‘Legends of Chamberlain Heights’ Creators’ Passion for NBA Shines Through in Season 2

Creator Josiah Johnson told TheWrap that the show’s main characters — high school basketball benchwarmers and class clowns Grover (who prays to James every day), Jamal and Milk — were inspired by the experiences he and co-creator Quinn Hawking had while riding the bench as UCLA basketball players.

[...] a different, much higher-profile baller also cast a large shadow on the first season of “Legends”: Cleveland Cavaliers star James, who won his third NBA championship last year after coming back from a three-games-to-one deficit to beat the Golden State Warriors.

The Cavaliers’ loss in the 2017 NBA Finals earlier this month hasn’t dampened their real-life or fictional enthusiasm for the best player in the game, however, although Johnson wasn’t impressed with the uncompetitive NBA postseason, calling it boring as s—-

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[...] Johnson used a LeBron-inspired analogy when he talked about the quick re-up “Legends” got from Comedy Central — nearly two months before the first season even premiered.

[...] as the NBA prepares for one of its wildest drafts in years on Thursday night– featuring a top pick that was traded earlier this week, possible trades of stars including Indiana’s Paul George, Chicago’s Jimmy Butler and New York’s Kristaps Porzingis, and a passing savant with a budding media star dad, likely Los Angeles Lakers’ pick Lonzo Ball — don’t be surprised if some of those storylines eventually make their way into “Legends.”