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Showtime

is developing a one-hour scripted series that takes a peek behind the scenes of a professional basketball team, with NBA coaching great

Phil Jackson

and current Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach Kurt Rambis on board as exec producers. The series will focus on the family that owns the team, according to details provided by the CBS Corp. pay-cable service.

Ron Shelton

, the creative talent behind such noted sports movies as “Bull Durham,” “Tin Cup” and “White Men Can’t Jump,” will write, direct and exec produce the project.

Jeanie Buss, the senior vice president of the Los Angeles Lakers and Linda Rambis will executive produce via production company Street Reason Entertainment. Rambis is married to the Lakers coach. Brett Tomberlin of IDW and Ubiquity Studios will also executive produce, with Brian Gilbert and Andrew Trapani of Nine/8 Entertainment.

“Looking forward to developing this drama for Showtime with Ron Shelton, who knows how to create intriguing, complex characters with stories set in the back drop of professional sports,” said Buss in a statement provided to Variety.

Shelton is represented by John Mass at Oasis Media Group and attorney Don Steele. Buss, Jackson, Rambis and Tomberlin are represented by Alexa Pagonas of Michael Black Management. Nine/8 is represented by Allison Binder of Stone, Meyer, Genow, Smelkinson & Binder.

The project was brokered by Todd Berger of Creative Media.

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