Variety reports that the NBA has signed a deal with two production companies to develop weekly one-hour "Who Wants to Be an NBA/WNBA Player?" series.
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According to Variety, the show's concept would begin with regional competitions among skilled players in the U.S. and various countries throughout the world. The NBA would appoint an NBA player, a league scout and an experienced coach whom cameras would track as they scour the competitions, eventually winding up with 20 finalists: 10 male and 10 female.
The producers, Reveille Entertainment and Original TV, would fly the final contestants to an NBA city for a series of skills and conditioning tests and three-on-three games. One male and one female will come out a winner. Victory would entitle the male winner to a tryout with an NBA team and the female winner with a WNBA team.