Many sports fans flock to SportsCenter or their local sports channels to catch the most recent highlights of some of the world’s greatest athletes. But what about the highlights of some of the world’s greatest up-and-comers?
In 2015, Overtime was launched in order to allow high school athletes, particularly basketball players, to show what they can do in the hope to be noticed by fans and coaches, or in some cases NBA superstars.
The Golden State Warriors’ Kevin Durant last week released a video on his YouTube channel of him watching Overtime video highlights of eight high school basketball players, with the reigning NBA Finals MVP voicing his personal opinions on the young talent and possible future NBA players.
“I’m seeing some nice talent,” Durant said in the YouTube video. “I wish good luck to all of these guys. I look forward to following them and getting to see how they improve. We’ll get to see some of these guys in the NBA soon.”
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When the video of Durant was shown to one of the high school players featured on the app, the reaction it drew showed just how much Overtime can have affect these young athletes.
“KD is watching my video,” Hudson Catholic High School basketball player Luther Muhammad, who has committed to Ohio State, said in an Overtime reaction video several times. “That’s one of the people I look up to in the league. Y’all don’t even know. Watching this just makes me want to go work out right now, it’s motivational. It’s crazy…I’m gonna be starstruck for the rest of the night.”
The Overtime app features various effects one can add to their videos including replay, rewind, slowdown and hang time. Videos can be easily shared and turned into GIFs, as they’re designed to allow the future of sport to get noticed.