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The anticipated HBO pilot Ballers aired Sunday night starring Dwayne Johnson used the glitz and glamour of Miami and of course, the cache of the NFL. The concept is the life NFL Ballers lead off the field and how hectic it is with balancing financials and lifestyles with athletics. The opening scene jumps you in with a star athlete speeding in his Bentley with his love crazed "girlfriend" who tells him she loves him so much she would kill herself and shortly afterward kills the both of them when she loses her mind over his infidelity right there in the car and starts to fight him making him crash at high speed. The next scene is the funeral and the news from the grieving wife that the star athlete left his family unsecured and penniless. This is where Dwayne Johnson's character, who is a newly retired former NFL player but connected, comes in and gets the brainchild through some prodding to "broker" and handle his connected baller friend's financials.
Spencer is that dude who's there for his ballers and we see already that John David Washington, who's the hothead baller, needs him to work his magic and get him out of a mess and back into the NFL on a team. The plot lines are already formed as Spencer is "kinged" using his connections and it makes him a trusted information man and connector and from the looks of his circle they will need him to look out for them.
It's a good start for the show and I'm looking forward to watching if HBO picks up the season. I'd give it two thumbs up!
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