‘Hustle’ review: Adam Sandler plays an NBA scout who’s found his 6-foot-9 underdog
by Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune
Jun 03, 2022
4 minutes
In the pecking order of professional sports, is being a scout considered an undesirable gig? I have no idea. General managers probably take all the credit when the team lands a star in the making, and lay all the blame on scouts when a sure thing flames out. These kinds of grievances are true of any number of professions that don’t have anything near the sex appeal of being able to say you work for an NBA team, but the Netflix movie “Hustle,” starring Adam Sandler and his beard, takes it as a given that the job blows.
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