Most of the writing is good but there is a feeling it is over-reaching - trying REALLY hard to show that blacks have made it, in some scenes, at the expense of white folk. Character comments such as "...the Titanic was a boat for rich white people - F'em all - they can all freeze to death for all I care" are hard to tell if part of the character's world view (and therefore serves the story) or if more the writing team trying to make a point (doesn't serve the story at all). It seems hard to believe the former when the very same character talks about moving on from the issues surrounding the American Civil War.
I think if the writers focus squarely on "the life" as it exists for young men in the NBA and the surrounding entourage of folks, then it should do well. In fact, HBO's Ballers is doing something similar with life in the NFL - and note the lack of any race related ideology there and just how nice it is. But as with pretty much any buddy-centric day-in-the-life type show, as soon as they start trying to make it more of a social statement vehicle, things go downhill rapidly.
We shall see after a couple of seasons.
I think if the writers focus squarely on "the life" as it exists for young men in the NBA and the surrounding entourage of folks, then it should do well. In fact, HBO's Ballers is doing something similar with life in the NFL - and note the lack of any race related ideology there and just how nice it is. But as with pretty much any buddy-centric day-in-the-life type show, as soon as they start trying to make it more of a social statement vehicle, things go downhill rapidly.
We shall see after a couple of seasons.