Swagger
Swagger
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Premiered:
- Network: Apple TV+
- Category: Series
- Genre: Drama
- Type: Live Action
- Concept:Inspired by Kevin Durant's youth basketball career
- Subject Matter: Sports
- Tags: basketball (youth)
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Plot Synopsis
Inspired by NBA superstar's Kevin Durant's experiences in the world of youth basketball, SWAGGER is a ten-episode drama series that follows Jace, a 14-year-old basketball prodigy, who must navigate a maze of pressure if he's going to overcome the odds against him and learn what it truly means to have swagger. Throughout Jace's journey, the players, their families and coaches who walk the fine line between dreams and ambition, and opportunism and corruption. Ike is a former star player who's now a youth basketball coach. Jenna is Jace's mother who is determined to chart NBA success for her son. Crystal is a top young basketball player, Musa is the team's glue and point guard, Drew is a player from an affluent part of town, Phil is the enforcer for a rival team, Nick is a player from Puerto Rico with the drive to become the best player in the country, and Royale is a sub-par player with a wealthy dad. Meg Bailey is a former basketball player and coach for a rival team, and Alonzo Powers is the grassroots division leader at a major shoe company. The first three episodes of SWAGGER dropped on Friday, October 29, 2021 on Apple TV+, with a new episode debuting each Friday through December 17.
The sophomore season of SWAGGER debuted on Friday, June 23, 2023 on Apple TV, which released the first episode of the new season. A new installment dropped weekly on Fridays through August 11. In Season 2, man-children Jace, Phil, Nick, Musa, Drew and Royale are entering their senior year of high school. All but Phil will be attending Cedar Cove Prep; a predominantly White institution where wealthy board members control the entire operation from the hiring of faculty to the enrollment of students. It is a school of power and influence. For all of their academic success, their basketball program has not been competitive until Emory Lawson, the athletic director, managed to acquire the Swagger players. Almost overnight, Cedar Cove's basketball program becomes elite, attracting the attention of Alonzo Powers from Gladiator Sneakers. Games are attended by top college scouts from the nation and are live-streamed for thousands of fans. With winning comes scrutiny and the players find themselves under a microscope as they vie for a national high school championship. Everything is going right in the life of Jace Carson and his family. Jenna is renting a house in a residential neighborhood and her cosmetic sales business is booming. Then, a video surfaces that threatens to destroy it all. It is surveillance footage of Coach Warwick, Crystal's former coach, being beat down in an alley. The attackers are masked but Coach Warwick believes he has found evidence proving the Swagger players were involved. As this speculation reaches the public eye and social media, the bond of brotherhood the players have built is tested. Their once promising futures are in jeopardy.
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On Friday, August 11, 2023, Apple TV+ released "Journey and Destination," the Season 2 finale of SWAGGER. Swagger Prep play their most important game of the season. The players share their plans for the future.
Cast
- Isaiah Hill - Jace Carson
- O'Shea Jackson Jr. - Ike 'Icon' Edwards
- Shinelle Azoroh - Jenna Carson
- Quvenzhane Wallis - Crystal Jarrett
- Tristan 'Mack' Wilds - Alonzo Powers
- Caleel Harris - Musa Rahim
- Tessa Ferrer - Meg Bailey
- James Bingham - Drew Murphy
- Solomon Irama - Phil Marksby
- Ozie Nzeribe - Royale Hughes
- Jason Rivera - Nick Mendez
- Sean Baker - Naim Rahim
- Christina Jackson - Tonya Edwards
- Orlando Jones - Emory Price (Season 2)
- Shannon Brown - LJ Ryder (Season 2)
- Jordan Rice - Jackie Carson
- Monique Grant - Keisha Marksby
- Katie Killacky - Eva
- Brian K. Landis - Warren Murphy
- Miles Mussenden - Brett Hughes
- Marti O. Pruitt - Jeremiah Jarrett
- Misha Gonz-Cirkl - Teresa Mendez
- Tracey Bonner - Angie Jarrett
- Nadej K. Bailey - Tamika
- RJ Thomas - Johnny Fitzpatrick (Season 2)
- Christopher B. Duncan - Camden Ryder Sr. (Season 2)
- Caroline Elizabeth Gregory - Amber (Season 2)
- Arlise Rae Minter - Kathryn (Season 2)
- Catherine Owens - Rae (Season 2)
- Tedd Taskey - Mike Reese (Season 2)
- Zamani Wilder - V (Season 2)
- Wayne Hughes - Seymour Greyson (Season 2)
- Javen Lewis - Vince Charles
- Avery Serell Wills Jr. - Ricky
- Marc Blucas - Coach Bobby
- Ellison Booker - Ike 'Icon' Edwards, young
- Kurt Lamarr - Charlie Edwards
- Arischa Conner - Apocalypse Anne
- Demetrius Grosse - Grant Carson
- Tim Reid - Clyde Sawyer
- Robert Crayton - Barber Marvin (Season 1)