The series also stars Jacki Weaver and Cleopatra Coleman, providing a behind-the-scenes dramatization of one of the NBA's most scandalous moments.
FX's Clipped examines a notorious NBA owner's racist comments, captured on a tape heard around the world. The six-part series begins on Tuesday, June 4 on Hulu with back-to-back episodes.
Based on the hit ESPN 30 for 30 podcast The Sterling Affairs, this limited series charts the clash between a dysfunctional basketball organization and an even less functional marriage, and the tape's impact on an ensemble of characters trying to win against the background of the most cursed team in the league.
Famed coach Doc Rivers (Laurence Fishburne) arrives as coach of the Clippers in 2013. With a promising team with big personalities, Rivers had the building blocks to win the franchise's first championship. The team's owner, Donald Sterling (Ed O'Neill), is a known problem: he's cheap, erratic and a bully.
But minimizing Sterling's influence to win a title becomes a personal quest for Doc. Meanwhile, the power struggle escalates between Sterling's ambitious personal assistant V. Stiviano (Cleopatra Coleman) and his wife and business partner of 60 years, Shelly (Jacki Weaver).
The series also stars Kelly AuCoin as Sterling's right-hand man Andy Roeser, J. Alphonse Nicholson as Chris Paul, Rich Sommers as the Clippers' PR man, Corbin Bernsen as Pierce O'Donnell, Clifton Davis as NBA great Elgin Baylor and Harriet Sansom Harris as Justine.
Executive producers include Gina Welch, who serves as creator and showrunner, Emmy-winning producers Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson, Zanne Devine, Ramona Shelburne and Kevin Bray, who directed three of the six episodes. The series is an FX production.
You can watch the trailer for Clipped below.
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