JDS Sports Launches RTG Features Production Banner With SLAM And Five-Star Basketball
Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: JDS Sports has partnered with magazine-turned-media company SLAM and camp business Five-Star Basketball to launch RTG Features. The production shingle’s projects will exclusively on basketball.The acronym RTG is a nod to SLAM’s original slogan, “Respect the Game.” The company will focus on original development and financing along with adapting articles from SLAM’s 225-plus magazine issues into projects ranging from feature films to documentaries to podcasts.The company has numerous projects in development with its inaugural project the Stephon Marbury documentary A Kid From Coney Island, which was executive produced by Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman and is now streaming on Netflix.