Tournament Basketball in Mexico | The Last Shot Episode 1

usually when you hear people talk about me and pay for basketball first thing you think is NBA we have in Mexico playing in tournaments for money Americans don't really know what the aim for this is mercenary basketball will be your ordinary basketball game real fast concrete Sun hitting your face real suitable 30 I miss my son both fingers taped up let's go yo como Medicine adios I will say would okay buy something that is heavy metal I don't want to really say where the money come from I don't want to be looking for me or whatever but you almost can put it together where it come from this is a hell of a lot of money corruption is involved it could be knuckles korto well you got to deal with it and play through it doesn't matter how you win it's all about the money but I came here to pursue my dreams of becoming a professional basketball player this is the last shot viewer discretions bass I do say laughs if you can't tell you they don't watch show [Applause] [Music] here in Mexico we love basketball there's actually the pro basketball league is called the AL MVP Liga Nacional de basketball professional para the shot freak Oh baby that's just exactly what they need we go unbelievable but there's like a small world underground world of tournaments all over the country they're not pro players they just you know claim for prize money but there are some recruiters from the pro basketball league so Americans come to play in the tournament because they know they have a really good chance to go pro I'm a sponsor I'm originally from here I just love basketball and now I got involved with American players it don't know them so I'm gonna take the chance but it's a different world man [Music] almost a report though see my name is Tim laboratory the rent Mississippi about to pick up a couple of players I invited out here to compete in some tournaments I'm responsible for the transportation the food the hotel and location there we go because I've know the ropes because I've been through playing professionally you know this is the main goal for these two movies it's coming here they go put that tempo fault oh okay crescents I had a pretty good high school career game I got a couple of scholarships and stuff like hit play I blew my knee out and my option was I could rehab but I'm continue to have a problem with it or give up a basketball and of course I'm not gonna say no to basketball and I found out they have these tournaments in Mexico for cash so I've been playing here for about 11 years off and on you know but these guys like they they're gonna walk right into this man games easy I will vary you know so it's a lot of pressure because I do have a reputation online but they don't play will they're gonna contact someone else to put a team together just hope for the best so chop wood man Khalil right so man mr. dog I got a lot of pressure on angle life you don't stand so be some pro players playing in tournaments oh yeah yeah invites hope they know they're gonna know y'all knew you don't say so they're gonna come at you Nick they're gonna physical everything man and I got pressure on me cuz I hyped it up to the guy they actually puts in the tournament man I got him pressure on some pressure owner I'm from New York City I'm from Queens I made the name in college and everybody you know figured like oh the clothes gonna be a pro yeah yeah you're pro prospect but different reckless throwing the parties my mind was all over I was just living foolishly but here it goes my second chance I really want a contract right now I have the opportunity to make something of myself that's what I'm gonna do Arisa woman hey y'all know he who's the fly right yeah we're gonna go to the bus station right now we go man you know I'm saying we're working we tell them how to get there and then when you get there man inside the gun [Music] fake it oh let's go good shot let's go this side may be fine you gotta get some rhythm son right now I'm just preparing getting ready catch this flight man make it over there to Mexico I'm going out there to play tournament Bob I'm not going down there to plan a league or anything you play ball you win the tournament you get paid you got first second and third place I wish I could have went to the NBA but because of the decisions I made upon myself you know I hindered myself I got a lot of recognition from high school mr. basketball no one in the state Danny doesn't McDonald's all-american nominee Reebok all-american ain't make the GPA I needed cited od2 and I got no you know little throws team fights get in trouble at school I left there and I got a do this go back and forth we playing tournaments you know just try to provide for my family you know I could always get a job somewhere over here but it wouldn't be the same you know I hate seven there's all type of regular muck but I'm extraordinary guy now [Music] there you go I better get my money worth it there's a list um it ain't nothing major you know I tried I said man I just I just work hard I just everybody else Hector you know I want to be happy to play you see I got a lot riding on this I got three cute I'm leaving behind my family the best case scenario should I come back with at least three wrecks $3,000 I'm just trying to do something I can make enough money for [Music] [Applause] [Music] when Oh me llamo mrs. Garcia tengo Trentino a verrano's communiy no dice when yo era who garlic mayo de alguna forma para vivir r de esto del Vasquez Valle del deporte camino che guevara sur une mercenary Oh mr. Tornillo stealin aproximadamente cincuenta cincuenta Cinco años y ellos nos nos algo nuevo en cuando un para estos tornados Aaron Turner's Karamu poco dinero Oh muchas veces el premio invest a efectivo de banana mal una vaca you enter oh poor ray goes obviamente las personas en ese momento de comprar bonel animal y usted y nosotros tenemos ya el efectivo para para repartee repoed Arriba Saba nos las Casas [Music] - vamos este proyecto que es para los Americanos para nosotros a tener que hacer este equipo Arita vamos todos Americanos que vienen Rishabh jeremy the torneo yes got some slowly already [Music] [Applause] you see how he is right now in this city Tom go ahead and take it all in before we leave yeah take the city here because what we need when I will see somebody next to us on a donkey eating a burrito [Music] [Music] a big magnet I'm gonna be a hundred and fifty thousand page levels I want to turn it in like that El Chino gotta fit 30 thousand peso turn everything held I'll go long as I get paid on cool where's the big money little money you'll get paid for anything you do you consider the pros everyone who's listed over here and get ready to go back have enough money to do some man he catch up on this Spanish you gotta practice the movie first day you gotta learn how to say when I got here you don't it don't day is for your free throws that mean where's the fried chicken almost i said adios [Music] [Music] Gettys single bullet holes but Morelia hello Lola [Music] [Music] I came down here I'm not expecting this I wasn't expecting people coming up to us asking for autograph signing asking for pictures and I'm like all I feel like it Kobe LeBron is crazy and see how excited these people are about basketball [Music] so mayor can't help me dan you wanna keep standing just like back in the country the boys downstairs we're gonna take a bus to see the Karma really he's gonna take us about seven hours so we're gonna start going back to the wait a sec [Music] II I said I'm going to call you after my game she didn't want me to come Wow tell me you wanna play pro what they expect thanks babe you know so social so pro chicks you know programatic on some some pro privileges you feel like coming back over there with no $1,100 and you been going for nine months and I come back with that so they can't know that's how you came back above it like 24x24 thousand pesos and then equaled out like 1100 1200 something like that with that city it's like you been gone that long Fabio they're on vacation yeah they really did basketball it ain't fun for me no more I'm just here to get the money I'm trying to provide for my family but my baby moms and stuff she gave me a lot of heat on not being able to do a lot of stuff she think I should bear to do by me playing for you don't need money for there's need money for that you know take care of you know to use right now I'm just doing everything for my kids Mac not making up let's take my guys down relationship we need the girl right now and then because it's just rare but money is a big factor you know let the kids do you guys know exchanging kids it is when it comes to finances that's the part it's crazy that's my relationship the whole time I've had kids I don't even been in school living off a day on financial aid shake and as soon as I left school I can't feel like I'm getting off a dad with my shaco so gotta gear I'll be trying not to say basketball try to be regular when I got down ain't coming along in 25 [Music] hello hey what's up man hey I'm good I'm good man hey here's your situation because um you missed the flight so well just what we're gonna do right you're gonna land when you land what you're gonna do is you're gonna take a taxi to the center on your waiver bus station you're gonna catch the ETM bus that leaves out at 2:30 a.m. - morelia so you should arrive here at 5:00 a.m. by the way you speaking in Spanish a little all right man I see you tomorrow I like trying it to the central north bus station or they know the spaniel I just need to get to the central North bus station my bus is supposed to leave at 2:30 a.m. [Music] of course I've been up since about 5:30 5:40 this morning I had to catch a bunch to Morello I'll get there and I have approximately two hours to get off of my feet or so before I mentally prepare for my first game and I'm excited I'm excited but again I'm very very drained from traveling and I'm ready to eat something and give me some sleep but that's the last thing on my mind right now I'm giving up a lot to come here to Mexico tonight uh my family is home I have a wife and our six month old son I have a mortgage I have a car though I have a lot of a job in which I had to sacrifice a lot to come here I'm here in Mexico chasing my own personal dreams playing professional basketball sacrificing award [Music] speak a little little espanol um I would like to go here century day see yes [Music] I guess endure a moment oh yeah all right more or less Mexico okay no understand Atlanta Amelia suppress like it says transfer upstairs and downstairs a little Anton Amelia chakras al frente for yes I am in Basra Borrelia dos Crito asiento numero dos very important Ellen illness and anus and those and system windows thank you [Music] what you're nobody I gotta get up and get prepared for reality which is I got to go to my first tournament and spread that positive energy as if I didn't just get off a plane seven hours ago Showtime how are you Kyle he was like who you like came out right yeah I get up and go catch my flight catch a lift there you take forever and ever about time I get to the airport it's 20 minutes before my flight but to leave so much could I just run back there they said sir Usain Bolt couldn't make it back there hey you about to hate out me last night I know that I styles are my drink oh man I had to bubble guys y'all woke up this morning like fifty seconds straight yeah you know real bro never happy before no you see how big them guns like this cartel nation and these guys I get it up they are real ninja no but what I hear is like some of these guys like they don't like to show they face because they do somewhere else likes bro real stuff like cocaine stuff so baby like man for the danger like a big family I don't show nothing you just see glasses you see that he ain't gonna show his face I wouldn't either yeah just for the safety of his family a fella don't ya do the work I need a warrant most of this don't phase me back in New York you'd like to be in danger for no reason but the rules are the same in Mexico if the federales came at me and Parkton guns to my head I'll be worried [Music] see what's up man going brother all right hey this is the guy right here this one who got us into the tournament as you know if you don't get the invite you came in the people here especially like the people from from the town they want that money at all cost forget it we got to get this money nobody knows a pro recruiter will be there no players no Americans let's go vote [Music] I might not get to baby while it's hot oh brother like nobody sit down a bit they got cardboard boxes on okay [Applause] basketball that's the only thing I know how to do mercenaire ball each tournaments did anything lab with a happy it's real physical not that Betty rules and stinky happens but I'm not gonna stop trying to vie for my family [Applause] [Music] [Music] right now we are heading towards Pettibon there's like a little fear like small fare a lot of games for the kids party drinking but the main event is the basketball it's huge there's a huge hopefully we get the win there's gonna be at least fifty turns here on every tournament with cartels involved there's more corruption here because we have a port so a lot of drug and a lot of avocados go through there so whoever commands that port is the boss of Mitchell Conlon's you know you can say like that so everybody everybody wants wants to be the boss so there's a war or constantly going on that's an avocado farm it's just money hanging men green gold hanging from the tree a lot of money involved in every tournament prices right now it's gonna be eighty eighty thousand pesos with the bets and the price and you know the sales and everything is I'm thinking 100 150 thousand Basil's it's gonna be switching hands today so far if I win I get myself some money too that's why this tournament is so important [Music] they died for the time time stamp on top very c43 a swim and one minute [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] if we win this time well when we win this tournament today I already calculated time to walk away with at least 5,000 pesos in u.s. 5,000 beat what 250 I don't have no specific plan you know to do anything with my money like like I said it'd only be two hundred and fifty dollars and I got three kids and that's barely gonna feed one so I'm just gonna stack my money up you know win this tournament win the next one you know just stacked up so when I do go back home it'll be worth something 103 ha [Music] the thing is easier I must just stop - like 6:37 weight a mountainside heel time we don't fit what Martin Luther King with somebody that's had a feel that down yesterday going down even if you do go down it ain't even the damn Sun it's the humidity I'm gonna get basketball two more years when it's time to you you waiting around praying and hoping some sitcom food and you're making the same amount that you'll make a McDonald's but they treating like a king we're in Mexico [Music] we probably have two more games at the most dos partidos [Music] [Applause] [Music] tell me what you need me set screen on me I need Raymond Jamie the bride [Laughter] when you bring a team in least they gotta compete the sponson took my word and paid money for me to even enter the turn that's a lot of pressure on me getting that win [Applause] [Music] I really want a contract but we all just here for a month or so and how long we're in some money you know we send something back to my mother she's getting older she's working so hard and she doesn't deserve to be working that hard and slaving [Applause] [Applause] we train all I can't be nervous I'm ready to tell you the truth we have been played with each other much at all actually so we've got come on and get a feel for each other turn it up and look like the Warriors when we get a chance we should show [Music] I've been learning how to be quiet yet I've been learning how to be valiant have my demonstration in silent soldiers and the weight of allow you to put my business out and that Street or beat the speed for mine I keep mine in eternity come on and keep smiling all my peeps and I'd be wiling one likes it the guys are playing this like they living out here so ain't doing anything to get that money your ordinary basketball game you ain't ready to go sisters with me she's gonna break the only all-american team is this so the bets are gonna be on our side a lot of money involved if they suck they're gonna get a boob people gonna talk smack if they agree if the hell of a game trust me they were they gonna get calls from everybody they have a really good chance to go pro [Music] traits [Applause] chef [Music] [Applause] - ooh - three down [Applause] don't know Leo can't die and the game is real fast once the other team gets ahead of you for like five six points hard to come back play harder the into salt just getting getting buckets Megan bucket you know they find I like it [Applause] it's weight can be solved can't be sup man this your heart [Music] [Music] [Music] I can't believe we lost our first game is life training [Music] you're the father [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] you know Hey trying to cut a deal with their biggest 20 and 12 so we don't split it so how much would we get five kopecks face to face meal yes no no no individual personas six money right yeah we kind of in cahoots with other team so we gotta let them win you can spit anything down to go to 20 and 12 that's 32 we split now together some people think it's strange but it's not out the norm here you know pump making deals and you never know what might be going on this is the father through some Mexico you cut a deal everybody get paid everybody be happy it's misspelled tournament ball anything go Travel 1012 hours to a tournament you lose the first game that's the worst feeling we have to go all the way back to the zero discreetly Mexico is a whole different world these tournaments there's a lot of talking over his hard fouls but I'm not coming back home with another contract if you could showcase your talent that is your way to get a contract so you got to play every game as if the temperature [Music] might be one gotta get the contract we got a fire sale dinero de la plaza Laguna de la casa no se pone every physiological personal para Kelly will they follow they they love the masam ain't a place to there'll be mera dil to Amir T aime Pueblo I'm a mercenary we have to fight with the cartel how long I'm a baby here in Mexico they probably of a killer you know if they really did you hold up my way never gonna experience no like this again out life bruh [Music] you

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Id: y7-NZxaMTnQ

Length: 42min 40sec (2560 seconds)

Published: Mon Dec 02 2019