The style and impact of New York City’s legendary point guards are depicted in the Showtime Sports documentary film “NYC Point Gods.”
The film is directed by native New Yorker Sam Eliad, a basketball lover, who grew up watching the point gods of the ’80s and ’90s. Combining vintage footage that spotlights the players in high school and college along with current interviews, it is a tribute to a style of play that defined an era of basketball as well as American culture.
“Those teenage years are really what make you, and so we interviewed most of these people in their respective high schools,” he added. “Kenny Anderson gets really emotional because that’s the place he became a man. … Each character was so gracious and so excited to talk and share their New York story.”
“It’s not easy to play in New York,” said Eliad. “New York fans, we know so much about basketball that everyone has such a strong opinion.”
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