There are a few subgenres to sports movies and TV series. You have the classic underdog story like “Rocky.” There’s also the “coach learns about life from his players” story as we saw recently with the film “The Way Back.” And then, on a more lighthearted path, there’s the “misfit team led by a grouchy coach” story that was classically shown in “The Bad News Bears” and now, the upcoming Netflix series, “Hoops.” READ MORE: Phil Lord & Chris Miller’s Rashomon-y Murder Mystery, ‘The Afterparty,’ Heads to Apple TV+ As seen in the new teaser trailer for “Hoops,” the series showcases a hapless team of misfits that are being coached by a foul-mouthed loser that probably shouldn’t be around impressionable children, let alone teaching them things on.
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