JDS Sports has partnered with magazine-turned-media company SLAMand camp business Five-Star Basketball to launch RTG Features. The production shingle’s projects will focus exclusively on basketball.
The acronym RTG is a nod to SLAM’s original slogan, “Respect the Game.” The company will focus on original development and financing along with adapting articles from SLAM’s 225-plus magazine issues into projects ranging from feature films to documentaries to podcasts.
The company has numerous projects in development with its inaugural project the Stephon Marbury documentary A Kid From Coney Island, which was executive produced by Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman and is now streaming on Netflix.
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