Development Apple began developing the project in February 2018, and it was ordered in December 2018 as a sports drama television series titled
Swagger from
Kevin Durant and
Reggie Rock Bythewood. Bythewood will be the showrunner, writer, director, and executive producer with Durant,
Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo, Rich Kleiman, and Samantha Corbin Miller executive producing. On June 15, 2022, Apple renewed the series for a second season. On July 9, 2020,
Quvenzhané Wallis joined the series in the role of Crystal, and on January 15, 2021,
Isaiah Hill, Shinelle Azoroh, Tristan Mack Wilds,
Caleel Harris,
Tessa Ferrer, Jason Rivera, Solomon Irama, Ozie Nzeribe, and James Bingham were all revealed to have been cast. On August 11, 2022,
Orlando Jones and Shannon Brown joined the cast as series regulars, while Christina Jackson and Sean Baker were promoted to series regulars for the second season.
Filming Alongside the casting of Winston Duke,
Deadline Hollywood reported that filming would occur in October 2019. In April 2021, filming wrapped for the series. ==References==