Basketball fans may not be familiar with Lenny Cooke, but at one time, he was a hot commodity in the amateur basketball world. In the early 2000s, he was one of the very top high school basketball ...

The narrative of Lenny Cooke didn’t take shape until years later. In 2010, Shopkorn linked up with his old friends, directors Josh and Benny Safdie, and asked them to help him finish the film.

That was right when I left." (38:58) At the time, Lenny Cooke was the top-ranked high school player in the country, ahead of future NBA superstars like LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony.

Lenny Cooke, a New York City basketball legend who was ranked the No. 1 high school player in America in 2000 ahead of LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony, accepted a $350,000 jackpot from a sports ...

Before he was an NBA superstar, Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James may have been the most talked-about high school athlete of all time.

For their first nonfiction feature, New York-based indie filmmakers Joshua and Benny Safdie (Daddy Longlegs) tell the story of a onetime pro-basketball hopeful who lapsed into obscurity after ...

Such is the case with Lenny Cooke, a top high-school basketball player who chose to skip college ball and leap directly into the NBA draft. Problem is, Cooke attempted this the year after a clutch ...

For their first nonfiction feature, New York-based indie filmmakers Joshua and Benny Safdie (Daddy Longlegs) tell the story of a one-time pro-basketball hopeful who lapsed into obscurity after ...

Partially. The film follows a character named Marty Mauser, who is loosely based on the real-life champion ping-pong player Marty Reisman – but it will not be telling a one-to-one adaptation of his ...