Power Elite: How Overtime Went From Highlight Culture to Basketball Academy

OTE’s eight teams play games—many of which are streamed on Prime or YouTube—in a state-of-the-art arena in Atlanta. | Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated

Austin Rivers, who played for seven teams over an 11-year NBA career, is only 32. In other words, he’s a little young for these kids today rants. Yet there he was on his podcast, Off Guard, last year, declaring:

“Highlight culture has killed the game of basketball.”