Hustle Stars Endorse Adam Sandler’s Basketball Skills At the Premiere - Netflix Tudum

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    ‘Hustle’ Cast Says Adam Sandler Was the Best Basketball Player on Set

    “Adam goes hard,” says his on-screen wife, Queen Latifah.

    By Jean Bentley
    June 2, 2022

Adam Sandler plays a down-on-his luck professional basketball scout in his new Netflix film, Hustle, but in real life it turns out he’s a superstar player. Just ask any of his castmates. Tudum, in fact, did just that on the red (well, actually blue) carpet at the movie’s premiere in Los Angeles, and Sandler received endorsements for his on-the-court skills from a number of castmates. Here are a few: 

“Adam is the best,” says Juancho Hernangómez, a former NBA player who stars as a prospective superstar that Sandler’s character discovers on a scouting trip in Spain. “After long days [of shooting the film], we played bigger games. We play until our feet hurt. We play until our knees are swollen. We just keep playing.”

Juancho Hernangómez - ‘Hustle’ Cast Says Adam Sander Was the Best Basketball Player on Set

Juancho Hernangómez

Others who vouched for him include Heidi Gardner, Sandler’s on-screen boss: “He’s really good.” And Queen Latifah, his on-screen wife: “Adam goes hard.” Jordan Hull, who plays his daughter, says: “There was this camera guy that was really good, I can’t lie, but probably Adam [was the best on set].”

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LeBron James and Adam Sandler

Perhaps the only dissenter? María Botto, who plays Hernangómez’s mother, vouched for her on-screen son, naming him the best on set. “Adam and Juancho were playing all the time together, and they [didn’t] call me at all,” she jokes to Tudum.

Hustle debuts in select theaters on June 3 and on Netflix on June 8. Check out more photos from the premiere and after-party below.

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Jaleel White, Kenny Smith, LeBron James, Adam Sandler and Juancho Hernangómez

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Jaleel White

Queen Latifah - ‘Hustle’ Cast Says Adam Sander Was the Best Basketball Player on Set

Queen Latifah

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Heidi Gardner

Jaleel White, María Botto, Kenny Smith, Heidi Gardner, Jordan Hull, Queen Latifah, Adam Sandler and Juancho Hernangómez - ‘Hustle’ Cast Says Adam Sander Was the Best Basketball Player on Set

Jaleel White, María Botto, Kenny Smith, Heidi Gardner, Jordan Hull, Queen Latifah, Adam Sandler and Juancho Hernangómez

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Kenny Smith and Chris Matthews

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David Spade

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LaKeith Stanfield

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Queen Latifah, CEO of Netflix Ted Sarandos and Adam Sandler

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Khleo Thomas

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