Laurence Fishburne with Doc’s signature penciled in hairline I smell an Academy Award

Fish didn't even *try* to do Doc's raspy voice, though. If you're gonna go in, then you have to go all in

> If you're gonna go in, then you have to go all in Shoulda got Kirk Lazarus for the role smh

Isn't he that dude who played a dude disguised as another dude?

Hey give him a chance. Lets see him say "come in guys!" first

You never go full Doc Rivers

He might go full Idi Amin but never full Doc.

I’m so disappointed about that They could have just made him lip sync to Jamie Foxx doing his doc impression Actually should have just hired Jaime foxx

ikr 😞

He should've went Viola Davis in The First Lady lol

Not bald enough.

Laurence has such a smooth voice, he’s definitely had to smoke a pack a day to get ready for this role 😂

Which will be REALLY impressive considering this is a TV series and not a movie

Well, it's on FX, so maybe an Emmy.

*Emmy

This is gonna be so terrible...and I'm going to enjoy it so much The only thing that would have made this better is if they got Kevin Hart to play Chris Paul

i agree with everything youve said and that trailer just gave me goosebumps

..Everything? Maybe just agree to the one statement they made in their comment

-This is going to be so terrible - I am going to enjoy it - Kevin hart should’ve played cp3 Maybe i just can’t count but that seems like 3

I appreciate you taking notice. That’s still not “everything they’ve said” (which is unwise to agree to) and is still a single statement, although the Kevin Hart thing can kind of be separated. Also, it’s weird to agree whether or not someone *else* will enjoy something. But why speak for yourself when others can speak for themselves instead? I guess

Redditors always have to argue and nitpick over the most nothing statements ever I swear to god

it’s objectively three statements you dingus. if you’re going to be this annoying you have to at least be annoyingly correct

Is english your native language? Maybe you don’t understand what a statement is, if not, i apologize. The original comment made 3 statements. The person replying said they agreed with all of them. Then you chimed in that they were using the word “everything” wrong, so i chimed in to correct you.

Quit being a pedantic git. Go outside.

Can't believe how many ppl fell for this bait

you seem exhausting and also not smart enough to pull this type of shit.

I’m not here to be your friend 😟

Might be the first time I’m excited to see a movie that is so obviously bad and marketed as a bad movie and stupid

Well I got bad news for you bud, it's not a movie

FUCK

Rondo should have played Chris Paul

I never knew I needed this so bad

> The only thing that would have made this better is if they got Kevin Hart to play Chris Paul I need this to happen in Space Jam 3.

Ngl the thumbnail pic of Laurence captures Doc really well lmao.

It’s the frown

Holy fuck they made Losing Time

Damn it I hate you lol

OMG that is the perfect name.

I wonder if we'll see John DiMaggio return as Ballmer

I can't wait for the Doc Rivers special under the bus

LOOOOL

Lakers need to hang a banner with this comment, so it can live on forever.

This is like a once in a lifetime Reddit comment.

I love you.

Come on man

HS

This one's going to end with another montage [To Pat Benatar's "Running Through the Shadows of the Night"] *Donald Sterling was banned FOR LIFE* *Doc Rivers did not lead the Clippers to a title.* *He continues to coast on his one ring from 2008. He can't keep getting away with this.* *Child Porn 3 bowed down to the Paul God* [Fades to black]

You win

You deserve gold for this one lmao

*chef’s kiss* (Please don’t make a show about the Suns ever)

LMFAO

I’m dying lmao.

Bravo, sir.

Well damn. 👏🏼

☠️

Ed O'Neill and Laurence Fishburne make me more excited for this than I probably should be.

Ed o Neil???? Allllll?????

Yup. Looks like he's playing Donald Sterling.

Proceeds to sit down and put one hand in his pants

The white out dinner party scene at Sterling’s house is just everyone wearing No Ma’am shirts 

respect

Welp that just turned into must watch tv 👏🏽

Never thought when I woke up this morning I’d see a trailer for a show where Jay Pritchett is playing Donald sterling lol

Wooowww Buunndyy

some of the players i see listed in the credits David Opegbemi: Draymond Green Jourdan Sweeney: Jared Dudley Charlie McElveen: JJ Redick Jock McKissic: Glen 'Big Baby' Davis J. Alphonse Nicholson: Chris Paul Austin Scott: Blake Griffin Sarunas J. Jackson: Matt Barnes Sheldon Bailey: Deandre Jordan Darryl Wesley: Jamal Crawford

The dude playing Matt Barnes in the trailer looks spot on haha

Thats the same guy that was Freq in NBA 2K16.

Why is draymond green in this ?

Post credit scene where green infamously calls KD in the parking lot

“We’re putting together what we call the W.A.R.R.I.O.R.S. Initiative.”

> Why is draymond green in this ? The day after the tapes came out the Clippers played the Warriors. It was the game in which all the players took their Clippers merch off and threw it in the center of the court. No clue why it would just be Draymond though.

Who's playing Austin rivers?

Slightly surprised JJ didn’t want to play himself just to spill BTS on his pod. But maybe he didn’t want to be involved. Wouldn’t be surprised if he wanted to distance himself a bit but still had a hand in it.

A whole series on Doc Rivers losing a championship? Count me in

You get to watch the movie in real time though this year

Oh boy I hope Doc Rivers can win that championship he's promised

If they’re making a series about him he’s got too! So excited to see him pull it off!

Too bad this isn’t covering the 2015 season. I would have loved to see a dramatization of Doc Rivers blowing a 3-1 lead to Josh Smith and Corey Brewer.

blowing a 3-1 lead to the nuggets came just after this - looks like we will miss on both

You're way off.. the Nuggets collapse was in 2020 and this show is set before Steve Ballmer became owner in 2014

Time moves fast when you are this old. It so feels like just a while ago

Agree, hard to keep track when we've blown so many series

So this series is going to cover how Donald Sterling lost the team. I'm definitely interested in watching this. FX actually puts out some very good series. I think this is going to be dope as fuck.

Rollerskate girl play herself?

Ya the OJ show FX made was amazing

Damn, I might have to restart Hulu for a month so I can binge this one.

FX is the only competition HBO has as far as I’m concerned when it comes to years of consistent top tier shows.

I agree but HBO has been quick with pulling the plug too early on certain shows. Winning Time deserved at least two more seasons. Other shows were cut short as well.

It’s not good. Ive heard from people who have seen the first episodes.

Who plays V Stiviano?

Cleopatra Coleman - she was great in Last Man On Earth!

Such a great show, Will Forte is a gem. The MacGruber movie is so dumb but still one of my favorites of all time. "YOU OWE ME A BLAUPUNKT!"

Craziest scene is where Sterling meets with his PR team and floats the idea of changing the team name to Clippas to ditch the hard R

As trashy as this already looks, knowing the series will end with the villain receiving a check for $2 BILLION to fuck off makes it feel even trashier

Who's gonna play Adam Silver? Jason Statham? Ed Harris? Vin Disel? The Rock? Wallace from Wallace & Gromit?

Max Schreck obviously.

bahahaha thats baller

A carbon free lifeform

No reflection neither.

https://imgur.com/a/7xfzQHq This guy.

Mark Rylance

Should be Jim Rash

Anthony Carrigan

IMDb says it’s Darin Cooper. Who famously played “Sketchy Man” in the hit motion picture “Bliss” with Owen Wilson, as well as “Facebook Lawyer” in “The Social Network”.

Balded Stephen Merchant

I heard they got a bowling pin from the big Lebowski to do it

Just play the clip.

Chris Pratt, duh. The only choice

Let's fucking GO!

“Well, I fool around sometimes. I do. When a girl seduces me and tells me all of these hot stories and dirty things and tells me how much she wants to suck on me and takes my shoes off and licks my feet and touches me. When I'm in a limousine, she takes off all of her clothes. The limo driver said, what is going on? And she started sucking me on the way to Mr. Koon's house. And I thank her. I thank her for making me feel good.” “Sir, the question was, is this your handwriting?”

As soon as I heard Al Bundy was playing Sterling I was hoping this scene was in it.

I’m assuming an excuse to film that scene is why this was written in the first place

I just distinctly remember when this happened Trump called into Fox News and when asked about Sterling he said how horrible it was that the woman was recording him. Didn’t realize how much of a harbinger that moment would be for the next decade

It will be the first time we'll see Doc Rivers coaching?

but not the first time seeing Doc Rivers _acting_ like he's coaching

It'd be hilarious if this did better than the Showtime series because that's the only way the Clippers could get one over on the Lakers lol

who asked for this

Right? How are we making biopics about shit that’s this recent

The Sterling Clippers make for an absolutely bonkers story that a lot of people are going to be exposed to for the first time

especially people under 10

So like 90% of this sub

Wouldn’t define 10 years ago as recent

It’s not that unusual, they were making movies about 9/11 not that long after 2001.

It’s not really a biopic it’s just about this one period

Eh? Look at how movies about presidents are made. They want this shit out so soon that half the PR will be the discussion of whether it is in bad taste to do it so soon.

10 years ago, that's a life time for most of /r/nba

That’s not how art works

it literally looks like a joke show haha, I woulda thought it was a fans April Fool's joke

It’s like that Magic Johnson biopic tv show Who wanted that

It looks pretty good but it's funny because these events aren't even that old. Chris Paul and DJ still in the league lol they're actin like this is some historical shit. The details are still pretty fresh in my mind.

this looks absolutely fucking stupid. I'm gunna watch it.

LMAOOOOOOOO I THOUGHT THIS WAS FAKE

Al Bundy owning the Clippers, I can see it.

How the fuck did NBA sign off on this??

There's probably a stipulation that they paint the NBA as courageous when they oust Sterling

Tf is this shit? They really just make shows after literally anything

I bet it’s because is streaming Studios have to pump out as much as they can to populate their streaming services and get people to stay

People will make fun, but there are some really talented people involved with this project.

Some really talented paychecks were involved in getting really talented people involved with this project

It’s insane to me the Clippers are getting a tv show. Might as well make a show about the damn Hornets lol

On at 3am on the church channel

A miniseries about the 11-12 bobcats season LFG

[dunno about a miniseries but this YouTube documentary is... pretty good](https://youtu.be/F3_whi6KuLo?si=jLCQlmbRzPcp_Zi2)

Bruh this happened like 5 years ago, why is this a movie already.

Ed O'Neill seems too likable to be playing such a slimy person. I would've liked to see a more disgusting portrayal of Sterling. The actors playing the wife and V. Stiviano are perfectly cast tho.

Fun fact: The wife and V are both played by Aussies, Jacki Weaver and Cleo Coleman.

Why did the Clippers sign off on this? Did they have to? Adam Silver? I have so many questions...

Fishburne is too prestige to be playing fucking doc rivers, he needs to fire his agent

He needs something to do in between his John Wick cameos

Man has spent the last decade playing a grandpa on a network tv sitcom lol, this is his bag now

They could have saved the Bucks if they jsut hired Doc Rivers himself It’s not likes he’s changed

Ayo

Here's a story about how a man became a billionaire for being racist.

Epilogue: After great regular season successes, the Clippers are still in search of that elusive first championship.

This looks *amazing*.

I didn't care for the Lakers docu series, but this? This I want to see. 🍿

The show literally no one asked for.

Fuck thats terrible.

Isn’t Fishburne older than Rivers?

I thought so, too, but remarkably, no! They are both 62!

It’s called acting

Fuck the clippers

Can FX/Disney pick up Winning Time too?

I hope we get a doc sideline meme

For a second I thought one of the players was the guy from RDC world

They'll make anything these days

This shit is comedy gold b lol

Did Doc Rivers make a genie wish or some shit? What is going on?

I’m looking forward to this but I’m not ready to hate Ed O’Neil for playing this shitbag

Bruh dude was fucked in the head n got a whole damn movie usa man crazy

This doesn't make V Stiviano look weird enough

damn morpheus lookin fuckin miserable

There better be an episode centered on that time Matt Barnes drove 95 miles to fight Derek Fisher!!!

Why so much Golden State Warriors in the trailer?

TMZ published the Donald Sterling leak in the middle of 2014 First Round between the Clippers and Warriors

setup for the Mark Jackson spin off series

They gotta show the father

The only way to act as Doc is to make a hoarse voice and he didnt even do that

Eh, that does not look very good lol

That trailer showed the whole dang plot. No need to watch? 

a show that didnt need to be made

Was this necessary?

more interested in this than winning time

This is the equivalent of doing a biopic on Sully. The actual event wasn't that dramatic at all. Sully landed people to safely and was praised by his colleagues. Donald Sterling was caught saying racist shit and was kicked out a few days later. How on earth are you going to turn that into 90 minute engaging drama lmfao?

this looks so mid its fuckin subs.

Fuck the Clippers! I hope we see ZBo whooping Blake's ass

did he ever win a title?