After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past abroad, a down on his luck basketball scout takes it upon himself to bring the phenom to the States without his team's approval. Against the odds, they have one final shot to prove they have what it takes to make it in the NBA.
“Hustle,” a terrific crowd-pleaser about the N.B.A. draft, knows that basketball is a sport of long arms and longer odds. Fewer than 500 players are in the N.B.A. at any given time ; gathered together, the players who have ascended to its…
If Hustle passes around a lot of sports movie cliches, it does so with a light touch. ... And its sense of atmosphere, and depiction of Stanley's milieu, is sensitive and knowing, But be warned: this movie is VERY basketball-oriented…
A jaded basketball scout rediscovers his love for the game after spotting a prodigy hustling on the street. ... Sport films. This article is more than 4 years old. Review.Then he spots a Spaniard, Bo Cruz (played by NBA star Juancho…
