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This is the story of one of the most dominant

basketball players of all time.

A player so electrifying,

so beloved on and off the court,

nobody could stop him.

Except himself.

I'm not talking about me.

I'm talking about Danny Grossman.

Danny was so good, I was his backup.

Danny was so cool, I was his friend.

So why haven't you heard of him?

Great question.

Am I live?

I don't even know if I'm live. OK.

Could you make sure that my title thing says "ex-wife,"

not "wife"? - Yes.

Someone on a walkie-talkie said "wife."

What up, fam?

It's your boy Danny Grossman,

coming to you live from Double Dribble Vintage.

Whoa. Hey.

At least buy me dinner first, pal.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Oh!

At least buy me dinner first.

We have OG starter jackets.

We have dead stock snapbacks.

We have game-worn jerseys...

barely.

Charlie, how you feeling?

- Good. - Can I get you anything?

- Do you have boba? - Um...

How about this 9-iron used by Tiger Woods'...

wife when she smashed up his Escalade?

- I've actually got a hard out. - OK.

- Yeah. But I can be quick. - Oh...

Danny's mad shady. We good?

Uh...

Damn, Daniel,

you're the GOAT-iest of all time.

Do I need to say who I am first?

I'm just kidding.

Should I start at the beginning?

How did it all begin?

Uh, the punch, right?

Daniel Grossman is a scholar and a genius.

Oh!

I don't know.

A lot of shit happened.

Does he get punched a lot?

A lot.

Just give me... I want my money, Daniel!

Ow!

Danny is completely innocent.

Well, not innocent.

I just mean to say, none of this is his fault.

I... I have a daughter.

I have a daughter.

I did it all for Charlie.

Everything I did, I did to take care of my daughter.

Just give me a few weeks. Days.

Day... one day.

Give me one day to just move some funds around.

You know, toggle some stuff from checking

to savings and whatnot. - Shh, shh, shh, shh.

You have 24 hours to get me my $90,000.

Thank you.

It was all a misunderstanding.

Ah!

You didn't owe him 90 grand?

No, I did.

But he thought I had it.

And that was the misunderstanding.

So I had 24 hours to save my ass.

I only knew one person on this Earth

with that kind of ass-saving power.

The Warriors dusted the Bulls

at the United Center tonight.

Man, I should have known better than

to bet against Steph Curry.

Should have known better than to bet, period.

Yeah, Chuck haven't you lost, like, $80 million

or something crazy like that?

At least I got $80 million to lose.

Not anymore.

OK, so we got your photo shoot for "GQ."

And I need your autograph on Cousin Randy's lease.

They got a green light to.

OK. I got you.

Then you have to sign off on the galley

for your new children's book, "When You Swish Upon a Star."

But first, some high school grads you're sending to college

want to say thanks.

Thank you, Mr. Curry!

Oh, what's up, y'all?

I appreciate the love and support.

- Steph... - Let's go, Dub Nation!

That's what I'm talking about. - Yo, SC!

SC! Steph! - God bless you.

You have a great night.

Thank you so much. - No, it's me.

It's Danny. Kim!

Kim! It's... it's Danny Grossman.

Danny? Holy cow!

Danny, what's going on, man?

Bro. - Hey, buddy, how are you?

How you doing? Little aggressive.

But how you doing? - Didn't you kill yourself?

No.

Could've sworn you killed yourself.

A lot of people... you know, you're not the first person

from Charlotte Christian that thought I killed myself.

But no. - That's what I heard.

I thought he killed himself.

No, I think that was just a rumor, like...

like the guy from Blues Traveler.

What are you up to, Daniel?

Assuming no grown man goes by Danny.

What am I... I'm not up to...

that's a weird question.

Pretty standard greeting.

My buddy Mac works, um, security in the tunnel.

And so he was like, come on down.

And I saw that you were here. - Obviously.

Obviously, 'cause you're playing in the game.

And I thought, um...

why are there cameras, uh, filming everything I say?

Oh, sorry, I kind of do cool stuff basically all the time.

So it's, uh, better to keep the cameras rolling 24-7,

just to catch everything.

Oh, Lucy here, the director, she did a fire short at NYU.

It was about, uh... - Three bleeding nuns.

Right, yes.

You'll have to sign a release.

No, I'm... I'm good.

Thank you. - It wasn't an offer.

Yeah, we legally can't use any footage

that you're in unless you sign the release.

Bro, it's so good to see you, man.

Hey, I've been meaning to talk to you about that...

that "Night Night" celebration you used to do in junior high.

I apologize for stealing it, man.

Just... it kind of just came out.

That's totally fine.

I don't have much of a use for it anymore.

Wow, man, we haven't seen you in so long, since...

since all that stuff went down.

What stuff?

What stuff?

They're calling him the "Jewish Jordan."

Local basketball phenom Danny Grossman is breaking

every record in the books and redefining what

we thought was possible for a 12-year-old

on a basketball court.

He was nice.

He got recruited in, like, fourth grade.

Rick Pitino gave his family a Range Rover.

I've seen a lot of triple-doubles.

But Danny, he's the only guy I ever saw get a double-triple.

100 points and 100 blocks.

Technically, it was a triple-triple,

if you count my fever.

I had tonsillitis.

I was running 102 the whole game.

Grossman is the total package.

That unique blend of talent, size,

and the kind of basketball IQ that only comes

from being a coach's son.

My dad was a great coach.

He was the best coach I ever had.

Really? Steph said that?

But he was a terrible father.

With Coach Mitch's basketball skill system,

you, too, can dominate like my son, phenom Danny Grossman.

Catch, Danny!

Anything I did, I did for Danny.

His toe is on the line!

My dad made Earl Woods look like Elle Woods.

I once saw Coach throw a chair onto the court

with a kid in it.

His toe is on the line!

That was a different time.

You could throw kids back then?

Well, I could throw kids back then.

I couldn't do it now.

I'm not strong enough.

Question my methods all you want,

but we did win it all.

And I had it all.

Bro, Danny was the king.

Guys wanted to be him.

Girls wanted to be in heaven with him for seven minutes.

But then it all went to hell.

Charlotte Christian has been rocked by scandal today.

Local 12-year-old phenom Danny Grossman,

youngest-ever Wheaties cover boy,

isn't 12 after all.

He's 14 1/2.

Then I lost it all.

Boy, did they enjoy taking it from me.

He's two years older than he said he was!

- Liar! - Liar!

They were monsters.

They were saying things to me that

I can't even say on Peacock.

This is Peacock, right?

I... do I get Peacock?

We were a joke.

Have you seen this?

Have you heard about this?

12-year-old basketball prodigy Danny Grossman

lied about his age and is actually 14.

Which makes him too old to play junior high basketball.

But on the bright side, makes him

too old to date Michael Jackson.

I take full responsibility for ruining Danny's life.

No excuses.

Except I was an addict at the time.

Alcohol, narcotics, gambling, pornos.

When Danny's at his best, he's the best.

But that kind of trauma, it's hard to outrun.

- Hey, uh... - Hmm?

You want to get back?

Or do you need more time with the rain?

I thought we were waiting on you.

- Oh, no... - I'm good. No...

- Are you sure? - Yeah. Why?

You've been standing there for, like, 45 minutes, so...

So that's why you run a store

that only sells things from the past?

Because you wish you could go back to a time

when your life was good?

I don't think that's it at all.

Can I go to the bathroom? - Just step...

Sorry. Can you just give me...

I just need one second.

I swear to God, I didn't know.

My dad masterminded the whole thing.

We know, bro. But come on.

I mean, no part of you maybe thought?

I mean, you had a full bush.

I wasn't in on it.

Relax. We believe you.

Yeah, why are you yelling at us?

- Yeah. - I'm not... I'm sorry.

I just... I get why the whole world

thought I was in on it.

But you two knew the truth, and you still...

you didn't have my back.

So it doesn't matter now.

And I'm sorry that I...

He's not wrong.

When all that stuff went down,

we stopped talking to him for 25 years.

I mean, the three of us,

we called ourselves the Splash Siblings.

Man, Danny came up with that too.

I guess I kind of owe that guy a lot, huh?

I had nowhere to go.

I had no one in my life.

My mom died when I was four.

My dad, you know, he's a mess.

So then I moved in with my aunt.

Then we hooked up, so I had to...

- Say what? - You smashed your auntie?

No, we just hooked up.

- What am I missing? - What does that entail?

Like, titty stuff.

OK, say less for...

and I mean that earnestly.

To be fair, she had dumps like a Pixar mom.

Her thang was thangin'.

You're right, man.

I should have had your back.

And I'm sorry for that, man.

Aw, that's so nice, Steph.

Thank you. - Absolutely.

Kimberly, what about you?

Are you sorry? - Yes.

- Yes, what? - Really, dude?

- Just say it. - Fine.

Yeah, I'm sorry. Sorry.

Thank you.

For what exactly?

Bro, bro, she just said it.

I know, but did she mean it?

Ah, that's a good question.

Did you mean it, Kimberly? - Fuck you guys.

Fuck you guys.

For real, though,

despite how dirty you both did me,

it's been amazing to watch you become Stephen Curry.

It's crazy, right?

And to watch you become Stephen Curry's intern.

Bitch, stop playing with me.

I am the CEO of Curry Up and Wait.

- Sell it to him. - That sounds cool.

What's that? - Our media company.

We do podcasts, books, movies, TV.

Yeah, we're working on this new faith-based

prank show with Steve Harvey.

It's really funny, man.

We really go there. - Really?

And we're on the 1-yard line with a new

half-hour comedy called "Teen Steph."

Cool. What is that, "Young"...

"Young Rock" meets "Young Sheldon"?

No, he's a teen.

And there's a twist, asshole.

And Phoebe Waller-Bridge is writing it.

You ain't seen "Fleabag"?

Cool. That sounds awesome.

I mean, truly, it's so dope how you just, like,

hook up all your friends, lending out a hand.

Uh-huh, yeah, uh-huh.

Yep, here comes the ask. - Wait, hold on. Hear him out.

Here it comes. Seriously? For real?

I'm just tired of people treating you

like you fucking "Shark Tank." - I get it.

You really think a man in a dusty-ass denim blouse

just popped by after 25 years to say what up?

This is vintage Girbaud.

Yeah, well, it's giving Ann Taylor.

You know, it doesn't matter.

I did come just to hang out

and say what's up.

But maybe that was just...

anyway, thank you.

You're leaving?

Yeah, maybe it was a bad idea.

- Yeah. - Oh, no, hold on.

Hold on, Danny.

Why don't you come out with us tonight, man?

Kimberly, you can add him to the table, right?

At Sasha Obama's graduation dinner?

I mean, you might... come on, you might have to text 44...

KG, KG, I know you can do it.

I know you can do it. - Stephen.

Hey, I'm gonna go work out for three hours,

and then we'll bounce. - All right.

- All right, I'll see y'all. - Sounds fun.

Wow, man.

Good to see you.

Everything I said to them was true.

But what was also true is that

a game-worn Curry jersey streets for about 150K.

It was a Hail Mary.

But I had no other choice.

You know, I'll do anything for my daughter.

I know a lot of dads that would have not done that.

I'll never sign the release.

Hey, change of plans. Oprah's having people over.

OK, I literally had to beg Sasha's assistant, but...

I know this looks bad.

I knew it! I knew it!

I knew you were up to something.

It's not what it looks like.

Stealing my jersey that I promised

to the March of Dimes?

- No, no... - How about you leave?

Leave right now.

My daughter's sick.

What?

It's so embarrassing to admit that

you can't hold down your family,

and just the bills are piling up so high.

And I just... I know how much I could get for that.

I'm so sorry, man.

What does she have?

I don't know.

They don't know.

Hopefully, it's just... not one of those things

where it ends up being named after her.

But she's... she's really... she's a trouper.

Her name's Charlie.

See?

It's a parent's worst nightmare.

No one should have to go through that.

Not even Danny.

Here, man.

You should have this.

Just, you take it.

You sure?

We got your back this time.

Thank you, Stephen.

Where did we net out on the whole

us going out for the night of it?

There's just something about being around people

who knew you before you got that first bet.

Oh! Ho-ho!

Yo, you know you're beating me with me, right?

Actually, bro, Klay is doing most of the heavy lifting.

I have 78 and 20.

Uh-uh. I have 78 and 20.

Night-night, me good bitch.

Being around Stephen is intoxicating.

- Whoo! - Whoo!

You know?

So is drinking three bottles of 1942.

- You know... - Oh!

I got it. Forget that jersey I gave you.

Nah, nah, nah. That's small food.

Let's go big.

Let's do a celebrity charity basketball game for her.

- No. You do not... - I'll help.

You do not have to do that.

We'll raise millions.

Dude, that is...

We'll find a cure for her.

That's what we'll do.

But don't you have that big upcoming trip

to India? - The what?

Steph's the nicest dude on the planet.

So most of my job is figuring out,

you know, different ways to say no.

Like, we'll take a look at that,

thanks for thinking of us, Steph's gonna be in India.

I just don't... bro, you don't have to do that.

I tried to say no.

It is an amazing offer, Stephen,

but I don't know the first thing

about putting together a celebrity charity

basketball game. - What?

But, man, that Steph Curry has no quit in him.

Dude, that's the attitude I'm talking about, though, man.

99% of doing anything in this life is believing that you can.

Facts.

Hey, start with that question, why not me?

You know, take Kimberly.

No, thank you.

No, he meant as an example, dumbass.

You could never. - You think she knew anything

about running a billion-dollar media company before

we started Curry Up and Wait? - Mm-hmm.

Judging by your slate, she still doesn't.

OK, you got one more. Stop playing.

Take Evan Funke here.

You think he knew anything about opening up a pasta spot

before I was like, hey, bro, open up a pasta spot?

I studied in Italy for, like, a decade.

But it was Stephen's encouragement.

Put me over the edge.

It's amazing that Evan Funke is your plane chef.

Finish chewing.

Hey, there's levels to this, big fella.

Get used to it. Come on.

The dude is just inspiring.

Hey, but take me, for example, right?

The whole world telling me I'm too small,

I got glass ankles.

I could have believed it.

But what did I say to myself?

Why not me?

Yeah, but, Stephen, I mean, your dad was also in the NBA.

Plus, you're in the one zillionth percentile

of hand-eye coordination.

I mean, maybe I could plan a sick event

if my mother was Mindy Weiss.

But in reality, my mom is dead,

and my dad is dead.

- He's what? - To me.

Damn!

Somebody get my boy on some SSRIs.

But, Danny, you're a great guy.

You're a fantastic human being.

Do you know that? - No, I'm not.

Yes, you... hey, stop that.

You've just been dealt a bad hand.

I see it. - He's a piece of shit.

You could keep playing the same cards.

Or you could reshuffle the deck.

What do you say? - I say...

Feel free to sleep on it or just go ahead

and say no right now because...

- Why not me? - Why not me?

Let's go. - Yes.

That's what I'm talking about.

Um...

- Yeah, we're doing... - A celebrity charity

basketball game. - Yes, we are.

Get to do a documentary on it.

Wow.

It's quite a thing I agreed to.

So, what, you're just gonna, like,

follow me with cameras everywhere I go?

Yeah, that's typically how a documentary works.

So what happens if I, like, go over here?

Yeah.

And what if I'm, like...

Yeah, just do what you would normally do.

- Over here? - That's perfect.

What if I go over here?

- Or here? - Oh, my God, Dan.

Somehow I went from following

a once-in-a-generation talent to following a...

Shwing!

Just to be clear, she wasn't my aunt by blood.

And frankly, she was irresistible.

What are you... doing here?

Uh, it's my weekend.

Uh, it was your weekend.

But you told me that you couldn't take Charlie

because you were in trouble with the Polish mafia.

That's a funny... that's a funny joke, Sam.

- Isn't it a funny joke? - I'm not in trouble

with anyone... I'm not in trouble with anyone.

Then why did you text me, "How do I fake my own death?

"Oops, that was meant for Google.

Can I borrow $90,000?"

Can I please talk to you inside for a second?

Just... - Hmm.

There is clearly a camera crew following me.

So if you could kindly...

Well, if there's a camera crew following you,

then I'm the least of your problems.

What is going on?

Are you on "To Catch a Predator"?

Sorry, I brought the camera crew.

That would make you the predator.

Whatever. You're the fucking predator.

No, you're the predator.

You're the predator.

I brought the... look, you're the predator

'cause the predator...

why would the predator bring a camera?

They don't want that footage.

I don't know, 'cause he's a dumb predator.

If you must know, this footage is for Steph Curry.

Ever heard of him? - Oh. Yeah.

Why? For what?

Well, we're old friends,

and we ran into each other last night.

And he wants to make a documentary about me.

Oh, my God. Let me guess.

It's about how your dad ruined your life.

Dude, at a certain point, you got to take

some responsibility for where you're at.

My dad set himself on fire in front of me.

I've mentioned it maybe twice.

Yeah, it's whatever.

It actually wasn't my dad.

It was his identical twin that we didn't know he had.

My dad's still missing.

Yikes.

I'm just saying, move on.

You know, like, if you had a hard childhood,

you make bad decisions,

then you're gonna have a bad life.

So if he wants to have a good life,

he needs to start making good decisions

and be an adult person.

Do you think he can?

Yeah.

Yes.

Well.

It's not about my dad.

It's about me doing

a celebrity basketball game for charity,

if you must know. - What charity?

You always said if the world could just see my good side.

- Uh-huh. - So I started a charity.

- To benefit who? - Charlie.

Charlie?

Our daughter, Charlie? Why?

So we could find a cure for her extremely rare

and terminal disease.

- No, no. - Hear me out.

Absolutely not.

No, you cannot do that. - Hear me out.

That was my first thought too.

I was like, I can't do this.

But Steph is all like, why not me?

And then I got to thinking, you know, why not me?

Oh, my God.

I can think of one huge reason...

'cause we don't have a daughter with

a terminal disease or any disease at all.

Did you show Steph Curry the context of that photo?

I bet you didn't.

- Happy Halloween. - Happy Halloween.

Oh, my God. The wig is amazing.

Didn't it turn out so good?

OK, OK, look...

That picture, it was a Halloween costume,

you know, "Stranger Things."

- Do the hand. - Do the thing.

- Do the hand thing. - So cringe.

- Babe, do the hand thing. - Do it.

She was very sick in that picture, though,

'cause she had eaten, like, 5 pounds of Halloween candy.

Danny, this is not gonna end well.

- You don't know that. - Why would you do this?

Did you get them?

Oh, my God!

Two tickets.

You think was ever gonna miss Eras at Soldier Field?

I don't care what anyone says.

My dad is a great dad.

I mean, does he go a little hard in the paint

for me sometimes? Yeah.

But isn't that what being a good dad is?

Oh, my... we have to make friendship bracelets.

Yes.

Oh, make mine that says "Bad Blood."

OK.

Sure, the jersey was enough to pay back Polish Pete.

But it was also enough to pay down my interest.

And then I could use the rest of the money

to take Charlie to Taylor Swift.

Because it has been a brutal year.

Me and Sam got divorced, and then she started

having a hard time in school, you know?

I mean, she's not dying.

But I just wanted

to do something really nice for her,

you know, so she didn't have to listen

to the concert from the parking lot

like a bunch of jamokes.

How was the concert?

- The concert was so fun. - Oh, my God.

I'm such a Swiftie. - It was amazing.

- Check up, bitch. - Check up.

Oh, you don't want none of this smoke.

Come on. - Are you kidding?

I borrowed all this Under Armour gear.

I'm ready to go. - From the boys' section.

Shit! Oh, shit!

You hit my balls from the back.

Give me that.

Hold it.

If my life wasn't derailed by scandal,

you don't think I could play in the league?

Pssh, no. You know how good we are, dawg?

You don't think I could have been Draymond?

Hell no.

You don't think I'd be Alex Caruso with hair?

- Ah, maybe. - You sat behind me, remember?

- Things change. - Oh, yeah?

Things change, Danny.

You might want to press up, dawg.

You ain't seen my résumé? - Oh, I seen the résumé.

- Come on. - Uh-huh.

Dude, I'm not even falling for that.

What am I... what is that?

Melo.

Some Melo. Melo.

Yeah, M-E-L-L-O-W.

Melo.

You're looking at the ball.

- I'm looking for... - Oh!

Everyone saw it!

Everyone saw it!

It was awesome having Danny back in the crew.

That guy is hilarious.

Oh, by the way, bro, I was talking to all of my friends

about Charlie and the charity game.

Dude, they are so hyped.

Maybe we just marinate on it.

Marinate on what?

How great this is gonna be?

It's gonna be amazing.

It's like we say in the programs...

hurt people hurt people.

But I was as shocked as anyone to learn how bad it got.

Turn that thing off.

What was your plan?

I guess I just felt somehow I would pull it off.

People do love a redemption story.

Love you guys.

But you know what people love even more

than a redemption story?

A train wreck.

Everything Danny touches turns to shit.

Wait, did he tell you about getting busy with his auntie?

Next stop, Sundance. Let's go.