5 months agoWith the Olympics and the best international hoops tournament ever looming, basketball has never been more global.
Nearly two and a half years ago, I had the good fortune to meet this young man - an incredible prospect from the Ivory Coast @ivorian_beast - who had overcome so much to follow his dream of playing basketball in the United States.
Souley’s moving story and the context behind how he was exploited by shady recruiters is now one gripping episode of the new @uninterrupted show The Real Stories of Basketball narrated by @matt_barnes9 and EP’d by @kingjames and @mavcarter
Profoundly grateful to Souley and heroic investigative journalists, Teri Thompson and Luke Cyphers, who trusted us with their reporting.
Deep appreciation to EP/Showrunner @danlivin and co-EP John Lopez who made the show magic happen and were tireless in pursuit of incredible basketball stories everywhere.
And a huge thank you to @mrrissz, Phil Byron, Naomi Wright, Joe Townley, Bryan Terry, @vicetv , Uninterrupted, @jonmilla , Cody Hopkins, Daniel Hicks, Javier Wallace, @geronhoy, Jaron Henrie-McCrea and all the amazing crew, EPs, and execs. And thank you to @bmshebby for helping facilitate the first spark.
Uninterrupted: The Real Stories of Basketball airs Tuesday nights - including tonight - on Vice TV and streams on @hulu shortly afterwards.