What a train wreck of an episode- there was no rhyme or reason to this; scattered, fragmented, lots of finger pointing, lots of gobbledegook, and no clear answers to what the **** happened to And1.
News flash guys, no one came and exploited the 'hood', you were there willingly, hands out, talk in decent amounts of money, and that you weren't responsible with all that money is no one's fault but your own. You had agents for sobbing out loud, you skipped gleefully across the ocean, no cares in the world, money falling out of your pockets, it is not the fault of And1 that you were irresponsible with your money.
Grow up.
The guys who came up with the concept just had no clue what they were doing, no one who knew how to grow a company, and no one with any idea what to do to look to the future.
Just a nonsensical blathering mess of an hour. What a waste of time that was.
Untold: The Rise and Fall of AND1
2022
Documentary / History / Sport
Untold: The Rise and Fall of AND1
2022
Documentary / History / Sport
Plot summary
Born out of the playgrounds of New York City, the "AND1 Mixtape Tour" took streetball to the masses, challenging convention and picking up a team of basketball misfits along the way. "The Rise and Fall of AND1" traces the journey of how three young friends with a dream of bringing greater acclaim to the game they loved, connected with the underground artform of streetball, and ended up flipping the billion-dollar basketball industry on its head.
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What Was That?
A homage to street ball
This episode was great! I love And1 and it's great to see some love for street ball and players like The Professor and Hot Sauce of course. The doc had a ton of behind the scenes footage to go along with every moments which was great.
Only con is that it felt different than other Untold episodes because it was about a business and not a team or player, but I don't think that matters a whole lot. I also thought some of the music choice was too loud and annoying at times but besides that it was enjoyable.
The big take away is that money is everything when you're battling two fronts, the NBA and Nike. And1 was a once in a lifetime brand that helped shape the fashion industry, inspire young ballers, and showed the world the magic of street ball. It's great to see the story finally told.
Take it or leave it
Not as salacious or interesting of an episode as the untold series had been so far. The company didn't really fail and no one was done egregiously dirty. Mostly just mixed emotions. Still fun to see the frenzy that was streetball in the early 2000s.