Hoop Like This

“Hoop Like This” pulls back the curtain on the unseen world of brown basketball. Gautam Kapur, a former NBA employee, is on a mission to build the role models he never had, uniting the best Indian-origin players from around the world to prove one thing: they belong on the court, and they’re here to win.

We follow the team’s journey from their historical debut in 2022 on ESPN’s The Basketball Tournament against the defending champions, crushing initial losses, to their year-long grassroots scouting efforts across India, Taiwan, Canada, and the United States to rebuild the team. It all builds towards the team’s return to the tournament in 2023, where everything is on the line.

This is not your typical underdog story, this is the story of pioneers. It’s the story of athletes, coaches, sports professionals, and the families that support them (or don’t), who come together and bet on themselves, daring to believe beyond what’s been expected of them. They are heroes who pulled off historic firsts, laying the foundation and lessons for future athletes to succeed.

Credits
Producer: Shubhangi Shekhar, Kunal Patel, Pulkit Datta, Zach Galst, Tony Castle, Roxy Hunt
Executive Producer: Akhil Hegde, Gautam Kapur
Director of Photography: Neeraj Jain
Editor: Barry Mottier, Evan Needell, Salman Syed
Composer: Sahil Jindal