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Basketball Movies
Movies from The Shelf connected to Basketball.
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Uncut Gems
Uncut Gems follows Howard Ratner, a New York jeweller and compulsive gambler who bets heavily on the Boston Celtics while trying to sell a…
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Requiem for the Big East
Requiem for the Big East tells the story of the college basketball conference that grew alongside ESPN into a national powerhouse, and then broke…
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Once Brothers
Once Brothers tells the story of Vlade Divac and Dražen Petrović, teammates on Yugoslavia's dominant national basketball team whose friendship was broken by the…
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Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals
Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals traces the rivalry between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, from the 1979 NCAA final to their championship…
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The Winning Season
The Winning Season turns a dysfunctional coaching appointment into a story about who really benefits when a team improves. Its girls' basketball setting asks…
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Double Teamed
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At All Costs
At All Costs questions the assumption that a youth basketball scholarship pathway is primarily about individual talent. Mike Nicoll's documentary examines a recruiting ecosystem…
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Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul
A documentary revisits NBA referee Tim Donaghy's betting scandal and questions about officiating integrity. The film is a valuable case in restoring trust without…
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We Beat the Dream Team
Grant Hill, Chris Webber and their fellow college players arrived to help prepare the 1992 American Olympic basketball team. Then they beat it. We…
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The Way Back
The Way Back follows a former basketball standout whose return to the gym does not erase the life waiting outside it. Jack Cunningham can…
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Eddie
Eddie turns a loud basketball fan's confidence into an unexpected professional test. Once Edwina Franklin moves from the stands to the New York Knicks…
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GOAT
GOAT turns an animal-world sports comedy into a question about who gets to look like a legitimate athlete. Its small protagonist enters a competition…
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Jerry West: The Logo
Jerry West: The Logo looks past one of basketball's most recognisable symbols to consider the person placed behind it. The documentary offers a way…
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Untold: Jail Blazers
Untold: Jail Blazers puts a difficult basketball question at the centre of its story: how can a team be remembered as both a serious…
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Love & Basketball
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Dear Basketball
About Basketball
Looking to learn more about a career involving basketball or work in the sport?
What is this sport about?
Basketball is a great sport and is one of the earliest team sports children are exposed to.
Particularly in North America, there are many ways the sport pervades culture from a gym activity in school to high school to college and university to professional to international.
It is actually one of the most popular sports in the world but is also one of the most competitive.
There are a number of talented basketball players that just don’t make it to the professional rankings.
Why do we have a section dedicated to this sport?
But can someone’s love for this sport turn into a meaningful and long career? Whether you are a lifelong fan, former player or just someone who loves being around the sport, a career in this fantastic sport is definitely possible, but requires a lot of work to get there.
Through powerful interviews with people working in basketball in various roles, we let you discover the answers to your questions from successful people.
On this page, you will find out how to go about getting a job and building a career involving involves basketball. Following the examples of those who have developed careers in basketball themselves, you will learn what it takes to get there too.
Also, browse through interviews with people working as coaches, trainers, agents, scouts, and referees directly in the sport of basketball.
Moreover, you will find interviews directly with athletes invested in playing and working in the sport for life. Likewise, you will discover unthinkable careers involving basketball on the player side of sport from being an equipment manager to working in player operations.
So, what’s next?
You can also access content from sport pros working for basketball organizations on the business side of sport.
Or just go ahead and click out of this pop-up. In doing so, you will discover how work and careers on the player side of basketball look.
