In 2001, Lenny Cooke was the most hyped high school basketball player in the country, ranked above future greats LeBron James, Amar’e Stoudemire, and Carmelo Anthony. A decade later, Lenny has never played a minute in the NBA. In this quintessentially American documentary, filmmaking brothers Joshua and Benny Safdie track the unfulfilled destiny of a man for whom superstardom was only just out of reach.
Lenny Cooke
Carmelo Anthony
LeBron James
Sonny Vaccaro
Kobe Bryant
Mike Krzyzewski
Chris Bosh
Joakim Noah
Harvey Araton
David Stern
Tyson Chandler
Kwame Brown
Charles Barkley
Eddy Curry
Amar'e Stoudemire
Damany Eastman