“Basketball: A Love Story”: ESPN Drops 20-Hour Docuseries

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ESPN released an ambitious 62-part, 20-hour docuseries titled “Basketball: A Love Story.”

If you are an ESPN+ subscriber, you may have noticed an intriguing streaming option on Tuesday: Basketball: A Love Story. The project, made up of 62 short stories, is one of the most ambitious I’ve ever seen. Dan Klores, who also directed ESPN’s Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. the New York Knicks, was in charge of the docuseries alongside several notable narrators, interview subjects and producers.

Some of the stories are short, like “NCAA: Pay or Play?” which is only six minutes. Others are much longer, like “Air Jordan” which is almost 25 minutes long. Most, however, are somewhere between 10-20 minutes long.

All levels of basketball are featured, though notable NBA stories like Latrell Sprewell‘s choking incident and LeBron James‘ infamous “decision” stick out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvms0GcD4a4

If you love hoops, this is something you’ll want to check out. Below, you can see the list of stars that were interviewed, per ESPN’s official press release.

“Klores and his team of producers conducted more than 500 hours of interviews. Subjects of note include Mike Krzyzewski, Pat Riley, John Thompson, Allen Iverson, Earl Monroe, Anthony Davis, Dirk Nowitzki, Lisa Leslie, Charles Barkley, Steve Kerr, Shaquille O’Neal, Steve Nash, David Thompson, John Havlicek, Cheryl Miller, Arvydas Sabonis, Chris Mullin, John Calipari, Moses Malone, Tommy Heinsohn, Rick Pitino, Jack Ramsey, Connie Hawkins, Nolan Richardson, Jim Boeheim, Tony Parker, Nancy Lieberman, Lynette Woodard, Tiny Archibald, Phil Jackson, Calvin Murphy, Rick Barry, David Robinson, George Gervin, Larry Brown, Dave Bing, Jeff Van Gundy, Rebecca Lobo, Bill Walton, Geno Auriemma, Doug Moe, Hubie Brown, Sarunas Marciulionis, Roy Williams, Billy Donovan, Dale Brown, John Lucas, Slick Leonard, Doug Collins, Tom Sanders, Elvin Hayes, Quinn Buckner, Bob Pettit, Isiah Thomas, Kenny Smith, Mark Jackson, Kristaps Porzingis, Becky Hammon, Bill Simmons, Joe B. Hall, Denny Crum, Tom Thibodeau, Stephen A. Smith, Jackie McMullan, Pete Vecsey, Bob Ryan, Rick Welts, Val Ackerman, Russ Granik, David Stern, Adam Silver and many more.”

While it is available for streaming now on ESPN+, ESPN will also air the docuseries in five four-hour blocks on Tuesdays between September 18th and November 13th. Per ESPN, they’ll also show it in two huge blocks on ESPN2 on September 25th and September 27th.