAKE CITY, A PLACE WITH 98%
OF NBA PLAYERS FOR REASONS.
THAT'S WHY I ASKED JAMES DAVIS
TO HEAD WEST AND INVESTIGATE
WHAT COULD BE AN UNCOMFORTABLE
CULTURE CLASH.
THE NBA DECIDED TO HAVE BLACK
THANKSGIVING IN A CITY WITH SO
FEW BLACK PEOPLE IT MAKES
PORTLAND LOOK LIKE WILL CONDUCT.
I COULDN'T PULL UP TO EIGHT UTAH
UNPREPARED SO I ASSEMBLED MY
ALL-STAR TEAM OF ALL-STAR
EXPERTS, WE ATTENDED THE
PARTIES, FASHION SHOWS AND
CONCERTS THAT EXTENDED ALL-STAR
WEEKEND FROM EXHIBITION GAME TO
A WEEKLONG CELEBRATION OF
BLACK EXCELLENCE.
THERE LIKE WHO'S GOING TO
HAVE THE HOTTEST PARTY, WHO'S
GOING TO BE THE DOPE AS THE D.J.
ARNON BASKETBALL FANS WHO
ALSO COME TO ALL-STAR WEEKEND.
ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S FOR THE EVERYDAY PERSON,
THE DUDE THAT'S KILLING IN
CHURCH LEAGUE.
AND THERE'S A GUY WHO'S WORKED
AS A BUS DRIVER THE LAST 15
YEARS.
DO YOU THINK SALT LAKE IS
READY FOR THE CULTURE TO JUST
DESCEND UPON IT?
THEY ARE NOT READY FOR IT, TO
BE CLEAR.
THE CLUBS ARE INSIDE AND
OUTSIDE, THEY AREN'T READY FOR
THAT.
IT'S 20 DEGREES OUTSIDE.
THERE'S DEFINITELY GOING TO
BE A LOTION SHORTAGE.
DON'T THEY HAVE A BUNCH OF
GOOFY ASS LIQUOR LAWS?
LIQUOR COMPANIES AREN'T GOING
TO BE ABLE TO GET ENOUGH
ALCOHOL.
IT'S A BYOB ALL-STAR--
WEED IS ILLEGAL >> President
Biden: THAT'S GOING TO BE A
PROBLEM.
A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM L.A. ARE
GOING TO BE--
UTAH JAIL ALREADY SOUNDS
REDUNDANT, WHAT COULD BE WORSE
THAN THAT?
YOU HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR
THEM WHITE WOMEN, THEY WILL MEET
YOU AT THE SANDWICH SPOT AND BE
LIKE LETS YOU GO FOR A HIKE IN
THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW--
I HAD TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF
THIS, THE CULTURE IS DEPENDING
ON ME TO FIX THE SITUATION.
I BOARDED A PLANE FULL OF WHITE
PEOPLE AND DOVE INTO THE BELLY
OF THE BEAST.
I WENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE
EXECUTIVE VP OF THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE AND I HAD TO TELL THEM
I DON'T THINK YOU ARE READY.
WE ARE ABSOLUTELY READY, WE
COULD USE A DOSE OF NBA AND
BLACK CULTURE IN SALT LAKE CITY.
HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO
ACCUSATIONS THAT SALT LAKE CITY
LACKS BASIC FLAVORS LIKE HONEY
BOURBON BARBECUE AND
LEMON PEPPER?
THERE'S A WINGS PLACE JUST A
FEW BUCKS FROM HERE, 30
DIFFERENT FLAVORS.
HOW MUCH SHEA BUTTER IS IN
SALT LAKE CITY'S MOTION RESERVE
AND PLEASE ANSWER IN PUMPS OR
BIG BOTTLES?
WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO.
YOU DO HAVE WORK TO DO.
HOW ARE PEOPLE GOING TO START
THIS WEEKEND WHEN THE FORECAST
SAYS IT'S GOING TO BE 20 DEGREES
OUT?
I SAT DOWN WITH FROSTBITE EXPERT
TO FIND OUT.
A 45 HOUR WAIT IN LINE, WHAT
IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF I'M NOT
COVERED CORRECTLY?
YOU ARE AT EXTREME RISK FOR
DEVELOPING FROSTBITE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN ON
INSTAGRAM PEOPLE WITH THESE
BLACK FINGERS THAT APPEAR
MUMMIFIED TO.
YOU CAN BE A WHITE DUDE BUT
ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU ARE SO COLD
YOUR FINGERS LOOK NIGERIAN?
CORRECT.
FROSTBITE AIN'T NO JOKE.
PREVIOUS ALL-STAR WEEKENDS,
DR. LEWIS SAID BODIES START TO
GET FROSTBITE WITHIN 30 MINUTES.
THERE WAS AN EXCEPTION.
DO WIGS, WEAVES, AND HAIR
UNITS AT ANY TEMPERATURE
PROTECTION?
ACTUALLY THEY DO PROVIDE SOME
INSULATION TO THE HEAD.
YOU HEAR THAT?
BRING YOUR WEED TOO BECAUSE
THERE IS NO LEGAL WEED IN THIS
WHOLE--
WE HAVE A QUALIFIED MEDICAL
PROVIDER IN OUR DOME AND THEY
WILL BE ABLE TO ASSESS YOUR
SITUATION AND GET YOU A LEGAL
CARD AND ACCESS TO SAFE, LEGAL
CANNABIS.
IS THAT RIGHT?
MEDICAL WEED IS LEGAL IN
UTAH, ALL YOU NEED IS $15, A
CONDITION COVERED BY UTAH'S WEED
LAWS, AND YOU CAN GET A UTAH
MEDICAL CANNABIS CARD AND YOU
CAN BUY UP TO A MONTH'S SUPPLY
OF STICKY ICKY.
UP TO 113 GRAMS.
I WOULD LIKE TO BUY
112.9 GRAMS.
I WAS FIGHTING WITH
SALT LAKE CITY.
BUT I HAD TO TAP IN WITH LOCAL
BLACK PEOPLE BUT I DIDN'T KNOW
WHERE TO FIND THEM.
SO I WENT TO THE BLACK CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE, THE BARBERSHOP.
ARE YOU HAPPY WITH LIVING
HERE?
I'VE LEFT, I'VE ALWAYS CAME
BACK.
I LOVE UTAH.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS TO MOST
PEOPLE, THEY DON'T LIKE IT UNTIL
THEY GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
BLACK PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF
SALT LAKE CITY WE KNOW EACH
OTHER ARE LIKE WHITE PEOPLE, WE
MIGHT ASSUME THAT KIND OF
DYNAMIC MIGHT BE TAXING.
I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES IT'S
OVEREXERTION.
TALK ABOUT ISSUES, WHAT YOU
ARE WEARING.
I DON'T THINK WE MEAN ANY
HARM WITH IT BUT IT'S CERTAINLY
AN AWKWARD WHITE PEOPLE
CONVERSATION.
ALL BLACK PEOPLE KNOW EACH
OTHER-- AND THAT MIGHT BE TRUE
IN UTAH.
HOW MANY MORE BLACK PEOPLE
ARE THERE IN UTAH OUTSIDE THIS
ROOM?
13 OR 14.
WHEN IT COMES TO LOCAL BLACKS
IN UTAH IT'S QUALITY NOT
QUANTITY.
MY FRIENDS ALSO GAVE ME
SOLUTIONS ON FOOD.
YOU WANT SOME CARIBBEAN FOOD?
BLACK ENTREPRENEURS HERE, WE
GO THE MILE.
SKIRTING THOSE LIQUOR LAWS.
EVERYONE IS THROWING THEIR
PRIVATE PARTIES.
THEN YOU NEED AND EVENT SPACE
OR MAY BE A PARTY BUS AND DO
YOUR OWN THING.
A PARTY BUS LIKE VEGAS.
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE PARTY BUS
STAYS IN THE PARTY BUS-- I LIKE
THAT.
HOW DID THEY DEAL WITH
SALT LAKE CITY'S MOST TERRIFYING
THREAT?
HAVE ANY OF Y'ALL HEARD ABOUT
THE WHITE MOUNTAIN WOMEN WHO
COME IN FROM THE HILLS AND DRUG
MEN AND ROB THEM?
[LAUGHTER]
ALL-STAR WEEKEND, THERE WILL BE
MORE BLACK PEOPLE IN
SALT LAKE CITY THAN IN THE
HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION GO IS
SALT LAKE CITY READY WAS MAXED
READY OR NOT.
I'M READY.
ABSOLUTELY.
SO MANY BLACK PEOPLE MAKES ME
FEEL BLACKNIFICENT.
THAT'S A WORD, PUT IT ON THE
SCREEN-- BLACKNIFICENT.
I'M NOT GOING TO TEACH YOU
HOW TO FISH, I DON'T HAVE TIME
FOR THAT, MY BROTHER OWNS HIS
OWN BUSINESS, MY MAN OWNS A
CLUB, THAT'S BLACKNIFICENT.
MY BOY IS SPITTING.
WITH ONLY A FEW HOURS LEFT I HAD
TO PULL UP ON MY MAN D1 MORE
TIME.
SIR, WHEN I WALKED IN I WAS
VERY SKEPTICAL OF ALL THINGS
SALT LAKE CITY.
THIS STILL A LITTLE PART OF ME
THAT'S LIKE I DON'T KNOW BUT 98%
OF ME IS VERY COMFORTABLE WITH
THIS UPCOMING ALL-STAR WEEKEND.
WE JUST HAVE 2% TO GET YOU
THERE.
I'LL TELL YOU HOW YOU GET 2%,
JOIN ME ON A PARTY BUS.
WHEN I SAY SALT LAKE, Y'ALL SAY
CITY.
WHEN I SAY ALL-STAR, YOU SAY
WEEKEND Y.UR
AS I TURNED UP ON THE PARTY
BUS I REALIZED ALL-STAR WEEKEND
IS ABOUT ONE THING, GIVING THE
CITY AND ALL OF ITS PEOPLE A
CHANCE TO EMBRACE THE GAME AND
THE CULTURE THAT INSPIRES THE
GAMES BIGGEST STARS.
THEY GOT SOME REAL ONES OUT HERE
AND THE LOCALS ARE TRYING.
ALL-STAR 2023 IS GOING TO BE
LIT, TRUST ME.
♪ ♪
Bomani: THAT IS OUR SHOW.
HAPPY ALL-STAR WEEKEND.
THERE'S A KID ABOUT TO GET ON
THAT OVERTIME ELITE PACKAGE, ANY
ADVICE?
REVENUE STATEMENTS, ASK FOR A
PERCENTAGE.
HE TELLS THE MOST MESSED UP
THING YOU REMEMBER FROM
OVERTIME?
THE MOST FUCKED UP THING IS
THAT I WORKED THERE, NO ONE
SPECIFIC THING, SO MANY FUCKED
UP THINGS.
I MADE YOU MINIMUM 100s OF
THOUSANDS AND YOU KNOW HOW I
KNOW?
I DID THE WORK THAT IT DID FOR
MYSELF I MADE MYSELF HUNDREDS OF
FUCKING THOUSANDS IN ABOUT A
YEAR AND A HALF.
THERE'S NO WAY YOU DIDN'T MAKE
THAT TYPE OF MONEY FROM ME AND I
AM NOT A PLAYER.
OVERTIME IS BULLSHIT.